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Stadium
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Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event at the ancient Greek Olympic festival was the race that comprised one length of the stade at Olympia, where the word stadium originated. In modern times, a stadium is officially a stadium when at least 50% of the capacity is an actual building. If the majority of the capacity is formed by grasshills, the venue is not officially considered a stadium. Most of the stadiums with a capacity of at least 10,000 are used for football, or soccer. A large amount of sports venues are also used for concerts. Stadium is the Latin form of the Greek word stadion, a measure of length equalling the length of 600 human feet, as feet are of variable length the exact length of a stadion depends on the exact length adopted for 1 foot at a given place and time. Although in modern terms 1 stadion =600 ft, in a historical context it may actually signify a length up to 15% larger or smaller. The equivalent Roman measure, the stadium, had a similar length — about 185 m -, the English use of stadium comes from the tiered infrastructure surrounding a Roman track of such length. Most dictionaries provide for both stadiums and stadia as valid English plurals, although etymological purists sometimes apply stadia only to measures of length in excess of 1 stadium. The oldest known stadium is the one in Olympia, in the western Peloponnese, Greece, initially the Games consisted of a single event, a sprint along the length of the stadium. The stadion, a measure of length, may be related to the Stadium, Greek and Roman stadiums have been found in numerous ancient cities, perhaps the most famous being the Stadium of Domitian, in Rome. The excavated and refurbished ancient Panathenaic stadium hosted a version of the Olympic Games in 1870,1875,1896 and 1906. The excavation and refurbishment of the stadium was part of the legacy of the Greek national benefactor Evangelos Zappas, the first stadiums to be built in the modern era were basic facilities, designed for the single purpose of fitting as many spectators in as possible. One such early stadium was the Lansdowne Road Stadium, the brainchild of Henry Dunlop, banned from locating sporting events at Trinity College, Dunlop built the stadium in 1872. Some 300 cartloads of soil from a trench beneath the railway were used to raise the ground, other early stadiums from this period in the UK include the Stamford Bridge stadium and Anfield stadium. In the U. S. However, many of these caught fire. All of the 19th-century wooden parks were replaced, some only a few years. Goodison Park was the first purpose-built football stadium in the world, walton-based building firm Kelly brothers were instructed to erect two uncovered stands that could each accommodate 4,000 spectators
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Parque Patricios
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Parque Patricios is a barrio located on the southern side of Buenos Aires, Argentina belonging to the fourth comuna. Parque Patricios underwent a transformation during the beginning of the 1900s, the government moved the main slaughterhouse to Mataderos, removed refuse piles and the notorious trash incinerators and the cemetery used during the 1871 yellow fever epidemic, now Parque Ameghino. Parks, a zoo and hospitals were put in their place and this barrio features many hospitals which treat patients from all parts of Argentina, as well as the notorious former Caseros Prison. It is also the home of Club Atlético Huracán, a First Division football team, Parque Patricios is bordered by the barrios of Barracas and Nueva Pompeya to the south, Constitución to the east, San Cristóbal to the north, and Boedo to the west. In more recent years, the area has received connections to Line H of the Buenos Aires Underground, in particular at Parque Patricios station, the building was designed by British architect Norman Foster
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La Bombonera
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The Estadio Alberto J. Armando is a stadium located in La Boca district of Buenos Aires. Widely known as La Bombonera due to its shape, with a stand on one side of the pitch. It has a capacity of 49,000, the stadium is owned by Boca Juniors, one of Argentinas top football clubs. The unusual shape of the stadium has led to it having excellent acoustics, the pitch at La Bombonera is the minimum size required under FIFA regulations - 105m x 68m. The stadium is regarded as one of the most emblematic stadiums of the world. The stadium, as well as being the home of Boca Juniors, is used as a concert venue. Past performers at La Bombonera have included Lenny Kravitz, Sir Elton John, James Blunt, the Bee Gees, the Backstreet Boys, previous to La Bombonera, Boca Juniors had used several locations before settling on their current ground on Brandsen. Clubs first ground had been located in Dársena Sur of the old Buenos Aires port and Isla Demarchi before moving to Brandsen, the club built a stadium there. The club built a new stadium there, which would be used as home venue until the construction of La Bombonera on the same location, in 1931, the Boca Juniors steering committee acquired the lands to the Municipality of Buenos Aires for A$2,200,000. Three years later the club published a call for tenders to built its new stadium, the project was finally granted to the Delpini-Sulcic-Bes architectural office. Which would be also design the Abasto Shopping in the 1990s, the old stadium was used for the last time on April 10,1938, then being demolished to build the new stadium on the same location. While La Bombonera was under construction, Boca Juniors played their games at Ferro Carril Oeste stadium. The stadium finally opened on May 25,1940, with a match between Boca and San Lorenzo, which the home side won 2-0 with both goals scored by Ricardo Alarcón. Due to the stadium did not have a system, the game only lasted 70. The first official game at the new stadium was on June 2,1940, Ricardo Alarcón scored the first official goal in the new venue. After the stadium was inaugurated, the continued to introduce refurbishments to expand its capacity. As a result, on November 16,1941, a second tier was opened on the side of the stadium. The grandstand was named Natalio Pescia in honour of one the key players in Boca Juniors history, in 1949 the club decided to add a third tier, adding also a lighting system
