ICON Venue Group’s work for the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) on the UEFA EURO 2016 bid was discussed in the Winter 2010 issue of PanStadia Magazine. Click on the link following link to read the full article. More...
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PanStadia Magazine, Winter 2010
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State of the Union: PPL Park Ready for its Debut
CSNPhilly.com, June 26, 2010
CHESTER – Philadelphia Union president Tom Veit never had any concerns about the construction of PPL Park – not unless you count every waking moment of his life.
…“ICON Venue Group did a phenomenal job and the union workers on site busted their rear ends. You had to have a group effort. It comes down to guys fitting bolts in welding. Those guys made the difference.”
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SECOND ROOF: B.C. Place
Sports Business Journal, May 31, 2010
A closer look at the new retractable-roof project at B.C. Place reveals a second roof installed midlevel that cuts the Canadian Football League stadium in half for Major League Soccer.
The Vancouver Whitecaps will move to the stadium in 2011, when they move up to MLS, and the team wanted to find a way to transform a 55,000-seat facility into a smaller one appropriate for soccer crowds. The team hired ICON Venue Group to help find a solution.
ICON, working together with PavCo, the stadium’s public landlord, and architects and engineers tied to the new retractable roof now under construction, came up with the idea of a second roof to hide the upper deck from soccer fans sitting in the lower bowl as well as shield them from the elements.
(For the full article, please read a copy of the May 31 – June 4, 2010 issue of Sports Business Journal)
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Tim Romani and Charlie Thornton to Speak at Sports Conferences in April
March 19, 2010
Tim Romani will be a featured speaker at two sports business conferences in April. On April 7, he will be panelist for the SportsBusiness Journal’s Sports Facilities and Franchises conference in Arlington, Texas. He will sit on a panel of experts in a session entitled Facility Design: A Look Ahead to 2020. For more information about the conference, visit https://www.sportsbusinessconferences.com/SFF/2010/
Romani will also be a featured speaker at the Stadia Design and Technology Expo on April 28 in New York City. He will be a panelist in the session entitled Aging Stadia – Renovate or Rebuild? Charlie Thornton will also be a featured speaker at the conference lecturing in a session entitled Soccer-specific stadia: trends of the past, present, and future. For more information about the conference visit http://www.stadiadesignandtechnology.com/
Tim Romani to speak at Sustainable Opportunities Summit on March 4
Tim Romani will be sitting on the panel entitled Sustainability in the World of Sports at the 2010 Sustainable Opportunities Summit. The Summit, to be held in Denver March 2-4, offers opportunities to hear from over 70 leading industry experts, who will discuss sustainability in the areas of finance, economic development, energy and human capital. The event is hosted by CORE (Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy), the City of Denver, and University of Colorado’s Deming Center for Entrepreneurship.