Vivaldão, Brazil 2014

Estádio Vivaldo Lima, usually known by its nickname Vivaldão, was a multi-purpose stadium in Manaus, Brazil. It was formerly used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 43,000, with 31,000 seats. It was built between 1958 and 1970.

The Vivaldão was owned by the government of Amazonas state. The stadium was named after Vivaldo Lima, who was the founder of Nacional Fast Clube and it was the home ground of América Futebol Clube (AM), Nacional Futebol Clube and Atlético Rio Negro Clube.

Architect Severiano Mário Porto

Capacity 43,000

Field dimensions 108 x 70 m

Durban, South Africa 2010

Durban’s stadium for the 2010 World Cup is the Moses Mabhida Stadium which is currently under construction. The stadium is planned to hold between 70,000 and 80,000 people and will be the 2nd largest arena to grace the World Cup. The ground is named after a former General Secretary of the SACP, Moses Mabhida. As part of the plans for the 2010 World Cup, Kings Park Soccer Stadium was demolished in 2006 to make way for the new stadium complex. During the World Cup, the ground will hold five first round matches, one second round, one quarter final and one semi final match.

The Moses Mabhida Stadium is adjacent to the ABSA stadium in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct and is located in KwaZula Natal.

Architect Gerkan, Marg

Capacity 62,760 FIFA World Cup

54,000 afterwards

69,000 Cricket

Field dimensions Stadium: 320m x 280m x 45m, Arches: 100m

Cape Town, South Africa 2010

reenpoint Stadium is located in Cape Town, South Africa featuring magnificent architecture of buildings. The stadium hosted the World Cup 2010 by providing more than 65,000 seats for football fans who will enjoy the eight World Cup matches in 2010. Greenpoint Stadium was designed by Volkwin Nienhoff with Marg and Hubert Robert Hormes from German firm, gmp architekten.

Architect GMP Architects, Louis Karol Architects, Point Architects

Capacity 64,100 (FIFA)

55,000 (Legacy) (football)

Field dimensions 290 x 265 x 48 m

Stuttgart, Germany 2006

When it was first opened in 1933, the stadium was used for Hitler's recruiting propaganda. As soon as the World War 2 was over, American soldiers made the Kampfbahn to the Century-Stadium and used it for baseball. In 1949, it changed its name intoNeckarstadion.

n 1989, the Stuttgart Stadium received a full-matrix color video score board for the European Athletics Championships. It was the first of such a color board (weight: 43 ton) in Germany and alsothe biggest in Europe.

Population: 590,000
Investment: €51.5m

Capacity: 54,267
Total Seating Capacity: 47,757

PUSAN STADIUM, SOUTH KOREA 2002

A collaboration of several European Companies, the Pusan Stadium in Korea was built for the Football World Cup in 2002.

The stadium incorporates 120,000sqm of PTFE coated glass fibre to provide cover for the 55,982 spectators below. Described as "futuristic in design" and "like an alien craft" the structure is built in the shadow of the impressive Baek Yang Mountain on the coast of South Korea.

Architen's expertise in the design manufacture and project management of large scale tensile structure meant that we were responsible for the engineering and detailing of the fabric membrane for the roof. All the fabric membrane details and attachment junctions were engineered and forwarded to local steel firms for construction. Over 120 fabric biaxial tests were undertaken to allow suitable compensations for the multiple batches of PTFE fabric used in the roof. Architen then cut all the fabric templates used for the roof in our UK factory before shipping to Eastern Europe where 6 of our production staff trained and then supervised a multi-shift workforce of 60 in the assembly of PTFE structures allowing them to weld the panels together.

Parc des Princes, France 1998

Officially opened on 4 June 1972, the Parc des Princes has always been somewhat ahead of its time. As a result, while the rest of France launches itself into a programme of stadium renovations, the ground based in Porte de Saint-Cloud still stands up well to current standards