A sports venue is a building, structure, or place in which a sporting competition is held.
A stadium (plural: stadiums or stadia)[1] or arena is a place or venue for sports or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.[2]
There are various types of sporting venues, depending on the sport played. For example: the racetrack for car racing, the hippodrome for horse racing, the velodrome for cycling, and the swimming pool for swimming. Some sporting venues can accommodate over one hundred thousand spectators, such as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the United States, which has a capacity of 257,325 people.
Types of sports venues
- Arena
- Area of water used for a regatta, e.g. Bosbaan, Lake Attersee, IJsselmeer or the Atlantic Ocean
- Bandy field
- Baseball park
- Billiard hall
- Bowling alley
- Bullring
- Cricket ground
- Gym
- Horse racing venues (hippodrome)
- Ice hockey arena
- Motorsport venues (autodrome)
- Race track
- Riding hall
- Shooting range
- Ski jumping hill
- Speed skating rink
- Stadium
- Tennis court
- Swimming pool
- Velodrome
See also
- List of indoor arenas
- List of sporting venues with a highest attendance of 100,000 or more
- List of stadiums by capacity
- Lists of sports venues
- Multi-purpose stadium
- Pitch (sports field)
- Sports complex
References
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