Saint Mary Magdalen Church in Wroclaw. Build at the end of XI century.

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The Miami Orange Bowl is a stadium in the City of Miami, Florida, west of the downtown area and on the edge of Little Havana. It is the home stadium for the University of Miami Hurricanes football team. It also hosted the Miami Dolphins until the opening of Dolphin Stadium in 1987. The stadium was renamed in 1959 for the Orange Bowl Classic college football game, which was played at the Orange Bowl following every season from 1937 to 1995, although it has been played at Dolphin Stadium since 1996, save for the January, 1999 contest between Florida and Syracuse. The Minor League Baseball Miami Marlins played certain games in the Orange Bowl from 1956 to 1960.

In addition to football, the stadium also hosts concerts and other public events. The stadium has a regular capacity of 74,177 orange seats, and can seat up to 82,000 for concerts and other events where additional seating can be placed on the playing field. The stadium was built by the City of Miami Public Works Department. Construction began in 1936 and was completed in mid-1937. It was originally named after Roddy Burdine, one of Miami's pioneers. The original stadium consisted of the two sideline lower decks. Seating was added in the endzones in the 1940s, and by the end of the 1950s the stadium was double-decked. The west endzone section was then added in the 1960s, bringing the stadium to its peak capacity of 80,010. In 1977 the permanent seats in the east endzone were removed, and further upgrades have brought the stadium to its current capacity and design. The city skyline can be seen to the east through the open end, over the modern scoreboard and palm trees. The stadium opened for Miami Hurricanes football on December 10, 1937. The AFL expansion Miami Dolphins played their first regular season game ever in the stadium on September 2, 1966.

Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium is the football stadium on the campus of the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. It is the home venue for the university's Seminoles football team. The stadium was named for Doak S. Campbell, a past president of the university and the field was named for head football coach Bobby Bowden. The stadium is part of the University Center complex, a mixed-use facility encompassing university office space, university classrooms, a food court, souvenir store, The University Center Club, as well as skyboxes and press boxes for use during football games. Following the latest expansion in 2003, the stadium has a seating capacity of 82,300. On November 20, 2004, in accordance with an act of state legislation, the stadium and field were renamed Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium.

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field is the American football stadium for the University of Florida college team, and is located in Gainesville, Florida. The stadium was built in 1930 as Florida Field. In 1934, the stadium was dedicated to the memory of servicemen who died in the first World War. The stadium was renamed in 1989 in honor of legendary citrus grower and University of Florida benefactor Ben Hill Griffin, Jr. The name of the playing surface remains Florida Field.

The stadium has expanded over the years from a seating of 21,769 to its current seating capacity of more than 90,000, making it the largest stadium in the state of Florida. The playing surface was artificial turf from 1971 through the 1989. The artificial turf was removed and natural grass was restored for the 1990 season.

Bronco Stadium is a football stadium in [Boise, Idaho]] on the campus of Boise State University. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the BSU Broncos. The stadium is also the site of the annual MPC Computers Bowl. Most of the local high schools (within Ada County) play their home games at the stadium, on Thursday & Friday nights.

The stadium opened in 1970 as a replacement for the original Bronco Stadium, a small facility built in 1950. The new stadium cost $2.2 million and originally sat 14,500. It originally consisted of two sideline grandstands, the west having a second deck. The field was green astroturf. In 1974 the second deck was added to the east side, bringing the capacity to 20,000, with 2,600 temporary seats brought in for bigger games. A new green astroturf field was installed in 1978. The most notable change occurred in 1986, when the university first installed the stadium’s trademark blue Astroturf (sometimes derided as “Smurf Turf”). It was replaced in 1995, as a part of a major stadium expansion which added seats to both southern ends of the sideline grandstands, which now curved around the stadium’s orange-colored Ed Jacoby Track (orange is the other school color), and adding the Allen Noble Hall of Fame Gallery and the Larry and Marianne Williams Plaza to the southwest corner. Both are attached to the Nicholson-Yanke Athletic Center, an original part of the stadium, as is the Fedrizzi Fitness Center Annex (1988/2004) and the Bronco Football Complex (2000). Since the running track is still in use, the end zone seats remain temporary. The blue Astroturf was replaced in 2004 with blue AstroPlay, a more forgiving athletic field surface. Since the original installation, the NCAA has banned playing surfaces (with the exception of the end zones) in any color other than green. Because Boise State was the only football field at the time in the country with a different colored turf, the university was granted an exemption.

Memorial Stadium is a stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Indiana University "Hoosiers". Memorial Stadium opened in 1960 as part of a new athletics area at the university. and holds 52,354 people. The stadium is similar in structure to venues at Wake Forest (Groves Stadium) and Virginia Tech (Lane Stadium). It replaced the "old" Memorial Stadium, built in 1925, a 20,000 seat stadium located on 10th St where the arboretum now stands.

There have been many renovations since the original construction, including the replacement of wooden seats with aluminum, installation of sound and lighting systems, and laying of Astroturf in 1986, which was subsequently replaced with natural grass in 1998. Prior to the 2003 season, that natural grass was removed. Indiana now plays football on a synthetic surface.

Ross-Ade Stadium is a stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Purdue University Boilermakers. In July of 2006, the university entered into an "agreement in principle" with the All American Football League, allowing Ross-Ade Stadium to serve as the home to one of eight AAFL teams in its inaugural 2007 season.

The stadium is named for David E. Ross and George Ade, the principal benefactors. Ross-Ade Stadium opened on November 22, 1924 with a seating capacity of 13,500 and standing room for an additional 5,000 people. A series of additions and renovations pushed the seating capacity to 70,000. In 2001 Purdue University began a massive $70 million dollar renovation, which led to a reduced seating capacity of 62,500.

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Notre Dame Stadium is the home football stadium for the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish, one of the most celebrated college football teams in history. The stadium is located on the campus of the university, adjacent to the city of South Bend, Indiana, USA.

The stadium opened its gates in 1930. Total cost of construction was more than US$750,000. The original seating capacity was 54,000. The Irish played their first game in the new stadium on October 4, 1930, beating Southern Methodist University 20-14. The official dedication was on October 11 against Navy. In 1997 21,000 new seats were added to the stadium, bringing the seating capacity to the present 80,795.

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