Stadium

A stadium (pl. stadiums or stadia) is a place, or venue, for outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.

Domed stadiums have roofs. They are called stadiums because they are large enough for, and designed for what are generally considered to be outdoor sports. If they are designed for what are usually indoor sports, they are called arenas. Some stadiums have partial roofs. Others have moveable roofs, and a few have even been designed to have moveable fields.

An all-seater stadium has seats for all spectators. Other stadiums are designed so that all or some spectators stand to view the event.

Designed use

Different sports require fields of different size and shape. Some stadiums are designed primarily for a single sport while other stadiums can accomodate different sports. Stadiums built specifically for some form of football are quite common. The most common multiple use design combines a football field with a running track, a combination generally works fairly well, although certain compromises must be made. The major drawback is that the stands are necessarily set back a good distance from the field, especially at the ends of the field. In the case of some smaller stadiums, there aren't stands at the ends. When there are stands all the way around, the stadium takes on an oval shape. When one end is open, the stadium has a horseshoe shape. All three configurations (open, oval and horseshoe) are common, especially in the case of American college footbal stadiums. In the United States, where baseball and football are the two most popular outdoor spectator sports, number of football/baseball multi-use stadiums were built beginning in the 1960, and some of them were successful. However, since the requirements for baseball and football are significantly different, the trend beginning in the 1990s has been toward the construction of single-purpose stadums. In several cases a football stadium has been constructed adjacent to a baseball ballpark.

The Stadium List

(currently rudimentary and unordered)
Millennium Stadium
Hillsborough
Heysel Stadium
Wembley Stadium
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Molde Stadium
Holman Stadium
Busch Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Dodger Stadium
Sun Devil Stadium
Lambeau Field