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The Bahrain International Circuit (Arabic: حلبة البحرين الدولية) is a venue used for drag racing, GP2, and an annual Formula One Grand Prix. For the first time in 2006, there will also be a V8 Supercar race.

The construction of the Bahrain circuit was a national objective for Bahrain, initiated by the Crown Prince, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. The Crown Prince is the Honorary President of the Bahrain Motor Federation.

Race organizers were worried that the circuit wouldn’t be complete in time, and asked for the inaugural Bahrain Grand Prix to take place in 2005 instead. However, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone refused this request. In the end, the circuit was not quite fully complete, but was good enough for the grand prix to go ahead.

The circuit posed a unique problem. Positioned in the middle of a desert, there were worries that sand would blow onto the circuit and disrupt the race. However, organizers were able to keep the sand off the track by spraying an adhesive on the sand around the track.

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Mỹ Đình National Stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam has a capacity of 40,000 seats and is the centerpiece of Vietnam’s National Sports Complex. It was officially opened in September 2003 and was the main venue for the Southeast Asian Games later that year, hosting the opening and closing ceremony as well as the men’s football and athletics events.

Located in Tu Liem District, 12 kilometres north-west of central Hanoi, the 40,000-seat stadium is the biggest in the country and was built at a cost of US$53 million. Arched roofs cover the grandstands on the east and west sides of the arena, providing shelter for half of the seats.

The area provides excellent training facilities for the teams with two football training grounds conveniently located next to the stadium.

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The Pairc Ui Caoimh is used for GAA and is also home to a number of concerts. It is home of Cork County.

Paul Brown Stadium is a football stadium located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the home of the Cincinnati Bengals NFL franchise, and is named after coaching legend Paul Brown, a Pro Football Hall of Fame coach and founder of both the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals franchises.

The stadium sits on approximately 22 acres (89,000 m²) of land and has a capacity of 65,535. The Bengals are the sole tenant. The stadium opened in August 2000, and the Bengals debuted there during the 2000-2001 NFL season.

Originally, the field was natural grass, but problems arose in maintaining it. At one point, the field was rated by the NFL Players Association as the third-worst field in the league. The stadium’s owner, Hamilton County, and the team explored various options, and the revolutionary FieldTurf system, which looks and feels like real grass, won out. The reduced maintenance saves the county approximately $100,000 annually since field markings are actually sewn into the fabric and do not need to be repainted between games. Additionally, it opens Paul Brown Stadium to other uses without worry of damage to the turf.

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The Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo, arena of the 1952 Winter Olympic Games, is the Mecca of ski jumping, being the ski jump with the longest traditions.

The first competition was on January 31, 1892. Watched by a crowd of 10,000, the length achieved by the winner, Svein Sollid from Morgedal in Telemark, was 21.5 meters. Since then, crowds have increased to over 100,000 and the jump has been extended 14 times. Todays tower extends 60 meters above ground, and 417 metres above sea level. The current record of 134 meters was achieved by Martin Widhölzl of Austria on March 13, 2005.

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The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is a cricket stadium in Sydney. It is used for Test cricket, one-day international cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches, and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football League. It is owned/operated by the SCG Trust that also manages Aussie Stadium located next door.

In 1810, then-Governor Lachlan Macquarie designated an area on the outskirts of the growing colony of Sydney to be Hyde Park, a place which would include a racecourse, a park and a cricket ground. In 1851, a new piece of land south of Victoria Barracks was granted to the British Army for use as a garden and cricket ground for the soldiers. This area became known as Moore Park and was soon the primary location for cricket matches in Sydney.

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Name: Croke Park Stadium

Seats: 82,500

Inauguration: 1913

Address: Croke Park Stadium, Dublin 3, Ireland

The Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California. It is located minutes away from Downtown Los Angeles, and features a soccer-specific stadium for accommodating up to 27,000 spectators.

It is the home of the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer and the United States national soccer team. It was the site of the 2003 Women’s World Cup final. It hosted the 2003 MLS All-Star Game, 2003 MLS Cup, and 2004 MLS Cup. In 2005, the HDC also became the home pitch for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer, owned by and named after Chivas de Guadalajara, a soccer team playing in the Mexican First Division.

The HDC also hosts the Los Angeles event in the World Sevens Series, an annual series featuring national teams in the Sevens version of rugby union.

The HDC staged the Supermoto event for the 2004 X Games.

The HDC hosts a few high school football championships in mid-December.

The soccer stadium is often to referred to by fans as Victoria Street, the major access road they take to reach the stadium. The stadium itself is on Avalon Boulevard.

In addition to the soccer stadium, The Home Depot Center features a 20,000 seat indoor track and field facility with a velodrome, an outdoor track and field facility that has 2,000 permanent seats and has seated up to 22,000, and a 13,000 seat tennis stadium. The Los Angeles Riptide of Major League Lacrosse play their home games at the track and field stadium.

It is the home of the Adidas Running Club, a member of the USA Elite Running Circuit, and is the home of the Adidas Track Classic.

The stadium has also been used for concerts, including two-night runs by Dave Matthews Band in 2003, 2004, and 2005.

The $150 million complex was developed and is operated by the Anschutz Entertainment Group.

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Shenzhen Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Shenzhen, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 33,000 people.

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro is a football (soccer) stadium in Aveiro, Portugal. It was designed for Euro 2004 by the architect Tomás Taveira. It is very colorful and festive-looking. It seats 30,000 people. It is the home of the football club SC Beira-Mar.

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