Stadium
A stadium is a building in which lots of people may watch an event. They are often used for football and athletics. Some stadiums are paid to add a company name to the name of their stadium. For example, Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, or the ALLTEL Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. When people do this the company has the naming rights to the stadium. The given name of a stadium can change when another company buys the naming rights to that stadium.
An arena is a small indoor stadium. Arenas are often used for many different types of events. These include sports and music.
Stadium Media
- Narendra Modi Stadium view from the gallery.jpg
Narendra Modi Stadium, the current largest stadium by capacity, is designed to allow up to 132,000 people to spectate a cricket match.
- Ancient Olympia Stadium in Greece (51224128585).jpg
Stadium at Olympia is the oldest known stadium, built ~776 BC.
- Circus Maximus, plan de Rome de Paul Bigot, université de Caen MRSH.JPG
The Circus Maximus (model pictured) was one of many circuses built in Ancient Rome.
- Southendgrounds (cropped).jpg
The South End Grounds (pictured in 1893) was one of the first-generation "wooden ballparks".
Archibald Leitch designed numerous football stadiums in early twentieth-century England, such as Old Trafford (pictured in the 1920s).
- Le White City Stadium de Londres, pour les JO de 1908.jpg
White City Stadium is often cited as the first "modern seater" stadium.
- Harvard Stadium 1903.png
The construction of Harvard Stadium in 1903 pioneered the use of concrete and steel frames.
- MiyagiStadiumTrackField.jpg
The most common form of multi-purpose stadiums feature a running track surrounding a football pitch.
- Truman Sports Complex Aerial.jpg
American football–baseball multi-purpose stadiums were replaced by separate venues for the two sports, such as the Truman Sports Complex.
Safe standing designs, such as rail seating (pictured), help prevent crowd crushes, and were widely adopted following the Hillsborough disaster.
