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Hippodrome is a term sometimes used for public entertainment venues of various types. A modern example is the Hippodrome which opened in London in 1900 "combining circus, hippodrome, and stage performances". [1] It is derived from the ancient Greek hippodromos (Greek: ἱππόδρομος), a stadium for horse racing and chariot racing.
The first Hippodrome was built when the city was called Byzantium, and was a provincial town of moderate importance. In AD 203 the Emperor Septimius Severus rebuilt the city and expanded its walls, endowing it with a hippodrome, an arena for chariot races and other entertainment.
The Hippodrome was built by Frederic Thompson and Elmer "Skip" Dundy, creators of the Luna Park amusement park on Coney Island, with the backing of Harry S. Black's U.S. Realty, a dominant real estate and construction company of the time, [9] and was acquired by The Shubert Organization in 1909.
Hippodrome de Pantin, a former circus and concert venue in Paris; Hippodrome de Vincennes, used for horse racing and pop music concerts; Hippodrome de Chantilly, see Chantilly Racecourse; Hippodrome Deauville-La Touques, see Deauville-La Touques Racecourse; Hippodrome de Longchamp, see Longchamp Racecourse
The hippodrome of ancient Olympia had a complex starting mechanism in order to avoid false starts. [1] The starting mechanism was designed by the statue maker Kleoitas and was later improved by Aristidis. According to Pausanias, the required energy for the movement of the mechanism came from the drop of a bronze dolphin and the rise of a bronze ...
The Tyre Hippodrome, located in the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, is an ancient sporting arena and UNESCO World Heritage site dating back to the second century AD. Built during the Roman era , the hippodrome was primarily used for chariot racing.
P. T. Barnum's Roman Hippodrome, a predecessor to Madison Square Garden. The site upon which Madison Square Garden was eventually established was originally occupied by a small passenger depot of the New York and Harlem Railroad. The site was vacated by the railroad in 1871 when it moved operations uptown to Grand Central Depot at 42nd Street.
Cleveland's Hippodrome was created to host plays, vaudeville shows, and opera performances. [2] Famous early twentieth-century performers played at the Hippodrome: Enrico Caruso, Sarah Bernhardt, W. C. Fields, Will Rogers, Al Jolson, and John McCormack. [1] The Hippodrome did evolve over time to keep up with upcoming technology.