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Guangdong Olympic Stadium


The Guangdong Olympic Centre Stadium or Aoti Main Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Currently used mostly for football matches, the stadium was opened in 2001. It has a capacity of 80,012, making it the largest stadium in the country by seating capacity. Guangdong Olympic Stadium broke ground on 31 December 1998 at the former site of Huangcun Airport. It opened to the public for the Ninth National Games of China in 2001. It was originally planned to help host the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Guangdong Olympic Stadium


until a decision was made to construct the National Stadium in Beijing. The original design for the Guangdong Olympic Stadium was announced in 1999. Taking Guangzhou's nickname, the "Flower City", the American architectural firm of Ellerbe Becket designed Guangdong Olympic Stadium's sunscreen roof to resemble layers of petals on a flower. The design firm stated in its press release: "The stadium bowl grows out of the ground to a sculpted upper edge, like the petals of a flower. Floating above the bowl is a shimmering ribbon of
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2008 Summer Olympics


-free zone", the equestrian events were held in Hong Kong. The centrepiece of the 2008 Summer Olympics was the Beijing National Stadium, nicknamed "The Bird's Nest" because of its nest-like skeletal structure. The stadium hosted both the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the athletics competition. Construction of the venue began on 24 December 2003. The Guangdong Olympic Stadium was originally planned, constructed, and completed in 2001 to help host the Games, but a decision was made to construct a new stadium in
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Beijing National Stadium


Beijing National Stadium, officially the National Stadium (), also known as the Bird's Nest (), is a stadium in Beijing. The stadium was jointly designed by architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron of Herzog & de Meuron, project architect Stefan Marbach, artist Ai Weiwei, and CADG, which was led by chief architect Li Xinggang. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics and will be used again in the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The Bird's Nest sometimes has some
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Shanghai Stadium


The Shanghai Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Shanghai. It is currently used mostly for football matches of Chinese Super League side Shanghai International Port Group FC. The stadium opened on 14 March 1999 when the 8th National Games of China was held in Shanghai. It seats almost 57,000. It is currently not within the list of the thirty largest football stadiums in the world, and is the third largest stadium in China after the Guangdong Olympic Stadium and the Beijing National Stadium. It was used for football preliminaries at
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2001 National Games of China


The 9th National Games of China was a multi-sport event that was held in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China from 11–25 November 2001. The main stadium for the games was the Guangdong Olympic Stadium. A total of 345 events were contested in 30 sports – 27 were summer sports and the remaining three were skating winter sports. The games featured 8608 athletes from 45 delegations, including the various Chinese provinces and regions as well as occupational divisions (e.g. People's Liberation Army, China Railway Corporation). The President of China
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2012–13 in Hong Kong football


Huizhou Olympic Stadium, and the second leg took place in Hong Kong, being held in Mong Kok Stadium. Guangdong took the 1–0 lead in the first leg, thanks to Yin Hongbo's goalscoring penalty before the end of match. However, Hong Kong levelled the game in the second leg, with Bai He's and Lee Wai Lim's header, while Guangdong's Shi Liang scored once. After 120 minutes of play, the scoreline levels in 2–2, thus the game proceeded to penalty shoot-out stage. Both team
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Zentralstadion (1956)


first for the sports students in the Sportforum Leipzig, with a capacity of 100,000. Next to it was an Olympic-style swimming stadium. After the sports university, rowing channel and the swimming stadium were established, plans were made for a new stadium downtown; Leipzig wanted to be awarded the Olympic Games. Blueprints by architect Werner March, the architect of Berlin's Olympiastadion, were used. Finishing the plan took 15 months, with 180,000 volunteers. Walter Ulbricht called the stadium "Stadion der Hunderttausend" (Stadium of 100,000
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2011–12 in Hong Kong football


before the end of the match, Guangdong equalized the match. The second leg took place in Huizhou, Guangdong, being held in Huizhou Olympic Stadium. Both teams could not score any goals in 120 minutes. Both Yapp Hung Fai, goalkeeper of Hong Kong, and Yang Zhi (footballer), goalkeeper of Guangdong and the China PR's first goalkeeper choice, saved 2 penalties in the first 5 rounds. In the seventh round, Yapp Hung Fai saved Ge Zheen's penalty, while Man Pei Tak converted. Hong Kong
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Werner March


Werner Julius March (17 January 1894 – 11 January 1976) was a German architect, son of Otto March (1845-1913), and brother of Walter March, both also well-known German architects. Otto March designed Germany's 1916 Olympic stadium. Werner March was born in Charlottenburg and died in Berlin. For the 1936 Summer Olympics in Germany, March created his most famous work, Berlin Olympic Stadium, which was on the site of the Deutsches Stadion, a stadium designed by his father, Otto March for
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Wuhua County Olympic Sports Centre


Wuhua County Olympic Sports Centre (), former known as Wuhua County Football Culture Park (), is a sports complex located in Wuhua County, Meizhou, Guangdong, China. The complex will consist of standard football stadium, gymnasium, futsal field, seven-player football field, tennis court and natatorium. The complex is plan to build in two phases. The first phase is estimated to cost ¥257 million to build the football stadium. It broke ground in March 2016, and expected to open in March 2018.
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Olympiapark Berlin


the previous Summer Olympic Stadium (Los Angels Memorial Coliseum), which would take fifteen and-a-half minutes to empty. March was the stadium’s architect for the majority of the project, though Hitler ultimately replaced him with Albert Speer as the stadium’s architect. March’s stadium was modern in its aesthetics, which did not match the Nazi’s goal to utilize the Olympics to display themselves as an imperial power in the mold of the Roman Empire. March’s design lacked the monumental scale and neo-classical architecture
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Helsinki Olympic Stadium


for the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. It hosted the European Athletics Championships in 1971, 1994 and 2012. It is also the home stadium of the Finland national football team. The stadium is closed temporarily since March 2016 for renovation works and scheduled of reopening in 2019. The Olympic Stadium was designed in functionalistic style by the architects Yrjö Lindegren and Toivo Jäntti. Construction of the Olympic Stadium began in 1934 and it was completed in 1938, with the intent to host the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were moved from Tokyo to
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Cairo International Stadium


The Cairo International Stadium (), formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who had built from 1934 to 1936 the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Before becoming an all seater stadium, it had the ability to hold over 100,000 spectators, reaching a record of 120,000. It is the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of Cairo, Egypt as the center of events in
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Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games


Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested – 24 by men and 23 by women – matching the Olympic athletics programme. The 42 track and field events on the programme were hosted at the Aoti Main Stadium (Guangdong Olympic Stadium) while the marathons and racewalking competitions took place around the city's University Town (sharing a venue with the triathlon). Sixteen Asian Games records were broken during the seven-day competition. China,
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Helsinki Swimming Stadium


Helsinki Swimming Stadium is an outdoors swimming venue in Helsinki, Finland, located in the Eläintarha area to the northeast of the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The Swimming Stadium was designed by architect Jorma Järvi in the Functionalist style prevalent during the 1930s. The stadium was built for the 1940 Olympic Games which were cancelled due to the Second World War, but later hosted the 1952 Summer Olympics. Because of the war, the construction of the Swimming Stadium took a long time, and it was finally completed in 1947. In wartime, the
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Guangzhou R&F F.C.


Stadium (五里河体育场) was demolished. While it was expected that the club move to another stadium within Shenyang, especially the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium, a deal did not go through and the club moved to Changsha in Hunan and changed their name to Changsha Ginde (长沙金德). After Changsha Ginde were relegated to League One at the end of the 2010 league season, the club was purchased by MAZAMBA and moved into the Shenzhen Stadium in the city of Shenzhen, Guangdong in February 2011. To represent this change the owners
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Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam)


for international games until 1996, when the Amsterdam Arena was completed. Renovation started in 1996, and the stadium was refurbished into the original construction of 1928. The second ring of 1937 was removed, reducing capacity to 22,288, and the stadium was made suitable for track and field competitions again. Since 2005, the stadium is home to a sports museum, the Olympic Experience Amsterdam. The Olympic Stadium was designed by architect Jan Wils, and is one of the finest examples of Amsterdamse School architecture, complementing the surrounding neighbourhood designed
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2008 Summer Olympics


public exhibition. The selection of the design became official in April 2003. Construction of the stadium was a joint venture among the original designers, project architect Stefan Marbach, artist Ai Weiwei, and a group of CADG architects led by Li Xinggang. Its $423 million cost was funded by the state-owned corporate conglomerate CITIC and the Beijing State-Owned Assets Management Company. The 2008 Beijing Olympics caused traditional Hutong neighborhoods to be cleared for the construction of modern Olympic stadiums. In an effort to ensure success for the games
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Tokyo bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics


finalists, Zaha Hadid Architects was awarded the design for the new stadium. Plans include dismantling the original stadium, and expanding the capacity from 50,000 to a modern Olympic capacity of about 80,000. The possibility of renovating the National Olympic Stadium had been previously discussed. Following a renovation, the venue would host the opening and closing ceremonies as well as track and field events. Renovating the stadium would reduce costs of organizing the games in the event that Tokyo wins their bid. In their 2016 bid, Tokyo proposed building a new Olympic
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1972 Summer Olympics


dachshund "Waldi", was the first officially named Olympic mascot. The Olympic Fanfare was composed by Herbert Rehbein. The Olympic Park ("Olympiapark") is based on Frei Otto's plans and after the Games became a Munich landmark. The competition sites, designed by architect Günther Behnisch, included the Olympic swimming hall, the Olympics Hall ("Olympiahalle", a multipurpose facility) and the Olympic Stadium ("Olympiastadion"), and an Olympic village very close to the park. The design of the stadium was
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Yrjö Lindegren


Yrjö Lorenzo Lindegren (13 August 1900 in Tampere – 12 November 1952 in Helsinki) was a Finnish architect. Lindegren graduated as an architect in 1925 from the Helsinki University of Technology, and set up his own office later the same year. Lindegren's best-known work is the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, which he designed together with Toivo Jäntti in the early 1930s. After the 1940 Summer Olympics in Helsinki were cancelled due to the Second World War, he ended up competing in the Olympics himself before his stadium was used for
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Atatürk Olympic Stadium


be closer to the pitch, making it a football stadium. The stadium will have a capacity of 92,208 and 191 suites. This will likely end Turkey's olympic prospects to bid olympics in 2030 -century centering it to Istanbul if athletics track were removed. The rebuild was made by Manchester based British architecture company AFL Architects. On 6 September 2010, the renowned Irish rock band U2 gave a concert at the stadium which reportedly attracted 54,278 fans, as a part of their U2 360° Tour, the opening act of which was
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New National Stadium (Tokyo)


and is to be completed in November 2019. After Tokyo submitted their bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics, there was talk of possibly renovating or reconstructing the National Olympic Stadium. The stadium would host the opening and closing ceremonies as well as track and field events. It was confirmed in February 2012 that the stadium would be demolished and reconstructed, and receive a £1 billion upgrade. In November 2012, renderings of the new national stadium were revealed based on a design by architect Zaha Hadid. The stadium was demolished in 2015
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1976 Summer Olympics


Allo, Morgentaler?" in reference to a Montreal abortion provider. The Olympic Stadium was designed by French architect Roger Taillibert. It is often nicknamed "The Big O" as a reference to both its name and to the doughnut-shape of the permanent component of the stadium's roof, though "The Big Owe" has been used to reference the astronomical cost of the stadium and the 1976 Olympics as a whole. It has never had an effective retractable roof, and the tower (called the Montreal Tower) was
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2020 Summer Olympics


reconstructed. The project would receive a 100 billion yen upgrade for the 2019 Rugby World Cup as well as the 2020 Olympics. A design competition for the New National Stadium was launched, and the Japan Sport Council announced in November 2012 that, out of 46 finalists, Zaha Hadid Architects had been awarded the design for the new stadium. Plans included dismantling the original stadium, and expanding the capacity from 50,000 to a modern Olympic capacity of about 80,000. Demolition of the old stadium was completed in May 2015, but Japanese Prime
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Stockholm Olympic Stadium


Stockholm Olympic Stadium (), most often called Stockholms stadion or (especially locally) simply Stadion, is a stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by architect Torben Grut, it was opened in 1912, its original use was as a venue for the 1912 Olympic Games. At the 1912 Games, it hosted the athletics, some of the equestrian, some of the football, gymnastics, the running part of the modern pentathlon, tug of war, and wrestling events. It has a capacity of 13,145–14,500 depending on usage and
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Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium


The Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 15,000 people. The stadium is best reached by taking Guangzhou Metro Line 1 to Martyrs' Park Station. Formerly known as the "dongjiaochang" or Eastern Parade Ground, the site was first used as a sporting venue in 1906 when it hosted Guangdong's (and China’s) first ever provincial level athletics competition. Sun Yat-Sen ordered the construction of a
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AFC Ajax


intention of sharing knowledge, setting up a variety of camps and clinics for both players and coaches. Ajax's first stadium was built in 1911 out of wood and was called Het Houten Stadion ("The Wooden Stadium"). Ajax later played in the stadium built for the 1928 Summer Olympics hosted in Amsterdam. This stadium, designed by Jan Wils, is known as the Olympic Stadium. In 1934, Ajax moved to De Meer Stadion in east Amsterdam, designed by architect and Ajax-member Daan Roodenburgh, who had
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Takhti Stadium (Tehran)


Tehran. This stadium was built to use for 1974 Asian Games and is part of Takhti Sport Complex. The stadium's building progress was started in June 1968 and Iranian-Italian architect, Jahangir Darvish was responsible for the project. It was opened on 3 June 1973 and was named "Farah Stadium" in honor of Farah Pahlavi, Iran's ex-empress. Almost two years after the Munich Olympic Stadium opened in 1968 to host the 1972 Summer Olympics, International Journal of skeletons Baucn und wohncn paper wrapping published an article
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Wembley Stadium


the 2012 Summer Olympics in London; the stadium was the site of several games in both the men's and women's football tournaments, with the finals being held there. The FA offices at Wembley Stadium, with social areas and boardroom, were designed by architects Gebler Tooth – who were also responsible for Team GB House at the London 2012 Olympics. Additionally, the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final returned to Wembley Stadium in 2007, and the stadium also hosted both semi-finals of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. Wembley
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2017 Orlando City SC season


finals and the final of the 2017 NCAA Women's College Cup slated for November–December at the venue. The NWSL announced on August 17 that the Game of the Week on Lifetime for Saturday, Sep 23 at 3:30 pm. ET will now feature the Orlando Pride vs. Portland Thorns FC at Orlando City Stadium. Due to Hurricane Irma, Orlando Pride's match against Seattle Reign FC, originally scheduled for Saturday, Sep 9, was played Thursday, Sep 7, at 8 p.m. at Orlando City Stadium. With a loss
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2013–14 in Hong Kong football


Stadium, and the second leg took place in Huizhou, Guangdong, being held at Huizhou Olympic Stadium. Head coach Kim Pan-Gon confirmed that two friendly matches are arranged in September for the preparation of 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification. Hong Kong will face Myanmar away on 6 September, and return to Hong Kong for another friendly match against Singapore on 10 September. 2012–13 Premier League champions Manchester United will play against 2012–13 Hong Kong FA Cup champions Kitchee on Monday, 29 July 2013 at the Hong Kong Stadium as part of
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Walter March


Walter F. March (26 August 1898 – 23 August 1969) was a German architect. Son of German architect Otto March and brother of architect Werner March. In 1936 he won a gold medal together with his brother Werner in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for their "Reichssportfeld" ("Reich Sport Field"). Father Otto March designed Germany's 1916 Olympic stadium. Studied with Frank Lloyd Wright in 1925. Became an American citizen. Married Louise Goepfert 1934. Designed Olympic Village 1936. Came to America 1937
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Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia


The Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia is a stadium in Pescara, in the italia region Abruzzo. It opened in 1955 and was designed by the italian architect Luigi Piccinato. It hosted some games for the football preliminaries during the 1960 Summer Olympics. It originated as a multipurpose athletic facility and a center for the Italian National Olympic Committee. Today, the stadium is intended primarily for football and athletics and is the home stadium of Serie B club Delfino Pescara 1936. The stadium, which completed its renovation works in 2009, was the
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2009 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup


The 31st Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup was held on January 2009. Defending champions Hong Kong played against Guangdong at Yuexiushan Stadium on 1 January in the first leg and the second leg was played at Mong Kok Stadium on 4 January. Hong Kong football representative team represented Hong Kong Team this year instead of Hong Kong League XI and 2008 Chinese third-tier league runners-up Guangdong Sunray Cave (Guangdong U19s) replaced Guangzhou FC as Guangdong Team to participate in this tournament. Hong Kong won 5–4 on aggregate and were crowned their
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Panathenaic Stadium


buildings. European travelers wrote of "magical rites enacted by young Athenian maidens in the ruined vaulted passage, aimed at finding a good husband." Following Greece's independence, archaeological excavation as early as 1836 uncovered traces of the stadium of Herodes Atticus. Further, more thorough, excavation was conducted by the German-born architect Ernst Ziller in 1869–70. Some marbles of the stadium and four Hermai were found. The Zappas Olympics, an early attempt to revive the ancient Olympic Games, were held at the stadium in 1870 and
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2007 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup


Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup 2006–07 is the 29th staging of this two-leg competition between Hong Kong and Guangdong. The first leg was played in Panyu on 30 December 2006 and the second leg was played in Hong Kong Stadium on 7 January 2007. The Guangdong match was played in Panyu Fo Ying Dong Stadium in remembrance of the death of Henry Fok, HKFA's Life Honorary President, for Panyu is the home town of Mr. Fok. Hong Kong captured the champion by winning an aggregate 4–3 after against Guangdong extra time.
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Rod Sheard


led Populous to win the competition to design the new Wembley Stadium, in collaboration with Foster + Partners. The redesign removed the stadiums two iconic towers, replacing them with the present arch. Throughout the following years Sheard led the London studio through projects such as Ascot Racecourse and the redevelopment of the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon, including the new Centre Court's closing fabric roof. Sheard's latest project is London's Olympic Stadium, making him the only architect to have designed two Olympic Stadiums in the modern era.
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Helsinki


one of the pioneers of architectural functionalism. However, some of his works, such as the headquarters of the paper company Stora Enso and the concert venue Finlandia Hall, have been subject to divided opinions from the citizens. Functionalist buildings in Helsinki by other architects include the Olympic Stadium, the Tennis Palace, the Rowing Stadium, the Swimming Stadium, the Velodrome, the Glass Palace, the Töölö Sports Hall, and Helsinki-Malmi Airport. The sports venues were built to serve the 1940 Helsinki Olympic Games; the games were
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Robert Seppings


Sir Robert Seppings, FRS (11 December 176725 April 1840) was an English naval architect. Seppings was born to Robert and Lydia Seppings at Fakenham, Norfolk, on 11 December 1767 and baptised three days later. In 1782 he was apprenticed in HMNB Devonport, Plymouth. In 1800, when he had risen to be master shipwright assistant in the yard, he invented a device which greatly reduced the time required to repair the lower portions of ships in dry dock when compared with the laborious process of lifting then in vogue.
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Guangdong Southern Tigers F.C.


Guangdong Southern Tigers Football Club () or simply Guangdong Southern Tigers () is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Meixian District, Meizhou, Guangdong and their home stadium is the Meixian Tsang Hin-chi Stadium that has a seating capacity of 20,221. Their current majority shareholder is engineering, and construction company Shenzhen Techand Ecological Environment Co., Ltd. The club was founded on 3 July 2003 as Dongguan Nancheng Football
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Pie-IX station


in open cut. The centre of the station is taken up with a vast mezzanine bisected by a long ticket barrier. This space, as well as a secondary access to the Angrignon platform, allows the station to handle very large crowds from the Olympic Stadium. The mezzanine gives direct underground city access to the Stadium. The station has two exits of its own, one incorporated into the stadium's parvis, and another across the street. The station includes four Olympic-themed works of art: three sculptures by the architect
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1912 Summer Olympics


for other uses during the Games. By placing it to the north of the city, the Olympic Stadium was within the immediate vicinity of other pre-existing sporting venues. Initial funding was given to the sum of 400,000 Kr for a timber stadium but Torben Grut, the architect, also drew up alternative plans for a stone stadium. Following discussions with the Swedish Central Association for the Application of Athletics, it was decided that the stone version should be built, and further funds were made available through a national lottery once guarantees
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Olympia-Kunsteisstadion


The Olympia-Kunsteisstadion is a skating stadium located in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It was built according to plans of architect Hanns Ostler in only 106 days for the figure skating and ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics. It was opened on 16 December 1934. It contained an ice rink 30 meters by 60 meters for these games. It was a partially covered stadium. The stadium was able to hold 10,000 people. The Olympia-Kunsteistadion was rebuilt in 1939/1940 for the planned 1940 Winter Olympics which were canceled due to World War
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Incheon Asiad Main Stadium


to link with Seungmu (Buddhist dance), and to express dynamic movement with the tide and wind, which represent the sea of Incheon. On April 17, 2007, Incheon was chosen as the venue for the 16-day Asiad that will be held from September to October 2014. The total number of participants is about 20,000: 13,000 athletes and officials and 7,000 media from 45 National Olympic Committees (NOC). Populous, the global architecture firm that also designed London's Olympic Stadium has designed the stadium in collaboration with Heerim Architects
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Stade Grimonprez-Jooris


by Lille architect Pierre-François Delannoyla. Although the club wanted the new stadium to retain the old name "Stade Henri Jooris" (named after Henri Jooris, former Lille OSC manager), the mayor proposed it to be called "Stade Félix Grimonprez" after Félix Grimonprez, a former field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics. This resulted in a compromise solution in which the stadium was hence named "Stade Grimonprez-Jooris". The stadium's original capacity was 25,000 at the
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum


the 1984 games, and the structure remained in place through that year's football season. The stadium rim and tunnels were repainted in alternating pastel colors that were part of architect Jon Jerde's graphic design for the games; these colors remained until 1987. "Commemorating outstanding persons or events, athletic or otherwise, that have had a definite impact upon the history, glory, and growth of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum" The Olympic cauldron (also known as the Olympic Torch) was built for the stadium's two Olympic Games
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Guanggong International Cricket Stadium


The City Forex Stadium () is an international cricket stadium in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is used mostly for cricket and also for Australian football, rugby tens, rugby union and touch rugby. GZ United are the tenants of the stadium. Stadium is located in the Guangdong University of Technology in the Higher Education Mega Centre and encompassing an area of 6355 m, with seating for 12,000 spectators. The stadium hosted the first international-level cricket ever played in China. It has been granted by the International Cricket Council
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Tampere Stadium


Tampere Stadium (), also known as Ratina Stadium (), designed by architect Timo Penttilä and completed in 1965, is a multi-purpose stadium in Tampere, Finland, with a seating capacity of 16,800 people, and up to 32,000 people for concerts. In 2018, the stadium hosted the IAAF World U20 Championships. The stadium primarily hosts football matches. It served as Tampere United's home stadium and it will be the home stadium for Finnish national team between 2016 and 2018 due to the renovation of the Helsinki Olympic
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Benjamin T. Wood


1998 with a commission to rebuild Soldier Field, the Chicago Bears' stadium. Wood and Zapata, along with Dirk Lohan, the grandson of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, of the Chicago-based architecture firm of Lohan Associates, designed the Soldier Field renovation. Wood also designed the proposed 100,000-seat Olympic Stadium located in historic Washington Park for the USA 2016 Olympic bid. The design called for most of the stadium seating to be disassembled, leaving behind a small bowl and the track. Wood's work at Xintiandi has become
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Manchester bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics


Old Trafford, Goodison Park, Elland Road, Hillsborough, St James' Park, City Ground and Villa Park. The Olympic Stadium itself was costed at £100 million, and would have seated 80,000 spectators. AMEC plc would have been tasked with organising the construction of the stadium had it been built from designs by architects including Arup Group Limited and Norman Foster. Some forty businesses were issued with compulsory purchase orders in order to free up the space to build the stadium, in the area around Eastlands towards the east of Manchester
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BB&T Stadium


BB&T Stadium, formerly Aggie Stadium, is a 21,500-seat multi-purpose stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina. W. Edward Jenkins, a North Carolina A&T State University alumnus and architect, designed the stadium. Opened in 1981, the stadium is the home of the North Carolina A&T State University Aggies football team and the Irwin Belk Olympic class track. In addition, BB&T Stadium features a "Fitness and Wellness Center". This fitness facility sits behind the scoreboard in the stadium's northeastern corner. Before the construction of BB&T Stadium,
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Architecture of Finland


architecture from the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century; for example, the works of Eliel Saarinen. A major event that enabled Finland to display its modernist architecture credentials was the Helsinki Olympic Games. Key among the buildings was the Olympic Stadium by architects Yrjö Lindegren and Toivo Jäntti, the first version of which was the result of an architectural competition in 1938, intended for the games due to be held in 1940 (cancelled due to the war), but eventually held in an enlarged stadium in 1952.
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Central Stadium (Krasnoyarsk)


Central stadium of Krasnoyarsk school of an Olympic reserve is a multi-use stadium in Island of Rest, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. It also hosts some matches of the Russian national rugby union team, Krasny Yar and Enisei-STM. The stadium was designed by the architect V. Orekhov in 2.5 years and was opened on October 29, 1967. The stadium borrows the area of 5.5 hectares and includes: The stadium holds 15,000 people.
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Qemal Stafa Stadium


of over 22,500 spectators will be built at a cost of €60 million. The new stadium will be football-only; the athletics track will be removed and it is expected to meet the highest UEFA category. The original stadium was built in an Olympic Stadium shape, as idealized by Gherardo Bosio, a young fascist architect from Florence, Italy. Its planned capacity was 15,000; Tirana at that time had less than 60,000 inhabitants so the stadium would have been more than sufficient. The stadium was originally designed in an elliptical
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Architecture of Finland


Reima Pietilä, Myyrmäki Church (1984) by Juha Leiviskä, the Nokia Corporation Headquarters, Espoo (1983–97) by Helin and Siitonen Architects, the Heureka Science Centre, Vantaa (1989) by Heikkinen – Komonen Architects, the Lusto Finnish Forest Museum, Punkaharju (1994) by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, the new canopy for the Helsinki Olympic Stadium (2003) by K2S Architects, and the Kilden Performing Arts Centre (2012), Kristiansand, Norway, by ALA Architects. The competition results have been seen to have reflected
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Sep Ruf


Sep Ruf (full name Franz Joseph Ruf; 9 March 1908, in Munich – 29 July 1982, in Munich) was a German architect and designer, belonging to the Bauhaus group. He was one of the representatives of modern architecture in Germany after World War II. His elegant buildings received high credits in Germany and Europe and his German pavilion of the Expo 58 in Brussels, built together with Egon Eiermann, achieved worldwide recognition. He attended the Interbau 1957 in Berlin-Hansaviertel and was one of the three architects who
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Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto


The Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto (Olympic Swimming Stadium) is an aquatics centre at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. Inaugurated in 1959, it was designed by the architects Enrico Del Debbio and Aniballe Vitellozzi to host the swimming, diving, water polo, and swimming portion of the modern pentathlon events for the 1960 Summer Olympics. The venue was refurbished to host the 1983 European Aquatics Championships, and reconfigured and expanded for the 1994 World Aquatics Championships . The stadium was the main venue of the World Championships again in 2009.
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Contemporary architecture


in contemporary architecture are the stadiums for the Olympic Games, whose architects are chosen by highly publicized international competitions. The Beijing National Stadium, built for the 2008 Games and popularly known as the Bird's Nest because of its intricate exterior framework, was designed by the Swiss firm of Herzog & de Meuron, with Chinese architect Li Xinggang. It was designed to seat 91,000 spectators, and when constructed had a retractable roof, since removed. Like many contemporary buildings, it is actually two structures; a concrete bowl in which the
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San Siro


Winter Olympics of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. Construction of the stadium commenced in 1925 in the district of Milan named San Siro, with the new stadium originally named Nuovo Stadio Calcistico San Siro (San Siro New Football Stadium). The idea to build a stadium in the same district as the horse racing track belonged to the president of A.C. Milan at the time, Piero Pirelli. The architects designed a private stadium only for football, without athletics tracks which characterized Italian stadiums built with public funds. The inauguration was on 19 September
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Anastasios Metaxas


Anastasios Metaxas (, 27 February 1862 – 28 January 1937) was a Greek architect and shooter. Metaxas is best known for being the architect chosen by George Averoff to restore the Panathinaiko Stadium for the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the birth of the modern Olympic movement, while the design was from Ernst Ziller. He studied architecture at University of Dresden and passed with honours, in his time he would also expand or reform many historic buildings including the Benaki Museum and the National Archaeological Museum, Athens to name a couple.
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National Stadium (Tokyo)


by architect Kengo Kuma was chosen in December 2015 to replace the original design and is to be completed in November 2019. The stadium was completed in 1958 as the Japanese National Stadium on the site of the former Meiji Shrine Outer Park Stadium. Its first major event was the 1958 Asian Games. The venue was unscathed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Yasuhiro Nakamori, international relations director for the Japanese Olympic Committee, told Around the Rings he attributed the lack of damage to Japan's stringent building codes. The National Stadium
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Stadiums of AFC Ajax


used when artificial lighting was necessary. Although the stadium was never in possession of the club, a multi-functional facility and not football specific grounds, many important matches were contested there. In 1921, the city of Amsterdam were permitted to host the Olympic games, in turn appointing architect Jan Wils to build a new stadium. The Capital already had a stadium that could facilitate 24.700 people, which was built in 1911, however lacking a proper running track. The stadium, located in Amsterdam-Zuid was expanded upon.
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Sultan Ibrahim Stadium


An integral wind tunnel testing for the design of stadium was conducted by Guangdong Provincial Academy of Building Research Group, a subsidiary of Guangdong Construction Engineering Group Co Ltd. Despite the stadium still being under construction, they have secured RM5 million from the sales of 10 corporate boxes in mid January 2018. With the cost of the construction of a new stadium within the planned JDT Sports City is estimated between RM180 million and RM200 million, the Sultan of Johor has granted the funds needed for the construction of the project. Country Garden Pacificview Sdn
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City of Manchester Stadium


, Manchester City Council did not have the money to facilitate movable seating and Manchester City were lukewarm about the idea. Stadium architects Arup Sport believed history demonstrated that maintaining a rarely used athletics track often does not work with football – and cited examples such as the Stadio delle Alpi and the Olympic Stadium with both Juventus and Bayern Munich moving to new stadiums less than 40 years after inheriting them. The stadium's foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Tony Blair in December 1999, and construction began in January 2000. The stadium was
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Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre


pentathlon events for the 1956 Summer Olympics. It was the first fully indoor Olympic swimming venue in an Olympic Games and is the only major stadium structure from the 1956 Olympic Games with the facade intact. It is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. The design of this building was the winner of one of three international competitions held in 1952 to provide stadia for the 1956 Olympic Games. Architects Kevin Borland, Peter McIntyre, John and Phyllis Murphy and their engineer Bill Irwin won the only one of these competitions to be consummated.
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2004 Summer Olympics


Stadium, the designated facility for the opening and closing ceremonies, was completed only two months before the Games opened. This stadium was completed with a retractable glass roof designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. The same architect also designed the Velodrome and other facilities. Infrastructure, such as the tram line linking venues in southern Athens with the city centre, and numerous venues were considerably behind schedule just two months before the start of the Games. The subsequent pace of preparation, however, made the rush to finish the Athens venues one
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Chambers Fine Art


district of Beijing. In 2008, an additional storage and exhibition space known as "ArtFarm" was opened on a rural piece of private land in Salt Point, New York. Both of these buildings were designed by the Swiss architectural firm, HHF Architects, in conjunction with renowned Chinese artist and architect, Ai Weiwei, who is widely known for collaborating on the design of the "Bird's Nest" stadium built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In 2009, HHF Architects received the "best architects 10" gold prize for
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10th-Anniversary Stadium


clothes, software, hardware and media. Its demolition began in September 2008, and the new National Stadium was constructed in its place to serve as one of the venues for Euro 2012. In 1953 the Association of Polish Architects held an open contest for the project of an "Olympic Stadium for the city of Warsaw". It was won by the team led by Jerzy Hryniewiecki, Zbigniew Ihnatowicz, and Jerzy Sołtan and later the same year the construction was started. The stadium was constructed mostly with rubble from buildings destroyed during
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Olympic Stadium (Montreal)


, Drapeau had his staffers draw up a proposal for a stadium. It was enough to persuade Bronfman to continue with the effort. The stadium was designed by French architect Roger Taillibert to be an elaborate facility featuring a retractable roof, which was to be opened and closed by cables suspended from a huge tower – the tallest inclined structure in the world, and the sixth tallest structure in Montreal. The design of the stadium resembles that of the Australian Pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan. Soon after Montreal was awarded
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2010 Asian Para Games


the spiral-shaped cauldron. Finally, the cauldron was lit. The song "The Glory of Life" (生命的辉煌) performed by various artists and an extensive fireworks display concluded the ceremony. The closing ceremony was held at 8:00pm on 19 December in the Guangdong Olympic Stadium featuring Chinese cultural performances and fireworks. The 40-minute artistic performance was entitled "You Make the World Different" comprising three chapters, namely "Sky and Sea" (blue), "Leaf and Vein" (green), and "Light and Dream
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Athens Olympic Sports Complex


the Athens Olympic Sports Complex has hosted, was the Olympic Games. OACA was the main venue for the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. The complex was revamped for the games under a design produced by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. The stadium, built in 1982 and extensively refurbished for the games in 2004, including the addition of a roof, hosted the athletics events and the soccer final, as well as the Opening Ceremony on August 13, 2004 and the Closing Ceremony on August 29, 2004. It is currently used
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Sochi Autodrom


coastal cluster of Olympic venues built for the 2014 Winter Olympics that have hosted competitions in ice hockey, speed skating, curling, figure skating, short track etc., and Fisht Olympic Stadium where Opening and Closing ceremonies were held. The surface was not laid until after the Closing Ceremony of the Olympics. The circuit, designed by German architect Hermann Tilke, has the start grid on the northern edge of the Olympic Park next to the railway station, heading southwest towards the Black Sea coast. Then it runs along the outer
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Olympic flame


modern Olympic movement was introduced by architect Jan Wils who designed the stadium for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. The idea for the Olympic flame was derived from ancient Greece, where a sacred fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics on the altar of the sanctuary of Hestia. In Ancient Greek mythology, fire had divine connotations — it was thought to have been stolen from the gods by Prometheus. Sacred fires were present at many ancient Greek sanctuaries, including those at Olympia. Every four years, when Zeus
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Liu Xiang (hurdler)


yet to fully recover, Liu was able to finish in the finals of the 60 m hurdles, but managed only seventh place. His sole appearance on the 2010 IAAF Diamond League circuit came at the Shanghai Grand Prix and he lost to national rival Shi Dongpeng for the first time. Following a six-month break, he marked his return to form at the 2010 Asian Games. A crowd of 70,000 gathered at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium to see him in the final and he easily won his third consecutive title at the competition
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2010 Asian Para Games


Guangzhou. The mascot represents strength, joy and vitality of the athletes and the Asian Para movement. Both the emblem and the mascot were unveiled on 6 November 2010. The Guangzhou Asian Para Games Organising Committee (GAPGOC) selected "阳光起航" ("Yangguang Qihang", which means set sail in the sunshine) as the theme song for the Games. The 2010 Asian Para Games opening ceremony was held at 8:00pm China Standard Time (UTC+8) on 12 December in the Guangdong Olympic Stadium. The ceremony's artistic section "
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Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium


stadium on the site in 1922 but it wasn't finished until 1932. It was used as a Japanese transport and supplies depot during the occupation of Guangzhou and was bombed when Guangzhou was liberated. Construction of Yuexiushan meant that the People's Stadium didn't hold many high profile sporting or civic events from the mid 1950s onwards. However, it did host many games in the Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup as well as games in the inaugural Women's World Cup in 1991. For the 2017 Chinese Super League Season, Guangzhou R&F
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Yuexiushan Stadium


when 33 people were killed in a crush. The Yuexiushan Stadium hosted the inaugural Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup match in early 1979, which Guangdong won 1-0. By the late 1980s Yuexiushan was no longer the premier ground in Guangzhou with the opening of the new Tianhe stadium. However, Guangzhou continued to play their regular fixtures at Yuexiushan and finished second in the National Championship in 1992 and 1994, helped by an unbeaten record of 21 games at Yuexiushan. Yuexiushan has undergone multiple renovations since the late 1990s which have seen
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Guangdong Sunray Cave F.C.


The club's debut season in the second division saw them move into the 12,000 capacity Huangpu Sports Center in Huangpu District, Guangzhou and they ended the campaign in a respectable fifth. The following season saw the owners wanting to move into the 15,000 capacity Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium, however it was going through renovation and the team had to use the Dongguan Stadium, Huangpu Sports Center and University of Technology Stadium before they finally moved in. With the team settled in results significantly improved within the 2011 campaign with the club looking like
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Olympic Tennis Centre (Rio de Janeiro)


The Olympic Tennis Centre () is a tennis venue located in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The centre hosted tennis events of the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the wheelchair tennis events of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The centre was built on the site of the former Nelson Piquet International Autodrome. The centre was designed by architect Gerkan, Marg and Partners, along with Schlaich Bergermann Partner. The centre consists of a tennis stadium and 15 ancillary courts. The center
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Milton Frank Stadium


Alabama Hawks pro football and Alabama A&M Bulldogs college football games. Welzyn died in 1999 at the age of 66. Special Olympics competitions for the Madison County, Alabama, area are held each year at the stadium. In November 2011, the Huntsville City Schools announced that a contract valued at $1.6 million was signed with Goldmon Matheny Architects to renovate the stadium. Upgrades included new stadium entrances, new fences, new gates, new scoreboards, plus the demolition of the existing restrooms and locker rooms under both grandstands then construction of
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2010 Asian Para Games


The 2010 Asian Para Games, also known as the First Asian Para Games, was a parallel sport event for Asian athletes with a disability held in Guangzhou, China. Two weeks after the conclusion of the 16th Asian Games, It opened on December 12 and closed on December 19, 2010. Approximately 5,500 athletes from 45 Asian member nations participated in 341 events from 19 sports. The games was opened by vice premier Li Keqiang at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium. The final medal tally was led by China, followed by South Korea
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Tianjin Olympic Center


as a length of , a width of , and a height of 53 meters. The stadium is nicknamed "The Water Drop" because the outside of the venue was designed to resemble a drop of water. The stadium cost nearly 1.5 billion Yuan. The architects were AXS Satow. In 2011, the venue hosted a football match between Tianjin TEDA F.C. and the Spanish side Real Madrid. The stadium houses sports facilities, exhibition halls, conference rooms and gyms. It also has the capacity for entertainment and shopping complexes. American
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White City Place


. The BBC has sold the majority of buildings on the site and it has been renamed White City Place by new owners Stanhope and Mitsui Fudosan. The first building on the site, BBC White City, was designed by architects Scott Brownrigg & Turner and was opened in 1990. Built on the site of the 1908 Franco-British exhibition, White City was constructed on the location of the former White City Stadium (The Great Stadium) used for the 1908 Summer Olympics. The stadium was demolished in 1985 and parts of the
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Ghadir Stadium


The Ghadir Stadium () is a new multi-use stadium in Ahvaz, Iran, has a capacity of 38,900 people and is owned by Persian Gulf Pro League side Foolad. In 1974, Zohreh Malileh Farshid, one of Iran's first and youngest female architects designed the Ahvaz Sports Complex. Her wish was to have it ready for Ahvaz to host the 1984 Summer Olympics. The building progress of the complex was ready to start in November 1978 but after the victory of Iranian Revolution in 1979 and start of the Iran–
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Montreal Biodome


in Canada, Space for Life, which also includes the Montreal Insectarium, Montreal Botanical Garden, and Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium. It is an accredited member of both the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums (CAZA). The building was designed by French architect Roger Taillibert as part of his larger plan for an Olympic park that included the Montreal Olympic Stadium and the Olympic pool. The venue was a combined velodrome and judo facility. Construction of the building began in August 1973
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Estadio Olímpico Universitario


matches and athletics contests. American architect Frank Lloyd Wright called it "the most important building in the modern America". The Olímpico Universitario hosted the 1968 Summer Olympics; for the event the seating capacity was increased from 70,000 to 83,700 spectators (without substantially modifying the original structure) to cover the IOC requirements for an Olympic stadium. It was the location of the track and field competitions, equestrian events, certain association football matches, the arrival of the marathon and the opening and closing ceremonies. This was the Olympics in which
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Pala Alpitour


led by architect Arata Isozaki of Tokyo. The design study was composed by Archa S.P.A. Turin, Italy Arup s.r.l. Milan, Ing. Joseph Amaro, Arch. Marco Brizio. The venue was designed by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki and the Italian architect Pier Paolo Maggiora, and it is a part of the larger sports complex that is known as the Central Compartment of Olympic stadiums, and also includes the Swimming Hall and park parade ground. The futuristic building's exterior has a strict rectangular Cartesian coated stainless steel and glass structure
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Olympic Stadium (Athens)


to the lower and even numbers (2 to 34) to the upper tier. There are no gates numbered 18 and 36, since the two video-scoreboards are located in their place. Additionally, the stadium features 17 VIP boxes and 3 parking lots. Due to its design, the stadium's tribunes have the ability to empty within 7 minutes. Competition Area Designed by the world-known spanish architect Santiago Calatrava the roof costed €130 million. The two giant arcs have a total span of 304m and a
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Chen Chu


and Chinese Olympic Committee chairman Liu Pong. The main venue for the Games, the World Games Stadium, was designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito. The groundbreaking and completion of the stadium both occurred during Chen's term as mayor. The closing ceremony was held at the sold-out World Games Stadium, where International World Games Association President Ron Froehlich called it a "fantastic success" and declared it the "best ever." Kaohsiung's tourism bureau announced that the Games generated almost US$61 million in revenue for the city
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Guangdong Sunray Cave F.C.


Guangdong Sunray Cave Football Club () was a Chinese professional football club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong which last played in the China League One division. The club was originally formed on February 5, 2007 and was once owned by Guangdong Sports Bureau and Sunray Cave Group. In November 2014, a group of local companies from Shaanxi Province collectively acquired the full ownership of the club and subsequently renamed it to 'Shaanxi Wuzhou F.C.' (), following the club's relocation the Shaanxi Province Stadium in Xi'an. However, the club
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Aryan Games


The Aryan Games () were a proposed replacement for the Olympic Games in the Third Reich. Proposed by Nazi sports organizer Carl Diem and subsequently adopted by Adolf Hitler, these multi-sport games were supposed to be housed permanently in Nuremberg at the planned "German Stadium", that had been designed by Nazi architect Albert Speer, but was never built. The idea was originally entertained in 1939 by Carl Diem, chief organiser of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, who ahead of the 1936 Olympics was already noted for claiming
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1993 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup


Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup 1992–93 is the 15th staging of this two-leg football competition between Hong Kong and Guangdong. The first leg was played in Mong Kok Stadium on 3 January 1993 while the second leg was played in Guangzhou on 10 January 1993. Hong Kong captured champion by winning an aggregate 2–1 against Guangdong. The Hong Kong team consists mainly of players from Eastern and the team has 3 non-Hong Kong players. Some of the players in the squad include: Some of the players in the squad includes:
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Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova


2016 Summer Olympics. A group of architects from Brunswick, Germany, which also redesigned the old Hanover stadium into a modern arena for the 2006 Cup, was selected after bidding. Since 2013, the brewery Itaipava from Grupo Petrópolis has the naming rights of the arena "Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova" under a sponsorship agreement until the year 2023, amounting to $100m. This was the first naming rights agreement signed for the 2014 World Cup stadiums. The stadium was inaugurated on April 7, 2013, with a Campeonato Baiano
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Parc des Princes


, not to mention the 2007 Rugby World Cup. The current stadium was completed in 1972 by architect Roger Taillibert & siavash teimouri, who also built the Olympic Stadium of Montreal. The design is innovative and allows spectators to enjoy excellent sightlines, with no seat being further than 45 metres from the pitch. Parc des Princes was the first stadium where lighting systems were integrated onto its elliptical roof, and it is still praised for its unique acoustics and its distinctive concrete ribs. Described in French as a 'caisse de résonnance'
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Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys


stadium was renovated with the involvement of Italian architect Vittorio Gregotti. The stadium was gutted, preserving only the original facades, and new grandstands were built. In 1989 the venue was re-inaugurated for the World Cup in Athletics, and three years later it hosted the opening and closing ceremonies and the athletics competitions of the Olympic Games. The stadium served as the home of football club RCD Espanyol from 1997 until 2009. The Estadi Olímpic made its final La Liga appearance during the 2008-2009 season, as Espanyol moved to
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1912 Summer Olympics


of the modern Olympic movement, won the gold medal for literature. He actually entered the competition under the pseudonyms of Georges Hohrod and Martin Eschbach from Germany. With the exception of the sculpture competition, only gold medals were issued. Italian Riccardo Barthelemy won the medal for music with his "Olympic Triumphal March", and fellow countryman Giovanni Pellegrini won the gold for painting. The Swiss architects Eugène-Edouard Monod and Alphonse Laverrière shared the gold for their stadium design. The sole silver medal, for sculpture, went to Frenchman
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Jan Wils


Jan Wils (22 February 1891 – 11 February 1972) was a Dutch architect. He was born in Alkmaar and died in Voorburg. Wils was one of the founding members of the De Stijl movement, which also included artists as Piet Mondrian, Theo van Doesburg and Gerrit Rietveld. Among other works, Wils designed the Olympic stadium for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. His design was also entered in the Olympic art competition, and won the gold medal. he also designed the Papaverhof housing complex, now a Rijksmonument (
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2004 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup


Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup 2003–04 is the 26th staging of this two-leg competition between Hong Kong and Guangdong. The first leg was played in Hong Kong Stadium while the second leg was played in Guangzhou. Hong Kong captured champion again by winning an aggregate 2–1 against Guangdong. Some of the players in the squad include: The team was formed mainly by players from Jia B League 2003 third-placed team Guangzhou Xiangxue. The rest of the team include a few players from Guangzhou Kejian and Tan Ende from Zhejiang Lücheng.
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