Raymond James Stadium in Tampa

9 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Sport Reading Time:  8 minutes

The pirate ship © Bernard Gagnon/cc-by-sa-3.0

The pirate ship © Bernard Gagnon/cc-by-sa-3.0

Raymond James Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tampa, Florida, United States. It opened in 1998 and is home to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL) and the University of South Florida (USF) Bulls college football program. The seating capacity for most sporting events is 69,218, though it can be expanded to about 75,000 for special events with the addition of temporary seating. Raymond James Stadium was built at public expense as a replacement for Tampa Stadium and is known for the replica pirate ship located behind the seating area in the north end zone. Raymond James Financial, a financial service firm headquartered in the Tampa Bay area, has held the naming rights for the stadium for the stadium’s entire existence.   read more…

2024 Summer Olympics in Paris

26 July 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Paris / Île-de-France, Sport Reading Time:  10 minutes

2024 Summer Olympics

2024 Summer Olympics

The 2024 Summer Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques d’été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and officially branded as Paris 2024, is an ongoing international multi-sport event taking place from 24 July to 11 August 2024 in France, with the Opening Ceremony taking place on 26 July. Paris is the main host city, with events held at 16 other cities spread across Metropolitan France, plus one subsite in Tahiti, French Polynesia. Paris 2024 will feature the debut of breakdancing as an Olympic event, and will be the final Olympic Games held during the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach. The 2024 Games are expected to cost €9 billion.   read more…

UEFA Euro 2024: The venues

15 June 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Berlin, Hamburg, Sport Reading Time:  16 minutes

© UEFA

© UEFA

The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2024) or simply Euro 2024, is the the 17th edition of the UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the European men’s national teams of its member associations. Germany hosts the tournament, which is scheduled to take place from 14 June 2024 to 14 July 2024, and the winner will later compete in the 2025 CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions against the 2024 Copa América winner. The tournament comprises 24 teams, with Georgia the only team making their European Championship finals debut.   read more…

Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz

7 February 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Sport Reading Time:  7 minutes

Cartier vs Ralph Lauren © Clement Bucco-Lechat/cc-by-sa-3.0

Cartier vs Ralph Lauren © Clement Bucco-Lechat/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz (formerly Polo World Cup on Snow, or Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow Sankt Moritz) is a polo tournament that has been held annually since 1985 (the world premiere of polo on snow) on the frozen Lake St. Moritz in the Switzerland will be held.   read more…

Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara

6 February 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, San Francisco Bay Area, Sport Reading Time:  5 minutes

Broncos vs 49ers preseason game © flickr.com - Jim Bahn/cc-by-sa-3.0

Broncos vs 49ers preseason game © flickr.com – Jim Bahn/cc-by-sa-3.0

Levi’s Stadium is an American football stadium located in Santa Clara, California, just west of the much larger city of San Jose, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has served as the home venue for the National Football League (NFL)’s San Francisco 49ers since 2014. The stadium is located approximately 40 miles (64 km) south of San Francisco. It is named after Levi Strauss & Co., which purchased naming rights in 2013.   read more…

Ada in Ohio

29 January 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Sport, Universities, Colleges, Academies Reading Time:  4 minutes

Wilson American football 'The Duke' © Torsten Bolten/cc-by-sa-4.0

Wilson American football ‘The Duke’ © Torsten Bolten/cc-by-sa-4.0

Ada is a village in Hardin County, Ohio, United States, located about 69 miles (111 km) southwest of Toledo. The population was 5,334 at the 2020 census. It is the home of Ohio Northern University. The National Arbor Day Foundation has qualified Ada as a Tree City USA since 1981.   read more…

American Dream Meadowlands in East Rutherford

24 January 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Shopping, Sport Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Dough4872/cc-by-sa-4.0

© Dough4872/cc-by-sa-4.0

American Dream Meadowlands is a large retail and entertainment complex in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. It houses the first ever Mr. Beast restaurant. The first and second of four opening stages occurred on October 25, 2019, and on December 5, 2019. The remaining opening stages occurred on October 1, 2020, and thereafter.   read more…

Allegiant Stadium in Paradise

13 January 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Sport Reading Time:  8 minutes

© flickr.com - Jeffrey Hayes/cc-by-2.0

© flickr.com – Jeffrey Hayes/cc-by-2.0

Allegiant Stadium is a domed multi-purpose stadium located in Paradise, Nevada, southwest of adjacent Las Vegas. Opened in 2020, it is the home field of the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Rebels college football team. The stadium also hosts the Vegas Kickoff Classic in early September and the Las Vegas Bowl in December.   read more…

Mediterranean Region

29 July 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, French Riviera, European Union, Living, Working, Building, Sport, UNESCO World Heritage, Union for the Mediterranean Reading Time:  28 minutes

Monaco © Tobi 87/cc-by-sa-3.0

Monaco © Tobi 87/cc-by-sa-3.0

In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin, also known as the Mediterranean Region or sometimes Mediterranea, is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have mostly a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and warm to hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub vegetation.   read more…

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