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Irelands biggest football stadium - Croke Park - where big bettings happens

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Croke Park is the 16th biggest football and rugby stadium in the world and the biggest in Irleand with capacity of over 82 300. Also other matches and bets have been seen here.

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Croke Park arena is headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). As you can imagine, a lot of big games have been playing here. Muhammad Ali was fighting here back in 1972 and lately, 2007,  Gaelic Games hosted international rugby and soccer fixtures from the RBS 6 Nations campaign here.

And in February, Ireland will play against Italy on Croke Park in the RBS6 Nations.

Huge football stadium

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Read more about Croke Park at their official homepage.

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Maracana - Brazil’s biggest football stadium (Maracanã)

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Read more about the world’s biggest football stadiums. Here you’ll find photos from some matches and get a brief background and history of the Maracana stadium and other famous stadiums to play football upon.

Maracana - Brazil’s biggest football stadium (Maracanã)

Which team are playing at Maracana?
No home teams play here since it’s a national football stadium.

Where is the stadium located?
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Which famous players have played here?
Many of the worlds best players have been playing here. All famous brazilian football stars, such as Ronaldo, Romario, Carlos Alberto, Cafu, Junior, Pele, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos, Romario, Ronaldinho and Ronaldo.
Pele scored his 1000th goal in this stadium.

How big capacity do Maracana have?
Today, only 95 000.
But it used to take much bigger audience..

During the stadiums glory days it took the official world-record attendance of 199 854 during the 1950 World Cup Final between Brazil and Ururguay. Continue reading ‘Maracana - Brazil’s biggest football stadium (Maracanã)’

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