The Winter Games infrastructure plans are fast turning into reality in Sochi. Host City gives a progress update.
ochi’s transformation from Black Sea resort for summer holidaymakers to home of the biggest winter sports event on earth is nearly complete. The revamp has been more extensive than any other Winter Olympics host city in history. Read more... |
Kinetic architecture can ensure year round profts, even in harsh wintry climates. Host City speaks to experts from Uni-Systems.
For nations in all regions of the world to be able to host mega events sustainably, stadiums have to become more flexible. This has become particularly apparent since FIFA awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively.
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Event infrastructure specialist NUSSLI is once again playing a key role in construction work for the Eurovision song contest.
At a ceremony in Baku on 25 January 2012, the Lord Mayor of Dusseldorf, Dirk Elbers, symbolically handed over a key to his counterpart in Azerbaijan’s capital city.
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Transforming sport into theatre
Those who say stage production techniques can’t be married to sports would be very wrong, says Michael Gorman, Technical & Creative Director at Lighting Direction.
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Russia’s sporting capital
In a country that has the Winter Olympics and the FIFA World Cup on the horizon, being names the national sports capital is a lot to live up to. Can Kazan keep its title?
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The world's best kept secret for sports lovers
Baku is a city that takes visitors by surprise: the multilingual, cosmopolitan capital city of Azerbaijan is one of the world’s best-kept secrets.
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All the essential dates in the hosting community’s calendar. See you there!
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