In February, inside the nearly completed stadium, Johnson wore a Jets construction hat and considered his own continuing renovation, the way he recently channeled his inner Jerry Jones, leaving himself more open, more visible, more exposed — and not by accident.
The £100 million scheme was meant to include wider commercial developments that would fund the completed stadium, which would have only provided 32,000 seats in a first phase of construction.
So does a slowly improving economy and the chance to let buyers tour the nearly completed stadium, which is ahead of schedule.
ON NOVEMBER 27th a crane collapsed at the construction site for Itaquerão, São Paulo's new football stadium, killing two construction workers, damaging the nearly completed stadium's wall and halting all work until at least next week.
Alan Pardew has been charged by the Football Association with improper conduct and faces a record touchline ban which may extend to a complete stadium expulsion for head-butting Hull City's David Meyler.
Japan and South Korea co-hosted the 2002 World Cup; like the United States, these nations have completed stadiums and expertise at running such a sprawling event.
Partially completed stadiums, unfinished parking lots and new bus lanes dot the city.
A completed two-tier bowl stadium would give Celtic Park a capacity of nearly 75,000.
Brazil's last-minute rush to complete stadiums for the World Cup claimed another life on Thursday when a worker was electrocuted at the Arena Pantanal.
"Almost every Olympic Games has been beset by some combination of worries involving completing stadiums, the demeanour of the hosts, threats to police and economic stability," says David Goldblatt, author of The Games: A Global History of the Olympics.
