stadium

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01. Over 100,000 soccer fans crowded into the [stadium] to see France beat Brazil in the finals of the World Cup.
02. The Olympic [stadium] in Montreal is in bad shape due to poor construction.
03. Thousands of school children crowded into a sports [stadium] to hear Nelson Mandela speak when he came here.
04. The athletes marched into the [stadium] to the cheers of thousands of fans.
05. Residents of Montreal are still paying taxes to finance the [stadium] which was built for the Olympics over 15 years ago.
06. A number of soccer fans were crushed to death in a [stadium] a few years ago when spectators tried to get into the overcrowded facility.
07. Many [stadiums], arenas and other sports complexes are now simply named for the corporation that paid for them.
08. First built in Greece, [stadiums] were originally long and narrow and took the form of a U.
09. The oldest known [stadium] in the world is located in Olympia, Greece, the site of the first Olympics.
10. The city is planning on building a multi-use [stadium] combining a football field with a running track.
11. Joe Moore once noted that as a nation we are dedicated to keeping physically fit, and parking as close to the [stadium] as possible.
12. Lenin [Stadium] in Moscow has enough seats to accommodate more than 103,000 people.
13. The Taliban government of Afghanistan executed people in a sports [stadium] in front of thousands of spectators.
14. Soccer is Chile's most popular sport, and [stadiums] are full for important matches.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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