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Watch The Roof Of A Stadium Collapse While People Are Still Inside

10:15AM January 27, 2012 | Casey Chan

Don’t worry, you can watch the video because no one was hurt in this freak accident. It’s crazy: a youth hockey team in Slovakia was actually practising in the hockey rink as the arena’s roof came crashing down. More »

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World’s Most Ridiculous Roof Lies Deep In The Heart Of Texas

1:30AM August 2, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

The NFL lockout is finally over and we can all stop pretending to care about soccer. It’s time to revel at the altar of America’s Sport in the Mecca of Texas under the world’s largest single-span retractable roof. More »

Entertainment

Panasonic Creates ‘Portable’ 45 Square Metre LED Screen For Sydney Stadiums

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4:15PM June 20, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Big sporting screens are nothing new, but Panasonic’s latest big-screen behemoth has something els going for it – the screen can be dismantled and moved between the Sydney Football Stadium and the adjacent Sydney Cricket Ground. More »

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London’s Olympics Basketball Stadium Is Actually Recyclable

8:30PM June 14, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Amazingly, another of London’s Olympics stadiums has actually been completed on time, with the basketball stadium becoming the fourth to be finished off. Designed to be temporary, the building will be recycled after the 2012 London Olympics. More »

Cameras

360-Degree, 10-Gigapixel View From Inside A Stadium

11:28PM May 17, 2011 | Casey Chan

Jeffrey Martin, the master of gigapixel pictures, has brought us inside Wembley Stadium during a live soccer game. Like his previous iterations, you get to pan, zoom, pull and see a moment frozen in time. And as alway, it’s amazing. More »

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Cowboys Stadium Techs Up For Super Bowl Close-Up

8:00AM February 5, 2011 | Erik Malinowski - Wired

Cowboys Stadium is finally ready for the Super Bowl, thanks to a massive data centre and infrastructure upgrades. Here’s how Big D plans to take on the big game. More »

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The Lego Stadium That Would’ve Cost $US75,000 To Build

3:20AM January 19, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Meet Paul. The physiology professor is an avid fan of the Ohio Stadium, and like the German Lego stadium-builder from a few years back, he used over a million bricks to create the 1:100 scale build over two years. More »

How Would An Olympic Stadium In The Moon Look?

1:40AM November 30, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

I can’t imagine how sports would be in the the moon. I guess it’d be slow motion 100m or flying gladiators with lasers. Either way, I want to watch, and this stadium on the moon looks like the perfect place. More »

What It’s Like To Parachute Into The Big House

10:20AM October 15, 2010 | Brian Barrett

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Ever wondered what it’d be like to parachute into one of the largest college football stadiums in the world, with 113,000 cheering on your landing? Well, exactly like this. More »

The Beautiful Water Cube In Beijing Is Now A Water Theme Park

11:00AM August 15, 2010 | Casey Chan

Olympic stadiums have a short shelf life. They’re oohed and aahed at during the games, but after the festivities they’re forgotten and left to rust. China is trying to prevent that by re-inventing the beautiful Water Cube as a theme park. More »