One of sport¡¯s most overused cliches is the labeling of a ballpark or stadium as the mecca of football, baseball or basketball.
True, there are adherents everywhere that regard their team¡¯s home ground as sacred, and treat each weekend like a pilgrimage, but it¡¯s a metaphor that falls down when it comes to numbers alone.
For no matter how large or historic a stadium is, the likelihood of it being, like Mecca, the only one that exists, is remote. There are always rivals for the crown.
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