WEEKLY DIGEST WHAT HAPPENED AROUND YOU

WEEKLY DIGEST WHAT HAPPENED AROUND YOU

• Twin stadium at Himachal, 28 sports centre in Namibia, Kenya, mini stadium in Meghalaya, Amravati based sports city, Pune twin stadium
• Mangalagiri stadium in andhra
• Calicut based fifa compliant football stadium
• Ahmedabad- sardar vallbahia patel stadium anchored 2030 and 2036 preparations
• Thanjavur para athlete facility
• Revamping in Logan, jagjivan, afraha and bukhungu stadium kenya, rai sports facility
• Kodahu hockey heritage
• Tennis by gcc
• Chennai experiencing sports medicine , inglewood experiencing ai, KIIT beach stadium
• Asian games 2026 simulations

• In the age of AI, infrastructure is also upgrading to include trendy facilities through technology-enabled enhanced services. AI is being used for crowd management, ticketing, real-time event tracking, traffic dissemination, smart turf systems, athlete tracking and bringing about a revolution in the average experience of a sports spectator.
• In the near future, sports experience shall be completely revolutionised by conducting event-day simulations to prepare the athletes, as tried in Asian Games preparations.
• The only gap here shall be that of standardisation. With investors neglecting the smart features, the physical stadiums will waste capital in redundancy due to a lack of objectivity in the sports faculty.

• With the concept of medical sports facilities emerging, the game has been completely altered to be anchored around athletes solely.
• In order to maintain their well-being, a multidisciplinary approach is being adopted, like integrating medical science with sporting facilities, giving due weightage to athlete villages, decentralising elite infrastructure and including inclusivity for the para athletes by specialised centres.
• The focus has now shifted to building an athlete ecosystem rather than concrete infrastructure.The only shortcoming in this renaissance is the struggle of developing countries. The scale of this research integration is still not reaching the masses due to a lack of capital and accessibility, which requires an equitable distribution.

• Another recent trend observed was the use of sports as a medium to foster a boost to tourism and, in return, boost GDP projections. Adventure sports, community precincts and cluster-based infrastructure models all have the vision of boosting tourism.
• The gap here is the lack of foresight. Long-term sustainability is the core issue in this model for the marquee events attracting massive footfall that happen on blue moon sightings, which defeats the purpose of sustainable growth. Therefore, a larger, nuanced approach is the need of the hour, with year-round utility being the foundation to build upon.