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Scotland's GBP 62m answer to Rome's Colosseum unveiled
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PLANS for Scotland's spectacular GBP 62 million national arena
were unveiled yesterday.
Constructed on classical Greco-Roman lines and due to open in
2009, the Colosseum will rise to 148 feet (45 metres), with a dome
measuring 394 feet (120 metres) across. It will be clad in
translucent material that allows it to glow in the dark.
The arena, by the Clyde in Glasgow, will seat 12,500, the same as
London's Wembley Arena. But unlike Wembley and other large arenas in
the UK, the Colosseum will not be built around a sporting "key".
The design is solely dedicated to huge entertainment events such ...
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