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BBVA Compass Stadium, new home of the Houston Dynamo

Photos by G. Lyon Photography

The 44,000 capacity PGE Arena, Gdańsk, Poland. Euro 2012 host venue and new home of Lechia Gdańsk, built at a cost of $250 million.

The 44,000 capacity PGE Arena, Gdańsk, Poland. Euro 2012 host venue and new home of Lechia Gdańsk, built at a cost of $250 million.

A proposed new stadium for FC Bate Borisov in Belarus, the country’s reigning champions.

A proposed new stadium for FC Bate Borisov in Belarus, the country’s reigning champions.

The west stand of Brighton & Hove Albion’s Amex Stadium, under the “gro-lights”.

The west stand of Brighton & Hove Albion’s Amex Stadium, under the “gro-lights”.

This video about the Brazilian club Internacional’s new stadium is narrated in Portuguese, but don’t let that put you off: this video has the imagination and historical reference points rarely seen in stadia development promotional pieces, visually tracking Internacional’s stadium history over a century since 1912 and looking to the future, with the renderings of their new Beira-Rio stadium.

The Houston Dynamo’s new MLS stadium - BBVA Compass Stadium, for chrissakes - is coming up fast.

It may be winter in Russia, but work appears to be going on in Moscow building Spartak’s new stadium….

A new stadium in Malatya, southeastern Turkey, about to begin construction. It will be the home for Turkish club Malatyaspor, with a 25,000 capacity, downgraded from an original 33,000 deemed a bit overambitious.

The brand new Lia Manoliu Arena, Bucharest,.

In summer 2012, the Montreal Impact will step-up to Major League Soccer in the redeveloped Stade Saputo

Saputo Stadium, undergoing renovation in Montreal as the Impact prepare to enter Major League Soccer.

Saputo Stadium, undergoing renovation in Montreal as the Impact prepare to enter Major League Soccer.

The renovation of the Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

Fantastic video showing the construction of Warsaw’s magnificent new national stadium.

The renewed historic Spodek (“saucer”) arena in Katowice, Poland, beautifully lit.

The design for Estadio La Peineta, Atlético de Madrid’s new stadium, was unveiled last week. But what wasn’t so clear was how this vast renovation of the existing stadium would take place, and how it could hope to be an Olympic athletics venue in 2020. This video explains it quite beautifully.