The History
The BeginningStadiums began as essentially large fields that sports were played on. Early Roman and Greek spectator sports were played on this field and spectators gathered around to view the sport being played. One of the earliest stadium styles was the Greek stadium at Olympia, which was essentially a large stone foundation at the bottom of a pit. This stadium, while considered crude by today's standards, was able to hold up to 20,000 people with the seats made from mud apart from a few dedicated seats for officials. The greeks made this design wider in what came to be known as the Hippodrome Style. The Hippodrome Style of stadiums can be characterized by the elongated "U" pattern that they follow.
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Modern Stadiums As previously stated, modern stadiums are all modeled from the amphitheater design, with the exception of race tracks which are dependent on the shape of the track. However, one of the biggest design changes is the advent of the domed structure. The reason that this design is becoming more common place is because it gives a stadium a lot more versatility and obviously shields the spectators from the elements.
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Throughout the centuries, this was the main design for stadiums with minor differences. It was the Romans who first adopted the stadium architecture from the Greeks and made their own altercation to it. The two designs that came from the Romans were the Amphitheater and the Circus
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MetLife Stadium (2010)
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