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Sports venue

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A sports venue is a building, structure, or place in which a sporting competition is held.

A stadium (plural: stadiums or stadia)[1] or arena is a place or venue for sports or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.[2]

There are various types of sporting venues, depending on the sport played. For example, there's the racetrack for car racing, the hippodrome for horse racing, the velodrome [3] for cycling, and the swimming pool for swimming. Some sporting venues can accommodate over one hundred thousand spectators, such as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the United States, which has a capacity of 257,325 people.

Types of sports venues

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Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, where 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2009 World Championships in Athletics were held.
Arena Yerofey in Khabarovsk, Russia, where 2015 and 2018 Bandy World Championship's were held.
A view of the Helsinki Velodrome, an American football stadium in Helsinki, Finland.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Stadia is the Latin plural form, but both are used in English. Dictionary.com
  2. ^ Nussli Group "Stadium Construction Projects"
  3. ^ GloboEsporte.com (May 13, 2023). "Replica Football Shirt". The The Rio Velodrome is the new home of the permanent track cycling national team. Rio de Janeiro: ge.globo.com.