Elsewhere in Europe, an ideal building type for this technology was experiencing a revival – sports stadium roofing. The growth of the worldwide football business led to a need to refurbish and rebuild numerous large stadia in mainland Europe. The forms being developed, together with the quest for a new aesthetic and efficiencies of material and cost, led to the explosion of the lightweight stadium roof market. Early examples such as the Stuttgart Stadium refurbishment were startlingly innovative and yet simple in their conception, and led to this technology spreading all over Europe and further afield