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Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a paved road racing track (used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing) originally built in 1957 near Monterey, California, USA.

The current racetrack is 2.238 miles in length (3.58 kilometers), has eleven turns, including the famous (and gut-wrenching) “Corkscrew” at Turns 8 and 8A, and a 300 foot elevation change. A variety of racing, exhibition and entertainment events are held at the raceway, ranging from superkarts to American Le Mans racing to music festivals.

The track was built in 1957 at a cost of $1.5 million raised from local businesses and individuals on property part of the US Army’s Fort Ord (a maneuver area and field artillery target range) after the nearby Pebble Beach Road Races were abandoned for being too dangerous. In 1974, the property was deeded over to the Monterey County Parks Department and continues to be part of the park system to this day.

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Hiroshima Municipal Stadium (広島市民球場, Hiroshima Shimin Kyūjō?) is a stadium in Hiroshima, Japan. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. It opened in 1957 and holds 32,000 people. It stands on the central area of Hiroshima City, and Hiroshima Peace Memorial (原爆ドーム, Genbaku Dōmu, means “A-Bomb Dome”) stands opposite this stadium. Now, Hiroshima City Office plans to construct new baseball stadium till 2009, but many problems prevent the decision - will do or won’t, address of new stadium, roofed dome or opened stadium, and so on.

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Name: White Hart Lane

Inauguration: 1899

First match: Tottenham-Notts County 4-1

Capacity: 36,200 seats

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National Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Maseru, Lesotho. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 20,000.

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The Georgia Dome is a domed stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium is home to the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and the annual Chick-fil-A Bowl post-season college football game. It was also home to the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks during the construction of Philips Arena from 1997 to 1999, as well as hosting basketball and gymnastics during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Since 1994, the Dome has annually hosted the SEC football championship game. Less often, it has hosted the SEC and ACC basketball championship tournaments. It also hosted Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 and Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000, the Goldberg vs. Hulk Hogan WCW World Heavyweight Title match, as well as the NCAA Final Four in 2002 along with regional semi-finals and finals in 2001 and 2006 and NCAA Women’s Final Four in 2003. A return engagement for the Men’s Final Four will be in 2007. Since 2004, the Georgia Dome has annually hosted the FIRST Robotics Championship Event. Also, Drum Corps International will hold its first event at the Georgia Dome in July 2006 when the Dome will host DCI Atlanta - The Southeastern Championship. As a result of damage done to the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana by Hurricane Katrina, the Sugar Bowl game was played at the Georgia Dome on January 2, 2006, finishing a string of three football games in four days that started with the Peach Bowl (the Chick-fil-A Bowl’s former name) and an NFL game between the Falcons and the Carolina Panthers two days later. While playing at the Georgia Dome the Atlanta Hawks broke the NBA single-game attendance record with 62,046 fans

Completed in 1992 at a cost of $214 million (USD), it seats 71,228 for football, up to 75,000 for concerts, and up to 40,000 for basketball and gymnastics. The structure is located on 9.19 acres (37,200 m²) of land; the dome has a height of 270.67 feet (82.5 meters), a structure length of 744.75 feet (227 meters), a structure width of 606.96 feet (185 meters), and a total floor area of 102,149.51 ft² (9,490 m²). The dome is the largest cable-supported dome in the world. Its roof is made of teflon-coated fiberglass fabric (which is strong and lightweight) and has an area of 374,584.08 ft² (34,800 m²). From its completion until the December 31, 1999 opening of the 20-acre Millennium Dome in London, it was the largest domed structure of any type in the world.

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PETCO Park is an open-air stadium in downtown San Diego, California. Opened in 2004, it replaced Qualcomm Stadium as the home park of the San Diego Padres. It also hosts the USA Sevens international event every year. The stadium is named after the animal and pet supplies retailer PETCO, which is based in San Diego and paid for the naming rights. Since the retailer spells its name in all capital letters, mere initial capitalization as “Petco Park” is not correct. The construction cost of over $450 million was partially funded by the Centre City Development Corporation, the San Diego Redevelopment Agency, and the stadium is intended to be part of a comprehensive plan to revitalize San Diego’s aging downtown, particularly the East Village area east of the Gaslamp Quarter. The stadium is located across Harbor Drive from the San Diego Convention Center.

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Angel Stadium of Anaheim (originally Anaheim Stadium and later Edison International Field of Anaheim) is a baseball stadium located in Anaheim, California, and home to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of the American League. The stadium is often referred to by its unofficial nickname The Big A.

A train station, servicing both Metrolink’s Orange County Line and Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner, is located at the stadium.

Angel Stadium has been the home of the Angels since their move from Los Angeles. In 1964, ground was broken for Anaheim Stadium and in 1966, the then California Angels, moved into their new home after having spent four seasons renting Dodger Stadium (referred to during Angels games as Chavez Ravine Stadium) from the Dodgers.

The stadium was built on a flat land parcel of about 160 acres originally used for agricultural purposes in the southeast portion of Anaheim, near the intersection of three freeways. Honda Center (formerly Arrowhead Pond), home to the Anaheim Ducks National Hockey League franchise, was later built near the stadium.

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Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Nasr City, Egypt. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of El Moqawloun el Arab. The stadium holds 60,000 people.

Atatürk Olympiyat Stadi (Atatürk Olympic Stadium)

Capacity: 81 283

Inauguration: 13.12.2001

Kinnick Stadium is a stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the University of Iowa “Hawkeyes”. Kinnick Stadium opened in 1929 and holds 70,585 people. It is named after Nile Kinnick, the 1939 Heisman Trophy winner and the only Heisman winner in school history, who died in World War II. It was named Iowa Stadium until 1972, when longtime lobbying by Cedar Rapids Gazette sportswriter Gus Schrader successfully convinced the UI athletic board to change the name.

The stadium is currently undergoing a $90 million renovation, which will include new locker rooms for both the Hawkeyes and the visiting team, a new scoreboard with a new sound system, a complete replacement of the south end zone bleachers, and a new pressbox. The stadium also underwent major renovations in 1956 (expanded from 53,000 seats to 61,160), 1983 (when it was expanded from 61,160 seats to 67,700) and 1990 (when it was expanded to 70,397).

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