The World's 18 Strangest Stadiums   By Jeremy Repanich   8.
Ericsson Globe  Location /// Stockholm, Sweden  Background:
Opened in 1989, the 14,000-seat arena serves as the home arena
for Sweden's national men's hockey team and for the last three
years has been the venue for Sweden's version of American Idol.
Why it's unique: Not only is the Globe the largest spherical
building in the world, it also serves as the sun in the world's
largest scale model of the Milky Way. The solar system is at
1:20 million scale with the planets located throughout Stockholm
and Sweden. Forty-eight 90-foot curved pillars provide support
for the aluminum panels that make up the arenas facade, and they
hold up the Globe's cupola, which has 144 skylights. Return to
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