We lost our last big stadium to Manchester City in 2002 after a great Commonwealth Games and the fear is now that we'll lose another one to football.
From here it is a two-minute stroll to Piazza Navona, a square as big as a stadium (it was in fact built on the former Domitian's stadium, which dated from 86AD), and crowned by the Bernini's fantastical Baroque fountains, complete with rearing horses, muscular gods, and palm trees.
And a giant England flag which, folded up, takes eight people to carry and is too big to fit through stadium turnstiles, is being taken to Germany by a group of fans keen to show pride in their country.
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Some of the new elements include the addition of neutral zone sites like Cowboys Stadium for big games and introducing more on-field vignettes that capture player chatter and more of the atmosphere that separates the college game from the pro product.
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Thousands of fans watched the match on a big screen in the national stadium.
And the Hull boss expects him to be a big hit at the KC Stadium.
The first big date at the new stadium is due to be the Heineken Cup tie against Ulster in December in front of a restricted capacity of 11, 250.
Carter's challenge on Roberts was high and after being replayed on the stadium's big screen he earned the ire of home fans, but he apologised to the Wales replacement scrum-half without having been penalised.
For football owners in particular, the stadium deal is the big differentiator, and it's the only thing a local owner can really control.
The Blues are conscious that their recent indifferent form has not been conducive for the region attracting big crowds to the Cardiff City Stadium.
For Mr. Chesney, a sports nut who hosts many top athletes backstage, stadium concerts help sustain a big-league aura.
There are going to be some big nights for us at the Millennium Stadium now and we fear no-one.
Steinbrenner made the comments after attending a news conference at Yankee Stadium to announce that the Big Ten and the Pinstripe Bowl have agreed to an eight-year deal.
The former Fulham boss signed a three-and-a-half year deal with the club after leaving Real Sociedad in January and says he now must undertake a big shake-up at the Ricoh Stadium.
Djorkaeff has not made such a big impact since arriving at the Reebok Stadium on loan from Kaiserslautern, where he felt his lack of first-team football was threatening his World Cup chances.
Native Californians cling to the pageantry of the Rose Bowl--the parade, the silliness, the old stadium (still awaiting a big "pro" renovation if only the taxpayers will lay themselves down before the NFL god) and the often-unpredictable contest itself.
The sight of Scotland fans on the big screen inside Cardiff's tidy new stadium slumped in their seats, stony faced, arms folded whilst calling for the manager's head was as conclusive as it gets.
The power failure at Sunday's big game cut lights to about half of the stadium for 34 minutes, halting play between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers.
And this stadium has the tendency to allow for some big innings.
They've taken three in a row from their crosstown rivals for their first four-game winning streak of the year and will go for a Big Apple whitewash in the finale Thursday night at Yankee Stadium.
Mr Infantino said that Uefa also had a panel of legal experts to scrutinise big sponsorship deals - such as Manchester City's stadium sponsorship deal with Etihad airlines - to ensure they complied with the new financial rules.
It is a tradition the University is extremely proud of but selling the naming rights to your stadium and everything else imaginable mars that tradition in a big way.
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"On an economic level we cannot fight with the other big teams, at least for now, in particular because of the stadium, " added Benitez.
Its 28, 000-seat stadium is a third of the size of some of the other big European clubs.
Watkins wanted to turn the school's sports into a big-time Division One program and thought that building a first-class stadium was the key.
"The big thing about the guys down there is the excitement that goes along in the stadium, " said Mets outfielder Marlon Byrd, who played in the Caribbean Series this winter.
At Mianyang, a big city close to Jiangyou, police erected barricades on an approach road to a stadium sheltering some 20, 000 refugees, to prevent its being clogged by volunteer vehicles.
Their skills are on display in the billion dollar stadium, on the multimillion dollar field and on the multi-million dollar big screen, but the money is taken by others.
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Mr Thompson, described as a big rugby fan, had won tickets for a hospitality box at the match at the Millennium Stadium.
The sisters behind the Brooklyn-based label William Okpo presented a slightly wacky, colorful collection that riffed on athletic ware: stadium coats done in bold plaid, a Varsity sweater as an oversized dress with big cargo pockets, zip-up jackets with pink plastic accents.
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