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Sporting Stadiums Trivia

Where does the word stadium come from? At the first recorded ancient Olympic Games, there was only one event - the stade. The stade was a unit of measurement (about 600 feet) that also became the name of the footrace because it was the distance run. Since the track for the stade (race) was a stade (length), the location of the race became the stadium.

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Stadiums Extra

Look at our list of 100+ great stadiums of the world, or just the 10 largest stadiums. The biggest is Narendra Modi Stadium in India, with a capacity of 132,000. The largest crowd at a sporting event is much larger than that. We also have details of all the main stadia for the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup.

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