Contributing to this decline in ticket sales is the fact that Jacksonville is one of the league's smallest markets, though its stadium is relatively large ; since 2005 the team has covered nearly 10, 000 of the stadium's 73, 000 total seats with tarp in order to lower the stadium's official capacity to a more typical size and reduce blackouts.

The stadium's nickname, " The House That Ruth Built ", is derived from Babe Ruth, the iconic baseball superstar whose prime years coincided with the stadium's opening and the beginning of the Yankees ' winning history.

The stadium's current seating capacity is 71, 706 and the playing surface is natural grass.

Currently, Candlestick Park is the only NFL stadium that began as a baseball-only facility and underwent extensive reconstruction to accommodate football, as evidenced by the stadium's unusual oblong design that leaves many seats on what was the right-field side of the stadium behind the eastern grandstand of the stadium during football games.

In view is the larger of the stadium's two grandstand s. Dunoon town centre, to the south, is in view.

Barry is the stadium's most outspoken supporter on the council, whereas Fenty has attempted to distance himself from his initial support for the project.

At Manchester City's ground, the City of Manchester Stadium, there is a small memorial to him in the stadium's memorial garden, and on the walls of the players ' tunnel are plaques paid for by supporters, with their names, dubbed the Walk of Pride.

Finally, the Pan American Games torch is brought into the stadium and passed on until it reaches the final torch carrier — often a well-known and successful athlete from the host nation — who lights the Pan American Games flame in the stadium's cauldron.

The stadium's reopening is forecasted for early 2013.

The stadium's popular name is derived from the Rio Maracanã, whose point of origin is in the jungle covered hills to the west, crossing various bairros ( neighbourhoods ) of Rio's Zona Norte ( North Zone ) such as Tijuca and São Cristóvão via a canal which features sloping sides constructed of concrete.

For the World Cup in 2014, it is running a major reconstruction project that involves an expansion of the stadium's roof, which will cover all seats inside the stadium, unlike the current design, where protection is given from the seats of the bleachers above the gate access of each sector.

To emphasise the fact, a Davy lamp is located in front of the stadium's ticket office, adjacent to the stadium.

The stadium's current capacity is about 85, 000 people, larger than the population of Nebraska's third-largest city.

The stadium's seating capacity is 41, 255.

Parking is available at the stadium's parking garage located across Edgar Martínez Drive, the CenturyLink Field garage to the North, as well as other privately operated lots in the area.

On May 17, 1959, in the final half inning during a double header in Chicago, Clemente hit a tape measure home run, one of three in the stadium's history to even come close to hitting its distant right centerfield scoreboard.

After much campaigning from Arsenal supporters, the club designated one of its Highbury matchday themes, organised to commemorate the stadium's final season as home of Arsenal, to Dennis Bergkamp.

The stadium's distinctive Twin Towers became its trademark and nickname.

" ( a social commentary song that attained hit status in Puerto Rico when one of its authors, Panamanian organ player Avelino Muñoz, moved to the island ) through the stadium's public announcements system between innings or at the seventh inning stretch during Caguas games.

At the time of its inauguration in September 1946, the stadium's grass pitch was one of the largest in the country and a far cry from the 85x55 m dimensions of the Bryne Mill field.

Plans were announced in May 2010 to begin an extensive multi-million pound programme of redevelopment to enlarge the stadium's capacity and develop its facilities.

Following the all-star game at Yankee Stadium in 2008 ( the stadium's final season ), the stadium joined Cleveland's old Cleveland Stadium, also known as Municipal Stadium prior to its demolition, as the only stadiums to host four Major League Baseball All-Star Games.

During its construction, the stadium had no official name, though it was generally referred to as " The East Bank Stadium ," a reference to the stadium's location on the eastern bank of the Cumberland River.

On September 5, 1998, the stadium's eastern upper deck was opened, and raised its official seating capacity to 83, 818 at a final cost of $ 35 million.

The stadium is nicknamed " The Big O ", a reference to both its name and to the doughnut-shape of the permanent component of the stadium's roof ; " The Big Owe " has been used to reference the astronomical cost of the stadium and the 1976 Olympics as a whole.

This design — more commonly seen in European soccer stadiums — prompted Cowboys linebacker D. D. Lewis to make his now-famous quip " Texas Stadium has a hole in its roof so God can watch His favorite team play ", often paraphrased as the " hole " in the stadium's roof was there " so that God can watch His team.

The World Series had visited the Reds ' previous home, Crosley Field, just three times in its final 31 years, ( 1939, 1940, 1961 ) but it came to Riverfront in its first year ( 1970 ) and a total of four times in the stadium's first seven years, with the Reds winning back-to-back championships in 1975 and 1976.

The stadium's car park was large enough to service its crowds, but the access roads were incapable of dispersing them, and long delays for driving spectators were common.

The stadium's natural grass surface has been criticized throughout its history, but Steelers ownership has kept the grass after lobbying from players and coaches.

The left-center and center field brick wall with " 457 FT " and " 436 FT " painted on it still stands at its original location, along with the stadium's flagpole, adjacent to the University of Pittsburgh's Mervis and Posvar Halls.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, the San Diego County Council of the Boy Scouts of America used the stadium's concourse areas ( between the rear of the grandstands and the freestanding wall which contains the entrance gates ) as well as portions of the parking lots as the site of its annual Scout Fair.

The stadium's name has always been " Mercer County Waterfront Park " since its openning in 1994, however, the stadium ' full name was simply " Mercer County Waterfront Park " from 1994-1998.

It is not the stadium's relatively small capacity that is a concern as much as its age and condition.

The " North Side site " was recommended due to its affordable cost, potential to develop the surrounding area, and opportunity to incorporate the city skyline into the stadium's design.

In 2008, the exterior of the stadium was repainted from its original color scheme to match the Falcons ' team colors, and the stadium's original teal seats were replaced with red seats in the 100 and 300 levels and black seats in the Verizon Wireless Club Level ( 200 Level ).

The stadium's record attendance in its current capacity was set at 32, 413, when Houston hosted the 2011 Conference USA Championship Game on December 3.

The stadium was originally scheduled to be a tournament site for the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but a sponsorship conflict with Max fast food chain's location at the stadium and official UEFA sponsor McDonalds, plus a contractual requirement for official sponsors to have a monopoly over the stadium's area, and a refusal to close the restaurant led to it losing its status as a site for the tournament.

The Horde Zla again were on the front pages when, during the 1998 Sarajevo derby against Željezničar, they invaded the pitch after some members of the Željezničars firm, The Maniacs attacked the FK Sarajevo goalkeeper, resulting in a huge on-pitch-fight resulting in over 30 serious injuries and setting on fire the stadium's rubber athletics track.

The 2012 Season marks the third time the Major League Baseball All-Star Game has been played in Kansas City, with Kauffman Stadium ( then named Royals Stadium ) last hosting the event in 1973, the stadium's first year of existence.

The stadium's all-weather playing field extends the outdoor sports season through the winter with lighting and a 2, 100 seat grandstand.

The stadium's walls were built of " an extremely hard and durable concrete that was developed by Thomas Edison ", with total of of concrete used in the original structure.

For the stadium's first game, the announced attendance was 74, 217 ( with another 25, 000 turned away ); however, Yankees business manager Ed Barrow later admitted that this number was likely heavily overestimated.

In October 2008, the club announced that, if approved, it was planning to build the new stadium just to the north of the existing stadium at White Hart Lane, with the southern half of the new stadium's pitch located on the northwest corner of the Lane.

All the Sun Devil logos and words with " devil " painted on the stadium's facade had to be covered up for the Pope to agree to enter the stadium.

The stadium's playing surface, originally natural grass, was replaced with Astroturf in 1970 because St. Louis ' typically hot summers made it difficult to keep the grass alive.

The stadium's AstroTurf field was torn up and replaced with natural grass, and the outfield walls were repainted green from their original blue.

21, 000 precast concrete units, some weighing as much as thirty-two tons, were fabricated onsite and lowered into place with a specially-built crane to form the stadium's structural framework.

Disc jockeys Art Laboe and Huggy Boy enhanced the stadium's popularity with their highly publicized Friday Night Dances with many popular record artists of the late 1950s and 1960s.

As the province slipped into a recession, Bob Rae appointed University of Toronto professor Bruce Kidd and Bob White ( then president of the Canadian Auto Workers ) to the Stadco board to help deal with the stadium's growing debt.

In order to save funds, it was expected that only one of the stadium's stands would be permanent, with the other three made of wood and dismantled following the Games.

The stadium's capacity increased to 50, 000 after redevelopment with architect Archibald Leitch in 1913.

In 1985, the stadium was replaced with the current iteration, built on a nearby site consisting of land reclaimed from the Mediterranean, which has become a recurring feature of the stadium's seaside surroundings.

The stadium had to adapt to the changing times and with this, architects Rafael Luis Alemany and Manuel Salinas were hired for the stadium's renovation project.

As part of this transfer, the green wooden seats were replaced with blue and orange plastic ones and the stadium's interior, which was green, was painted blue to match.

On June 18, 1994, an escalator accident injured 43 people ; one of the stadium's multiple-story escalators, overcrowded with fans heading to their upper-deck seats, jerked backward, throwing passengers to the bottom landing.

On 12 December 2007 it was announced by the Stadium Australia Group ( SAG ) that the stadium's name was to be changed to ANZ Stadium after concluding a deal with ANZ Bank worth around A $ 31. 5 million over 7 years.

The stadium's name may change again due to M & T Bank being in merger discussions with other banks, including Grupo Santander ( which owns Sovereign Bank ), Wells Fargo, and PNC Financial Services.