Protesters against Dow Chemical's sponsorship of the wrap that will surround the Olympic Stadium have opened a new front in their campaign, after Indian Paralympians issued fresh calls for a boycott of the London Games.
Since 1998, new stadiums have opened in San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix, Houston and Detroit.
Two big new stadiums have opened downtown in recent years, including Ford Field, which helped the city win its bid to host the Super Bowl in 2006.
Also about to open is the New York Mets' new home the first time that two major-league stadiums have opened in the same city at the same time.
Also about to open is the New York Mets' new home — the first time that two major-league stadiums have opened in the same city at the same time.
An athletics track to replace the Don Valley stadium where Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill trained has opened in Sheffield.
It has opened world-class stadiums in Beijing and Shanghai in recent years and is making new television deals that are starting to bring global sports events and programming to China.
An emergency rest centre has opened at Stoke Mandeville Stadium for residents of flooded homes in Ellen Road in Aylesbury.
Out of the Bronx Jimmy Rodriguez, the owner of Jimmy's Bronx Cafe, near Yankee Stadium, has opened Jimmy's Uptown, 2207 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (130th Street).
Valencia's new stadium should have opened by now; instead, it's a 12-storey, 89,000 square metre building site.
The game, played at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium, which had opened only two weeks earlier, was the site for a stunning ending.
