Swiss Can’t Miss as Multi-Use Stadium Complex Scores Goal in Geneva Apparently, the United States has not cornered the market on the lengthy building process. Americans have grown accustomed to political infighting, nuisance lawsuits, environmental impact surveys, and more, causing a typical two-year construction process to drag on. The Swiss had a major project that was anything but a slam dunk, as well. 8 Long Years...Then, 2 More In Geneva, soccer fans grew impatient as the years passed. Switzerland’s pre- eminent metropolis had long wanted a soccer stadium whose stature would match that of the city. In the early 1990s, plans were unveiled to construct the Stade de Geneve, a world-class athletic facility that would make Genevans proud. But eight full years of debate and bickering follow

Join for free to read