Changing rooms were constructed in the 1950s (previously the players had been obliged to change in a nearby pub), along with the first covered accommodation for spectators, and floodlights (which had previously belonged to the defunct Rugby Town) were erected in 1972, soon after which the stadium was renamed Harrison Park after former club chairman Geoff Harrison.
Spectators find good accommodations at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which holds 100,000 and is used for both cricket and Australian Rules football, and at the Flemington Racecourse, where the valuable Melbourne Cup race is held every November.
The track was surrounded by massive sloping embankments of earth for the accommodation of the spectators (some 40,000), except to the north where the natural slope of the hill sufficed.
Cable, Wis., introduced the American Birkebeiner in 1972, and it draws 8,000 cross-country skiers from around the world, plus spectators to book every available accommodation.
The stadium could house more than 60,000 spectators, and because of its ample accommodation, it was the scene not only of sports events but of imperial ceremonies, military triumphs, political demonstrations, and public executions.
It was a field with terracing round it which provided standing accommodation for roughly 10,000 spectators.
Originally a large terraced banking providing accommodation for more than 30,000 spectators, the current incarnation was constructed in 1994 95 and is single-tiered with no executive boxes.
Originally a large terraced banking providing accommodation for more than 20,000 spectators, the current incarnation was constructed in 1994 95 and consists of two tiers with no executive boxes.
Older racetracks, mainly European, conform to natural terrain, accommodations for spectators having been added later.
