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1900 - Velodrome Jacques-Anquetil

Main Sports Stadium

Velodrome Jacques-Anquetil

Completion date :1894

Capacity : 20,000 seats

2008 After Use: Still used for the Tour de France

1904 : Francis Field

Main Sports Stadium : Francis Field

Completion date:  1902

Architect : David Rowland Francis

Capacity : 19.000 seats (after Games 4.000)

2008 After Use : Still used for sports events.

The stadium has been upgraded to include many of the characteristics of modern stadiums.

1908 : White City Stadium

Main Sports Stadium: White City Stadium

Built in : 1908

Architect: George Wimpey

Capacity:  80.000 seats

2008 After Use : The stadium was demolished in 1985 to make way for the new BBC building called White City .

1912 : Stockholm Olympiastadion

Main Sports Stadium : Stockholm Olympiastadion

Built in :  1912

Architect : Torben Grut

Capacity : 15,000 seats, smallest stadium of the Olympic

2008 After Use : The Stockholm Olympic Stadium has hosted numerous sports events, notably football and athletics.

1920 : Olympisch Stadion

Main Sports Stadium : Olympisch Stadion

Architect : Facility already existed

Reconstruction : Fernand de Montigny and L. Somers

Capacity : 20,000 seats

2008 After Use : Sports and events; it is currently used as the home ground of K.F.C

1924 : Olympisch Stadion

Main Sports Stadium : Olympisch Stadion

Built in : 1928

Architect : Jan Wils

Capacity :34,000 seats; after the Games the capacity was enlarged to 64,000; it is one of the finest examples of the architecture of the Amsterdam School, complementing the surrounding neighbourhood designed by H.P. Berlage; the design won the Olympic gold medal in the architecture competition at the 1928.

2008 After Use : Since 2005 the stadium has been home to a sports museum, the Olympic Experience Amsterdam

1952 : Helsinki Olympic Stadium

Completion date : 1938

Architect: Yrjö Lindegen & Toivo Jäntti

Capacity : 70,000 seats (1952); after the Games, 40,000 seats

2008 After Use : Mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts

1956: Melbourne Cricket Ground

Main Sports Stadium : Melbourne Cricket Ground

Built in : 1861

Restored : 1956

Capacity : 100,000 seats

2008 After Use : The open-air stadium is one of the world’s most famous cricket venues, and is still used for other sports and events.

1960 : Stadio Olimpico

Main Sports Stadium : Stadio Olimpico

Built in :1936

Architect : Luigi Moretti

Capacity : 55.000 seats, after Games 90.000

2008 After Use : The stadium is the home of both A.S. Roma and S.S. Lazio, as well as the Italian national football team. It is still used for sports and events.

1964: Kasumigaoka Olympic Stadium

Main Sports Stadium : Kasumigaoka Olympic Stadium

Built in :1958

Architect :Mitsuo Katayama (built 1958)

Reconstruction :Kanto District Bureau

Capacity :60,000 seats

2008 After Use :Still used for sports and events.

1968 : Estadio Olímpico Universitario

Main Sports Stadium :Estadio Olímpico Universitario

Built in :1952

Architect :Luis Martínez del Campo, Rafael Mijares & Pedro Ramírez Vásquez

Capacity :58,000 seats

2008 After Use :Sport and events; this sports facility is part of the ‘University City’, the main campus of the largest university of Latin America.

1972 : Olympiastadion Munich

Main Sports Stadium : Olympiastadion Munich

Built in : 1860

Architect : Günther Behnisch

Reconstruction :Bilfinger Berger

Capacity:80,000 seats

2008 After Use : Following the Olympics, the stadium became the home of FC Bayern München, with their rival TSV 1860 München moving in during the 1990s. These two teams coexisted in the Olympiastadion until 2005, when both clubs moved to the purpose built Allianz Arena.

On December 31, 2006, the stadium made history as being the first venue to host the Tour de Ski cross country skiing competition. The individual sprint events, held at 1100 m, were won by Norway’s Marit Bjørgen (women) and Switzerland’s Christoph Eigenmann (men). The snow was made in the stadium by combining the hot air with the cold refrigerated water that causes the snow to act like the icy type you would see in the Alps.

On June 23 to June 24, 2007, the stadium played host to the Spar European Cup 2007. A yearly athletics event featuring the top 8 countries from around Europe.

1980 : Luzhniki Stadium

Main Sports Stadium :Luzhniki Stadium

Built in :1980

Architect : I. A. Rozhin & Alexander Vasilyevich Vlasov

Capacity :85,000 seats

2008 After Use :It is the biggest stadium in Russia and is still used for sports and events.

1984 : Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Main Sports Stadium : Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Built in :1923

Architect :John Parkinson

Capacity :76,000 seats

2008 After Use : Sports and events

1988 : Jamsil Olympic Stadium

Main Sports Stadium :Jamsil Olympic Stadium

Built in :1988

Architect :Kim Soo-geun

Capacity :60,000 seats

2008 After Use :The stadium is presently home to the K3 League football club Seoul United.

1992 : Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Main Sports Stadium :Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Built in : 1927, then restored in 1989

Architect :Correa-Milà-Margarit-Buixadé Vittorio Gregotti

Capacity: 60,000 seats

2008 After Use :The stadium has been the home of RCD Espanyol since 1998 and also served as the home of the Barcelona Dragons American Football team until 2003.

1996 : Centennial Olympic Stadium

Main Sports Stadium: Centennial Olympic Stadium

Built in :1996

Architect : Heery International

Capacity :85,000 seats, after Games 45,000

2008 After Use :The stadium is the home of the Atlanta Braves baseball team.

2000 : Telstra Stadium

Main Sports Stadium: Telstra Stadium

Completion date :1999

Architect :Bligh Lobb Sports Architects

Capacity :110,000 seats, after Games 80,000

2008 After Use :It is the largest ever built for the Olympics, as well as the largest stadium in Australia; it is still used for sports and events.

2004 : Olympic stadium

Main Sports Stadium :Olympic stadium

Completion date :1979, renovated 2004

Architect : Santiago Calatrava

Capacity :72,000 seats, after Games 55, 000

2008 After Use :The Olympic Stadium has been used at various times as a home base by the three major football clubs of Athens, Olympiacos Piraeus, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens. thinaikos and AEK Athens.

2008 : Beijing National Stadium

Main Sports Stadium

Beijing National Stadium

Completion date

2008

Architect

Herzog & de Meuron

Capacity

100,000 seats; there are plans to decrease the number of seats to 80,000 after the Olympic Games.

2012 : Olympic stadium, London

Main Sports Stadium

Olympic stadium

Completion date

Start built 2007

Architect

Arch. Team McAlpine consortium

Capacity

80.000 seats,

after the Games 25.000

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