🔵🔴 Last match at old Camp Nou vs First match at new Camp Nou
The last match at the old Spotify Camp Nou came on 28 May 2023, when Barcelona beat Mallorca 3-0. Soon after, the stadium entered its biggest transformation in decades: demolition of the old third tier, reconstruction of the upper bowl, new VIP areas, new technology, wider concourses and preparations for a full roof. Barça returned on 22 November 2025, beating Athletic Club 4-0 in a partially reopened stadium. The final version is expected to hold around 105,000 fans, with the roof completing the new Camp Nou era in 2027 or 2028.
🇲🇽 Is Monterrey’s stadium home to the best stadium view in the world?
🇸🇪 Sweden 🆚 🇹🇳 Tunisia
📅 June 14, 2026
🕗 8:00 PM (local time)
🏆 Group F
🇹🇳 Tunisia 🆚 🇯🇵 Japan
📅 June 20, 2026
🕙 10:00 PM (local time)
🏆 Group F
🇿🇦 South Africa 🆚 🇰🇷 South Korea
📅 June 24, 2026
🕖 7:00 PM (local time)
🏆 Group A
🏴 1st place Group F 🆚 2nd place Group C
📅 June 29, 2026
🕖 7:00 PM (local time)
🏆 Round of 32
Photos, matches & tickets ⬇️
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🏟️ From ONE indoor World Cup venue in 1994… to FIVE covered stadiums in 2026 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Back at USA 94, the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit made history as the first indoor stadium ever used at a FIFA World Cup — with real grass installed inside an NFL dome.
Now, for 2026, the tournament is entering a new era of roofed mega-stadiums:
🇺🇸 Los Angeles
🇺🇸 Dallas
🇺🇸 Houston
🇨🇦 Vancouver
🇺🇸 Atlanta
9 days to WORLD CUP kick-off 🌍🏆
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🇲🇽 Mexico vs South Africa 🇿🇦
📍 Mexico City Stadium
🗓️ June 11
The opening match of the tournament — and another World Cup chapter for one of football’s most iconic stadiums.
🇰🇷 Korea Republic vs Czechia 🇨🇿
📍 Guadalajara Stadium
🗓️ June 11
Group A continues in Mexico, at one of the country’s most modern football venues.
🇨🇦 Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦
📍 Toronto Stadium
🗓️ June 12
Canada’s first match of the tournament, played on home soil in Toronto.
🇺🇸 USA vs Paraguay 🇵🇾
📍 Los Angeles Stadium
🗓️ June 12
The United States begins its World Cup at one of the most spectacular stadiums in the tournament.
#WorldCup2026 #FIFAWorldCup
🔵🔴 Inside Camp Nou’s NEW SKYWALK
The new Camp Nou is being transformed from a legendary football ground into a complete stadium experience. Beyond the expanded capacity, new roof, modern facade and improved commercial areas, one of the most spectacular planned features is the Skywalk. This elevated walkway is expected to run on top of the stadium, offering panoramic views over the pitch, the stands and the city of Barcelona. Reports describe it as a viewing route around 70 metres above ground level, approved after safety discussions with the fire department. Once completed, it could turn Camp Nou into one of Europe’s most impressive stadium attractions.
NEW STADIUMS in the Premier League 🆕🏟️
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Coventry City will bring the Coventry Building Society Arena back onto the Premier League map. Opened in 2005 as the successor to Highfield Road, the stadium is the newest of the three promoted clubs’ homes and has a football capacity of just over 32,600. It is not only a football ground, but a modern event complex with large indoor spaces, hospitality areas and a history of hosting major occasions, including Olympic and Commonwealth Games football under neutral venue names.
Ipswich Town return with Portman Road, one of English football’s most traditional stadiums. The club have played there since 1884, making it a completely different kind of Premier League venue — older, tighter and deeply connected to the town centre. With a capacity of over 30,000, Portman Road has been modernised several times, especially since the early 2000s, but it still keeps the feel of a historic English ground rather than a new-build arena.
Hull City’s Premier League home will be the MKM Stadium, opened in 2002 and shared with rugby league side Hull FC. With a capacity of around 25,600, it will be one of the smaller stadiums in the division, but also one of the most visually distinctive, with its rounded bowl design and black, white and amber seating pattern. Built as a multi-purpose venue for the city, it gives Hull a compact but modern stage for top-flight football.
🤩🏟️ CAMP NOU Transformation
Opened in 1957, Camp Nou quickly became the heart of FC Barcelona and one of football’s most legendary stadiums. Built to replace the smaller Les Corts, it later hosted the 1982 World Cup, the 1992 Olympic football final and countless historic Barça nights. Over the decades, the stadium grew into Europe’s largest football venue. Today, Camp Nou is undergoing its biggest transformation ever, with a new roof, modern facade and a planned capacity of 105,000 spectators.
#CampNou #FCBarcelona #LaLiga
Manchester City have officially renamed the expanded North Stand at the Etihad Stadium as “The Pep Guardiola Stand” 🩵🏟️
The stand will fully open for the first time during Pep’s final game in charge against Aston Villa, adding 7,000 seats and pushing Etihad Stadium beyond 61,000 capacity.
A statue of Guardiola will also be built outside the stand, becoming part of City’s huge new entertainment district including Medlock Square, hotel, museum, shops, restaurants and bars.
A permanent tribute to the most successful era in the club’s history. #MCFC #PepGuardiola #EtihadStadium
🤩🏟️ BERNABEU Transformation
Opened in 1947 on the site of the old Chamartín stadium, Santiago Bernabéu became the symbol of Real Madrid’s rise into world football. Named after the club’s legendary president in 1955, the stadium hosted European Cup finals, the 1982 FIFA World Cup final and countless historic nights. Over decades, Bernabéu evolved from a massive concrete bowl into one of football’s most advanced arenas. Since 2019, Real Madrid have transformed it again with a futuristic steel façade, retractable roof and underground pitch system. #RealMadrid #Bernabeu #LaLiga
Europe is coming to Como. So the stadium is being ripped apart 🏗️🛥️
Como are not demolishing the whole Stadio Sinigaglia. But they are removing the old tubular Curva Ovest — the kind of temporary, scaffold-style stand UEFA simply will not accept.
What they need now:
🔹 replace the old Curva Ovest with a permanent stand
🔹 adjust the pitch to UEFA dimensions
🔹 upgrade media, VIP and broadcast areas
🔹 improve safety, access and matchday operations
🔹 accept that capacity may drop for European games
This is the urgent fix. The long-term plan is much bigger — and much more controversial: a Populous-led redevelopment of Sinigaglia into a modern lakeside stadium, with around 15,000 seats, hospitality, commercial space and year-round use.
📍The problem? Location. Sinigaglia sits right by Lake Como, in one of the most sensitive stadium settings in Europe. Protected views, historic architecture, traffic, scale, commercialisation — everything is under scrutiny.
BIG STADIUMS won’t win you matches 🏟️⚽️
🏴 Bournemouth are sitting near the top of the Premier League while Tottenham struggle far below them despite playing in one of the most expensive stadiums in the world.
🇵🇱 In Poland, Raków are again fighting in the Ekstraklasa top positions while Lechia Gdańsk are down near the bottom despite their huge stadium built for EURO 2012.
🇩🇪 In Germany, tiny Elversberg are competing near the top of 2. Bundesliga while Fortuna Düsseldorf have collapsed into the relegation zone in a stadium built for more than 50,000 fans.
🇮🇹 And in Italy, Venezia have already secured promotion to Serie A while Bari, playing in the massive Stadio San Nicola, are stuck in the Serie B relegation playoff places.
🍔🇺🇸 McDonald’s is putting its name on a football stadium for the FIRST TIME EVER
Chicago Fire’s new $750 million home will be called McDonald’s Park, with the deal running until at least 2040. The new 22,000-seat stadium is already under construction at The 78, a huge redevelopment site near downtown Chicago and the Chicago River. Unlike many recent stadium projects in the US, this one is being fully privately financed by club owner Joe Mansueto. Chicago Fire will leave Soldier Field and move into the new stadium in 2028, and plans even include a permanent McDonald’s restaurant inside the ground.
🏴🔥 Inside Luton Town’s £100m move from Kenilworth Road to Power Court
Luton Town are preparing for one of the biggest transformations in English football. After more than a century at the iconic Kenilworth Road, the club plans to move into the new £100 million Power Court Stadium at the start of the 2028/29 season. Groundworks are already underway, while Limak International — the company rebuilding Camp Nou — is leading the project. The 25,000-seat stadium will feature brick façades, gold-copper panels and a distinctive steel “halo” suspended above the pitch, symbolising the club’s famous “Hatters” nickname.
We present all stadiums currently under construction in the United Kingdom in StadiumDB’s latest YouTube video👇
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📉 RELEGATED: Tottenham or West Ham?
Two of the biggest stadiums in English football could soon be hosting Championship matches. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and London Stadium are now directly involved in one of the most shocking relegation battles in modern Premier League history. Tottenham sit just above the drop zone on 38 points and still have difficult fixtures against Chelsea and Everton remaining, while West Ham are only two points behind with crucial matches against Newcastle and Leeds still ahead. One of these clubs is now expected to join Wolverhampton and Burnley in relegation to the Championship, which would mean a stadium built for NFL games, concerts and Champions League nights — or an 62,500-seat former Olympic venue — suddenly becoming part of England’s second tier.
🏆 FUTURE WORLD CUP AND EURO FINAL STADIUMS (2032-2036)
🇮🇹🇹🇷 San Siro is currently expected to host the UEFA Euro 2032 final, with the tournament set to be organized by Italy and Türkiye. However, the ongoing crisis surrounding Italian football infrastructure means Turkish stadiums are also being considered as potential final venues.
🇸🇦 Meanwhile, King Salman International Stadium is emerging as a leading candidate to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup final.
🇪🇺 The host of UEFA Euro 2036 has not yet been decided. So far, there have been discussions about possible bids from Poland, as well as recurring ideas involving Scandinavia or the Balkans. The graphic shows the new Serbian national stadium currently under construction in Belgrade.
Manchester United’s new 100,000-seat stadium might become the most complicated football construction project in Europe. 🏟️
And the biggest challenge is not the roof, the design or even the £2B cost.
It’s everything underneath the project. 👇
▪️ United still needs crucial land around Old Trafford, especially the Freightliner rail terminal area. Without it, the masterplan changes completely.
▪️ Reports claimed the land valuation gap was massive:
~£40-50M from United’s side vs. up to ~£400M expectations from owners.
▪️ The famous “umbrella” canopy by Foster + Partners?
Still not guaranteed. The public visuals are concept illustrations, not a final construction design.
▪️ The stadium itself may take 5 years to build…
…but preparation before construction could already take 1-2 years:
land deals,
planning,
transport studies,
environmental approvals,
infrastructure,
politics.
▪️ Trafford Council, Greater Manchester authorities and the new Mayoral Development Corporation are all involved.
▪️ A 100,000-seat stadium means:
🚆 rail upgrades
🚋 Metrolink pressure
🚶 massive pedestrian flows
🚓 security planning
🚑 evacuation systems
🚌 transport redesign
🏗️ utility relocation
▪️ United wants to keep playing at Old Trafford during construction, then demolish the current stadium afterwards.
▪️ Construction itself is another giant risk.
Very few contractors in the UK can realistically deliver:
✅ a 100k stadium
✅ huge roof structure
✅ modular prefabrication
✅ construction beside an active stadium
✅ all under huge public pressure
And stadium megaprojects have financially damaged construction firms before.
▪️ Then comes the financial pressure.
United says the stadium itself should be privately funded, while regeneration infrastructure may involve public support.
But the entire vision depends on both working together.
No regeneration = weaker stadium economics.
No stadium = weaker regeneration momentum.
▪️ The club also faces a cultural challenge:
How do you replace Old Trafford without losing what made Old Trafford special?
That may become harder than the engineering itself.
Right now, this is not a “ready-to-build” project.
🏆 FUTURE WORLD CUP AND EURO FINAL STADIUMS (2026-2030)
Future stadiums for FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro finals are already known. In 2026, the FIFA World Cup final will take place at MetLife Stadium in the USA. Wembley Stadium in London is slated to host the UEFA Euro final in 2028. The iconic Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid will most likely be the final venue for the 2030 World Cup (Spain, Portugal and Morocco).
🚨 The massive Mâs Monumental expansion is starting very soon.
River Plate is preparing to begin the first works on a project that could completely transform South America’s biggest stadium. 🏟️🔥
✅ capacity rising to 101,000
✅ huge new upper tier
✅ full roof planned
✅ skywalk above the stands
✅ +16,000 new seats
✅ completion target: 2029
If completed as planned, Mâs Monumental will become one of the largest football stadiums in the entire world. 🇦🇷
🔗 https://t.co/QOBYtBmid6
The end of an era in Buffalo. 🏟️💔
Opened in 1973, the old Highmark Stadium is now being demolished after more than 50 years as the home of the Buffalo Bills. Power was recently shut off, heavy equipment has arrived, and the full demolition is expected to continue into 2027.
Right next door, the $2.2B New Highmark Stadium is nearly ready:
✅ seats installed
✅ video boards tested
✅ massive canopy structure completed
✅ first official event: Aug. 8, 2026
✅ Bills move in for the 2026 NFL season
The Bills are expected to begin the 2026 season in their brand-new home this September, ending one of the most iconic stadium transitions in recent NFL history. 🔵🔴
🔗 https://t.co/vEOookSsT4