Name: Amsterdam ArenA
Inauguration: 14 April 1996
Building costs: 202 mln Dutch Guilders
First match: Ajax-AC Milan
Capacity: 51,600 seats
Press seats: 216
Bussines seats: 1,564
Roof closing time: 20 minutes
Floodlights: 2,000 lux
Address: Arena Boulevard 29, 1100 AM AmsterdamThe Amsterdam ArenA is a stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Initially, it was planned as the centrepiece of Amsterdam’s bid for the 1992 Olympic Games. Amsterdam lost the bid to Barcelona and the plans for the stadium were altered to build a general sports and events arena instead. Today, the stadium is home to football club AFC Ajax. The nearest train station is Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA.

The stadium, which opened in 1996, is one of the first in the world to combine a retractable roof with a grass surface. This caused some problems in the beginning: the grass rolls would not grow in the shade of the open roof and had to be replaced up to four times a year. Its all-seated capacity is 51,628. The estimated cost of the stadium is around ? 96 million. The inaugural match was between the home team Ajax and AC Milan which ended in a 0-3 win by Milan. The first goal was scored by Dejan Savićević. Tina Turner was the first singer who gave a concert in the ArenA during her Wildest Dreams World Tour, with more than 150,000 people attending the three sold-out concerts in September 1996.

After the death of Rinus Michels in 2005, Ajax fans tried to convince the stadium’s board to rebrand the stadium as the Rinus Michels Stadium. The board refused, however at every Ajax home game Ajax fans bring a large banner displaying the words ‘Rinus Michels Stadion’.

The Chicago Stadium was a famed and historic indoor sports arena in Chicago, Illinois. The Stadium hosted the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL from 1929-1994 and the Chicago Bulls of the NBA from 1967-1994.

The arena was the site of numerous historic events, including the first NFL playoff game in 1932, (moved inside and played on an 80-yard field due to inclement weather), the 1932, 1940, and 1944 Democratic National Conventions, and the 1932 and 1944 Republican National Conventions, as well as numerous concerts, boxing matches and political rallies.

The stadium was first proposed by Chicago sports promoter Paddy Harmon. Harmon wanted to bring an NHL team to Chicago, but he lost out to Col. Laughlin. This team would soon be known as the Chicago Black Hawks (later ‘Blackhawks’). Harmon then went on to at least try and get some control over the team by building a stadium for the Blackhawks to play in. He spent $2.5 million and borrowed more funds from friends, including James E. Norris in order to build the stadium.

The US Airways center is home of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns, the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, the AFL’s Arizona Rattlers, and the ECHL’s Phoenix Roadrunners. The NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes previously played here, from 1996 to 2003. Since then, the Phoenix Roadrunners of the ECHL have made this their home. It was also the home of the indoor soccer team Arizona Sandsharks.

Its most common nickname is “The Purple Palace,” though during the Rattlers’ season it is known as “the Snake Pit.”

Capacity for basketball was originally 19,023, but was downsized in recent years to 18,422.

Three of the games of the 1993 NBA Finals between the Suns and the Chicago Bulls, including game six where John Paxson hit basketball’s version of the shot heard around the world, were played there, as was one of the three 1998 WNBA finals games and two ArenaBowl games. In 1997, the Rattlers won ArenaBowl XI at America West Arena. The NBA All-Star Game was played in the arena in 1995, and the arena has been named as the location for the 2009 NBA All-Star Game.

In October 25, 1998, Celine Dion gave a Let’s Talk About Love Tour concert.

In 2003 the US Airways Center hosted WWE SummerSlam and WWE Judgment Day in 2006. In addition to sports events, many famous singers and musical acts, such as dc Talk, Shakira, Metallica, The Spice Girls, Britney Spears, REO Speedwagon, *NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys, Green Day, Blink 182, Gwen Stefani, Vicente Fernandez, Maná and others have performed at the arena. Oscar de la Hoya had one of his first professional boxing bouts (versus Narciso Valenzuela) there, and Michael Carbajal also fought there various times.

On March 5, 2007, US Airways Center hosted WWE Monday Night Raw and its first return to the Phoenix area in two years. Most recently, WWE returned on July 31, 2007 for a Smackdown!/ECW television taping.

PalaLottomatica, formerly known as PalaEUR, is a multipurpose sports arena in Rome, Italy.

It is located in the heart of the famous large complex of EUR. PalaLottomatica was designed by architects Pier Luigi Nervi and Marcello Piacentini in 1956, and finished in 1960 for the Summer Olympics. In 1999 was restructured by the italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas, and was renamed after the main sponsor Lottomatica.

It has a capacity of 11,000 spectators. The stadium features 8 meetings points, a restaurant for 300 people and a 2′700 square meter (3229 sq. yards) outdoor terrace. It is currently the home arena of the Italian basketball team Lottomatica Roma and had also hosted the 1991 European basketball championships and the 1997 FIBA Euroleague Final Four.