Olympic Stadium

Host city centerpiece

A large sports arena designed to host the Olympic Games, typically featuring a track-and-field oval and seating for tens of thousands of spectators.

Cities that host the Olympics often build or renovate such venues, which afterward may serve as home grounds for local teams or concert venues: The Olympic Stadium in Berlin dates from the 1936 Games.

Also called an Olympic stadium (lowercase) when referring to the general type rather than a specific venue.

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Area of active destruction

scale and prestige

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Church community gathering space

Family

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G