A large venue for sports or other events, typically featuring a field surrounded by tiered seating.
From Latin 'stadium', from Greek 'stadion', originally a unit of measurement (about 600 feet) that was also the length of ancient Greek racetracks. The building took its name from the distance, not the other way around.
The word 'stadium' literally means 'the 600-foot place' - ancient Olympic stadiums were exactly one stadion long, and this precise measurement became so associated with athletic competition that we still use the Greek word for our modern sports venues.
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