No, no, that man who has stopped near the Coliseum is there purely by accident.
Since that game, LaFontaine has become a ghost in the Coliseum, his likeness appearing in ephemeral glimpses.
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What is odd about America is that sports are played out in macho conditions not seen since the Coliseum.
The Forbes campaign appeared to be the only campaign with a visible whip organization on the floor of the Coliseum.
The Coliseum has been brightened, somewhat, by colorful banners outside and new signage inside, but it is as outmoded as ever.
If you are a one-loss team not named Alabama or Georgia, your BCS national championship balloon was punctured for good Saturday evening at the Coliseum.
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Lining up a Roman archive photo with the ruins of the Coliseum was impossible for Alison Victoria because the original vantage point doesn't exist anymore.
Richard Vollmer, who has been an Islanders season-ticket holder throughout the team's existence said he has noticed the dearth of LaFontaine acknowledgments around the Coliseum.
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Temperatures hover around 10 degrees centigrade during winter days, although if you are lucky, experiencing the Coliseum with a dusting of snow is magical.
The teenager has also performed with both English National Ballet and American Ballet Theatre at the Coliseum in London in performances of Nutcracker and Le Corsaire.
The contentiousness between the team and its ex-star reached its peak on Feb. 5, 2008, during a game at the Coliseum between the Islanders and the Anaheim Ducks.
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Held in the evening, outside of the Coliseum, pilgrims huddle together, holding candles as clergymen make their way around the imperial amphitheatre and up to Palatine Hill, where the service concludes.
The Coliseum in Rome (probably the scene of more executions than any other surviving building) is illuminated in gold whenever a death sentence is commuted anywhere in the world.
There is always talk about bring a NFL team to Los Angeles, however the Coliseum is deemed to be too old to be suitable, and it would require a major refit.
On a warm, late summer's evening, the barefooted Ethiopian ran nimbly across the ancient cobbles of the Appian Way to win the men's marathon underneath under the shadow of the Coliseum.
The long-running show, opened in 2003 and housed in the Coliseum Theater built specifically for the spectacle, had been seen by an estimated 3 million fans before it wrapped in December.
Los Angeles was the first city in America to control its traffic lights centrally when it rewired a handful of intersections near the Coliseum in 1984 in anticipation of a crush of Olympics traffic.
Wang, who has owned the team since 2000, announced in October that the Islanders were moving to Brooklyn after a futile, nine-year attempt to replace the Coliseum, the team felt a sense of relief.
The Islanders won only one of their first five games this season at the Coliseum, sliding to 29th in the 30-team NHL with an average attendance of 13, 395 before Monday's game, which drew a season-low 9, 622.
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But Jerry Buss filled up The Coliseum.
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The fans are certainly buying in: they filled the Coliseum with its first opening night sellout in four years, many arriving three hours before game time to tailgate in the parking lot and partake in outdoor festivities that included a live band along with assorted games and contests.
Then something happened that has not happened in the Nassau Coliseum, the Islanders' dingy arena, in 11 very long years.
Despite no goals, the Nassau Coliseum rocked through the frantic first two periods.
The Greensboro Coliseum was also the site of their one-and-done loss to 15th-seeded Lehigh in their NCAA tournament opener last year.
Some of the photos that were auctioned off were taken on Feb. 11, 1964, at the Washington Coliseum -- The Beatles' first concert in the United States.
The school is located in a mixed industrial-retail area near a Wal-Mart and a Toyota dealership and across a freeway from the O.co Coliseum, the home of the Oakland Raiders football team and A's baseball club that used to be known as the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
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The infield of the track alone spans 253-acres, and all of Churchill Downs, Yankee Stadium, the Rose Bowl, the Roman Coliseum, and Vatican City could fit inside the Speedway.
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Vendors flock to the Freeman Coliseum next door to sell their western wear, furniture, art and other goods.
The Davis Cup final takes place at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon, from 30 November to 2 December.
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