sportsdromen.
/ˈspɔːtsdrəʊm/, U.S. /ˈspɔrtsˌdroʊm/ A sports complex, stadium, or other facility.
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society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun]
ring?a1400
rink1489
game place1542
playing field1583
rink-room1594
stadium1603
cirque1644
xystus1664
amphitheatre1710
field1730
grandstand1754
chunk-yard1773
sports ground1862
park1867
sports field1877
pitch1895
close1898
sports centre1907
padang1909
sports stadium1911
bowl1913
field house1922
sportsdrome1951
sports complex1957
astrodome1964
dome1965
sportsplex1974
1951 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 17 Apr. 13/4 A scheduled 10-round bout at the Sportsdrome tonight.
1964 Punch 6 May 655/2 I wouldn't mind a whoppin' Sportsdrome. Ice skatin', greyhound racin', the lot.
1980 R. Mabey Common Ground ii. iii. 161 The conversion of a derelict market garden to a swimming pool or a sportsdrome represents a conversion of countryside into ‘occupied’ land.
2000 B. Gustafson His Way xii. 182 Muldoon's meeting at the Rotorua Sportsdrome..was attended by over 4,000 people.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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