Name: The Stadium
Duration: 60
Description: Although arenas have been around since ancient Greece and Rome, soccer stadiums were were not yet a thing when the sport became popular in the 1880s. Learn about how the sport eventually evolved its multi-billion dollar arenas, in this brief history of soccer stadiums.

Although arenas have been around since ancient Greece and Rome, soccer stadiums were were not yet a thing when the sport became popular in the 1880s. Learn about how the sport eventually evolved its multi-billion dollar arenas, in this brief history of soccer stadiums.

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