Murrayfield Stadium
July 19, 2009 by admin
Murrayfield Stadium is a sports stadium located in the west end of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Its all-seater capacity was recently reduced from 67,800 to 67,130 to incorporate the largest permanent ‘big screen’ in the country though it still remains the largest stadium in Scotland and one of the largest in the... [Read the rest of this article]
Stadium Puskás Ferenc
July 19, 2009 by admin
Stadium Puskás Ferenc is a multi-purpose stadium in Budapest, Hungary. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The all-seater stadium holds 68,976. The original capacity was 104,000. It was built between 1948 and 1953 using many volunteers, including soldiers. Less than one year later, on 23 May 1954, England suffered its... [Read the rest of this article]
Munich Olympiastadion
The Olympiastadion is a stadium located in Munich, Germany. Situated at the heart of the Olympiapark München in northern Munich, the stadium was built as the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics. With a capacity of 80,000, the stadium also hosted many major football matches including the 1974 World Cup Final, in which West Germany... [Read the rest of this article]
Allianz Arena
July 19, 2009 by admin
The Allianz Arena is a football stadium in the north of Munich, Germany. The two professional Munich football clubs FC Bayern München and TSV 1860 München have played their home games at Allianz Arena since the start of the 2005/06 season. Both clubs had previously played their home games at the Munich Olympic Stadium since 1972;... [Read the rest of this article]
Athens Olympic Stadium
July 19, 2009 by admin
The Olympic Stadium, is a stadium that is part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. It is also known as the Athens Olympic Stadium, and Spiridon “Spiros” Louis Stadium, named after the man to win the first (modern) Olympic marathon race in 1896. History Located in the area of Maroussi in Athens, it is the major Greek stadium... [Read the rest of this article]
Stadio Olimpico
July 19, 2009 by admin
Stadio Olimpico is the main and largest sports facility of Rome, Italy. It is located within the Foro Italico sports complex on the north of the city. Assets of CONI, the structure is intended primarily for football, there are held inside of Lazio and Roma and is the seat of the final Coppa Italia, and all athletics, but occasionally hosts... [Read the rest of this article]
Olympiastadion
The Olympiastadion (Olympic Stadium) is a sports stadium in Berlin. There have been two stadia on the site: the present facility, and one that was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March and the second by his son Werner March. The current Olympiastadion was originally... [Read the rest of this article]
Millennium Stadium
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The Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales, located in the capital Cardiff. It is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and the Wales national football team but is also host to many other large scale events, such as Wales Rally Great Britain stage of the World Rally Championship, Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain,... [Read the rest of this article]
Atatürk Olympic Stadium
Atatürk Olympic Stadium located in İkitelli, a district in the western outskirts of Istanbul, is the largest-capacity stadium of Turkey. The stadium takes its name from Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Its construction began in 1999 and was completed in 2002. It was built for Turkey’s Olympic Games bid and cost about €350 million. With... [Read the rest of this article]
Old Trafford
July 19, 2009 by admin
Old Trafford is an all-seater football stadium in the Trafford borough of Greater Manchester, England, and is the home of Premier League club Manchester United. With space for 76,212 spectators, Old Trafford has the second-largest capacity of any English football stadium after Wembley Stadium, the third-largest of any stadium in the United... [Read the rest of this article]