With the election campaigns well under way in Australia, it is timely to offer a couple of non-political comments about business conditions and shifts that will have some impact on our events businesses for some time. Not only impact but with the changes come a new set of opportunities for(continue)
Slow progress on the World Cup venues Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo says Brazil needs to find a way to speed up the completion of the six stadiums still being built for the 2014 World Cup. Rebelo said Brazil learned from the Confederations Cup that it has to do a better(continue)
Fans will pay $90 for tickets to see 2014 World Cup matches in Brazil next year, $10 more than in 2010 in South Africa. FIFA announced ticket prices, including $15 seats which will be available to Brazilian students, people over 60 and members of social programs. In 2010, South African(continue)
Olympic Venues The Arena Group has confirmed a strategic partnership with FAST Engineering and ROHR construction in Brazil to provide temporary infrastructure services to venues. FAST specialise in project management and ROHR in construction. There are suggestions that a number of new contracts including for masterplanning and overlay may(continue)
We never know just how quickly some things will move. On 3 August we published an article about significant changes coming through in the US sport television arena. Much driven by Fox Sport 1. Now here’s the next instalment… Just days after we had gone to ‘print’ with our(continue)
