The CPO was created to ensure the stadium could never again be sold to developers.

The Patriots ' time in the AFL saw them struggle most years as they never had a regular home stadium.

Mantle twice hit balls off the third-deck facade at Yankee Stadium, nearly becoming the only player ( along with Negro Leagues star Josh Gibson, though Gibson's home run has never been conclusively verified ) to hit a fair ball out of the stadium during a game.

It followed an ongoing dialogue between the MLB club and Richmond authorities over building a new stadium that never made any significant development.

However, the stadium was one of the smaller facilities in the NFL, never seating more than 60, 000.

Bearing fond memories of the stadium, former Sunderland player Len Shackleton said, " There will never be another place like Roker ".

The stadium was also used for Internazionale's UEFA Cup finals when played over home and away legs but has never featured since the competition changed to a single final structure in 1997 – 98.

On June 1935, Blaine's franchise was finally declared forfeit. The franchise's failure can be blamed to a combination of the Great Depression and having too small of a stadium that could never accommodate enough fans to make the team profitable.

Although the stadium continued in use, the disused sections were never reopened.

Mexico City's Estadio Azteca and Los Angeles's Rose Bowl were Olympic venues, but were never the main stadium.

Included in the returned donations was an estimated $ 1, 892 that was never reported for Baucus's use of Abramoff's sky box at a professional sports stadium and concert venue in downtown Washington in 2001.

It was one of the few baseball-only facilities built in the majors during the heyday of the cookie-cutter stadium era, and is one of two such facilities ( Dodger Stadium is the other ) that are still active and were never converted for use as multi-purpose stadiums.

During the recent Copthall application Mr Coleman went on record as saying that his friend, Boris Johnson would never allow Saracens to build a new joint use community stadium.

The stadium scoreboard, notorious for never having functioned properly since it was installed in the late 1980s, is located at the rear of the Railway End.

The VFL reportedly lobbied the state government to construct a train connection to the stadium, but this never occurred.

After hosting several exhibition games at Tulane Stadium during typical New Orleans summer thunderstorms, Dixon was told by NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle that the NFL would never expand into New Orleans without a domed stadium.

The Detroit Lions have never hosted a playoff game at Ford Field, but the stadium served as the host of Super Bowl XL.

The football stadium was recently named after Lott, even though he never played in the stadium.

Although Forbes Field developed a reputation as a " pitcher-friendly " ballpark, there was never a no-hitter thrown in the more than 4, 700 games at the stadium.

On July 30,, in a game at Baltimore's Camden Yards stadium, Kruk singled and retired standing on first base, taking himself out of the game never to play again.

Wolff never saw the completion of the new stadium as an owner, as the Durham Bulls were sold in 1991 to Raleigh-based Capitol Broadcasting Company.

In fact, the minor league Brewers would never get a chance to play at the new stadium.

The stadium has never had a natural grass surface ; AstroTurf was installed in the stadium upon its opening in 1973.

View from the Stamford Bridge ( stadium )# West_Stand | West Stand of Stamford Bridge ( stadium ) | Stamford Bridge during a UEFA Champions League | Champions League game, 2008 In October 1905 it hosted a rugby union match between the All Blacks and Middlesex, and in 1914 hosted a baseball match between the touring New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox.

The stadium hosted the Super Bowl for the 2011 season ( Super Bowl XLVI ) and has a potential economic impact estimated at $ 286, 000, 000.

Leipzig has many institutions and opportunities for culture and recreation including a football stadium which has hosted some international matches, an opera house and one of the most modern zoos in Europe.

The National Stadium, which was used by Wales national rugby union team, was officially opened on 7 April 1984, however in 1997 it was demolished to make way for the Millennium Stadium in 1999, which hosted the 1999 Rugby World Cup and became the national stadium of Wales.

The street where the Olympic Stadium in Montreal is located ( which hosted the 1976 Summer Olympic Games ) was named after Pierre de Coubertin, giving the stadium the address 4549 Pierre de Coubertin Avenue.

The last minute change of venue meant this was not only the last of three Super Bowls played at Tulane Stadium, but the last professional game ever played in the stadium, which was demolished five years later and replaced for the 1975 NFL season by the Louisiana Superdome, which has hosted every Super Bowl held in New Orleans since.

The Metrodome also hosted the 1992 NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four, making it the only stadium to host both events in the same calendar year.

Super Bowl XXX was the last to be hosted in a stadium containing bleacher seats, and would also be the last Super Bowl to be held on a college campus, as the stadium sits on the campus of Arizona State University.

At the season's end the top 50 bands are invited to compete in the US Scholastic Band Championship, which is hosted at a college or professional stadium.

The stadium hosted 6, 581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history.

While many of these moments were baseball-related — including World Series games, no-hitters, perfect games, and historic home runs — the stadium also hosted boxing matches, concerts, Conventions of Jehovah's Witnesses ( see record attendance ), and three Papal Masses.

The Junior national handball team reached the first rank in 1993 under the lead of Captain Gamal Shams, and it hosted the tournament in 2010 setting a record in the audience number specially the match between Egypt and Denmark in the semifinals, the stadium was completely full.

Providence Stadium hosted several 2007 Cricket World Cup, replacing Bourda as the national stadium and cricket test | test venue

The football stadium of Limassol is Tsirion, with capacity of 16 000, which hosts the three football teams of Limassol and in the past it hosted Cyprus national football team.

The Apollon Limassol basketball stadium, hosted the 2003 FIBA Europe South Regional Challenge Cup Final Four.

The stadium hosted 70, 000 at the time.

The remodeled stadium hosted the 1996 European Cup final, as well as the opening game for Euro 2000.

* San Antonio later hosted the Charros of the AFA, Gunslingers of the USFL, the Riders of the WLAF, the Texans of the CFL, the Matadors of the SFL, and four home games for the New Orleans Saints during their 2005 " road season ", in which the Saints had to abandon their usual stadium, the Louisiana Superdome, due to damage from Hurricane Katrina.

The stadium hosted Super Bowl XXX in 1996 as the Cowboys won their fifth Vince Lombardi Trophy, defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-17 in front of 76, 347 spectators.

The new stadium also hosts the Fiesta Bowl, and hosted the first stand-alone Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in January 2007.