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	EURO 2000 King Baudouin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The King Baudouin Stadium is the only EURO 2000 Final Tournament stadium without a regular home team.
		The whole stadium was renovated, although the original façade was preserved.
		Another multi-functional stadium, the first event to take place there after the renovation was completed was a concert by Céline Dion in June 1997.
	www.aim.ac.yu /euro/stadioni/brsl.htm (320 words)

	Heysel Stadium disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Heysel Stadium disaster took place at the 1985 football European Cup final at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.
		The Heysel stadium itself has since been completely rebuilt, and is now called the King Baudouin Stadium.
		Juventus and Liverpool were drawn together in the quarterfinals of the 2005 Champions League.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heysel_Stadium_disaster (548 words)

	BBC SPORT \| EURO 2000 \| Stadium Guide
		However much construction and development goes on at the King Baudouin stadium, the venue will always be known as the original site of Hesyel where, on 29 May 1985, 39 spectators were killed as a direct consequence of so-called Liverpool supporters rioting before the European Cup final against Juventus.
		Not only was the stadium in its original, crumbling state, but even the wall that had given way under the rioters' stampede had been rebuilt in its original form.
		The original stadium, situated in the northwest district of Heysel, was built as the centrepiece to Belgium's 100th anniversary independence (to The Netherlands, of all countries) celebrations.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/static/sport/euro2000/stadiums/brussels.stm (349 words)

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	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/101258668 (1661 words)

	Soccernet
		The stadium was built on the site of the former Heysel, the tragic scene of the 1985 European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus, where 39, mainly Italian fans lost their lives.
		By road, approach from the west by the E19 or E40; use the N5 from the south; the E40 or E511 from the east; or E19 and R20 or R21 from the north.
		King Baudouin has its own stop at the end of Metro line 1A, 20 minutes from Gare du Midi, which is served by the Eurostar from London Waterloo seven times a day.
	www.soccernet.com /euro2000/venue/Brussels.html (464 words)

	ABC News: Soccer's Worst Tragedy Remembered (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A Juventus soccer fan shows a scarf to remember the Heysel tragedy at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels, Sunday May 29, 2005.
		BRUSSELS, Belgium May 29, 2005 — The 20th anniversary of the Heysel Stadium tragedy was marked Sunday by the unveiling of a statue complete with 39 lights to commemorate the number of deaths in European soccer's worst episode of violence.
		Police security was found to be lacking, and the stadium was so decrepit hooligans managed to knock down a flimsy fence and attack opposing fans with chunks of concrete torn from the stands.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=801465&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (431 words)

	Euro 2000 Championships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Another stadium which has undergone major renovations prior to the eyes of the world turning to it.
		Its fate after the competition is unclear, for Anderlecht, the biggest club in Brussels, have their own stadium, so King Baudouin could be without a team to grace its splendour on a regular basis.
		Sclessin is a typically English stadium with stands close to the pitch, giving the impression the fans are breathing down the players' necks.
	www.csn.ul.ie /~markk/euro2000/images/stadia/belgium.html (284 words)

	CNNSI.com - World Soccer - Belgium-Netherlands match latest security test - Tuesday March 28, 2000 01:10 PM
		Mambourg Stadium in Charleroi has faced heavy criticism, including from the Belgian federal police union, that it is not safe enough to host the Germany-England game.
		Two weeks ago, a BBC investigation highlighted the perceived security risks at the 30,000-seat stadium, raising calls for a late-change of venue to Brussels' King Baudouin Stadium.
		King Baudouin will host the June 10 opening match between Belgium and Sweden.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/news/2000/03/28/security_test_ap (343 words)

	Heysel Stadium -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Heysel Stadium was a sports ground in north-west (The capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Brussels, (A monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Belgium.
		As the Koning Boudewijnstadion - Stade Roi Baudouin (English (Click link for more info and facts about King Baudouin) King Baudouin Stadium) it combined the football ground with a running track and facilities for field events.
		It was re-opened in August 1995 as the (Click link for more info and facts about stadium for the national team) stadium for the national team and is the largest stadium in Belgium; it can seat 50,000 spectators.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/he/heysel_stadium.htm (241 words)

	Sporting Life - Euro2000
		The King Baudouin Stadium was renovated on the site of the ill-fated Heysel stadium and was subsequently renamed.
		The stadium is home to the Belgian national team, and was also the venue for the 1996 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final which saw Paris St Germain prevail over Rapid Vienna.
		The King Baudouin Stadium is the only Euro 2000 venue without a regular home team and will play host to the opening clash featuring Belgium and Sweden, along with the opening ceremony.
	www.sportinglife.com /football/international/euro2000/finals/venues/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=ladbrokes/99/12/16/manual_155712.html (144 words)

	Sport \| Boulami breaks steeplechase world record
		World champion El Guerrouj had the capacity crowd of 46,500 at the King Baudouin stadium enthralled, chasing his world record up to the last metre and with 3mins 26.12 secs, he finished just.12 seconds outside.
		Yegorova, suspected of using the endurance-boosting drug EPO earlier this season but cleared to run after a clean test at the world championships, even went for a victory lap after she was jeered in at the worlds in Edmonton and the Weltklasse meeting in Zurich last week.
		There were still a few whistles and boos but, as she made her victory lap around the King Baudouin Stadium, most fans heartily clapped and many gave her a standing ovation.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4245625-108365,00.html (756 words)

	CNNSI.com - Soccer - Euro 2000 - Brussels -- King Baudouin Stadium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The King Baudouin Stadium was constructed on the old site of the Heysel Stadium and boasts a 50,000 all-seater capacity after an extensive renovation in 1996.
		After the tragic deaths of 39 football supporters at Heysel before the 1985 European Cup Final, the stadium was used only for track and field events for a number of years as stop-gap safety improvements were made.
		With Brussels welcoming Euro 2000 to the new King Baudouin Stadium, the venue should reverberate with happier memories this summer.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/2000/euro2000/venues/brussels (539 words)

	Encyclopedia: July 16
		1951 - King LÃ©opold III of Belgium abdicates in favour of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium, to avoid internal social strife.
		Baudouin of Belgium King Baudouin, (also spelled Boudewijn, Balduin or Baldwin) Albert Charles Leopold Axel Marie Gustave, (7 September 1930 - 31 July 1993), reigned as King of the Belgians from 1951 to 1993.
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/July-16 (9228 words)

	BreakingNews.ie: Draw revives memories of Heysel tragedy
		The Heysel Stadium disaster took place on May 29, 1985 before the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus.
		Michel Platini scored the only goal of a subdued match as Juventus won 1-0 at the ground, which was rebuilt nine years later and re-named as the King Baudouin Stadium.
		Stop-gap safety improvements were made to the Heysel Stadium — a largely concrete stadium originally built in the 1930s — in the months afterwards, but until it was rebuilt it was not used again for professional football.
	www.breakingnews.ie /story.asp?j=30308928&p=3x3x9x84&n=30309132&x= (493 words)

	Guardian \| U2
		Bono's also talked about constructing a set with an "emotional throughline", saying things like: "For the second half of the show, we take on this notion of the journey of equality." Even if you had no idea who had said those words, you could safely assume it wasn't a member of Motley Crue.
		The transition comes at the end of Love And Peace Or Else, during which The Edge replaces his trademark thousands-bells-ringing guitar sound with a churning glam-rock riff and Larry Mullen Jr pounds a scaled-down drumkit at the tip of the walkway.
		Stadium rock, with its Brobingnagian bombast, is a wretched invention; only U2 consistently use it as a chance to take risks rather than merely play a bunch of songs and watch the money roll in.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5213558-110430,00.html (607 words)

	U2book.com // 10.06.2005 Brussels, King Baudouin Stadium // 2005-06-10
		And i wonder: do the 4 musicians even know that the speakers in the back of the stadium feel out during allmost half of the show (they feel out b4 times and after a few songs switched on again) whicj meant that thousands of people couldn't really hear nor feel the music.
		I saw U2 in Brussels from a seat (probably in the same stand as Barbara, to the side of the stage with very limited view of the big screens) and I loved it, though I must say it's more fun to be in the middle of the field (more atmosphere).
		And all this in a stadium were 20 years ago people were killed due to bad safety (and stupid idiot fans, which, luckily, are rare at U2 shows).
	u2log.com /live/2005/06/10062005_brussels_king_baudouin_stadium.php (2524 words)

	Sport.be
		The Brussels City Run starts in the King Baudouin Stadium and takes you along the Royal Palace of Laeken right down into the heart of Brussels.
		And finally, after running 21 kilometres you will pass the finish line in the King Baudouin Stadium, famous for many top athletic performances and world records.
		- 1 km course in the King Baudouin stadium
	www.sport.be /running/eng/brusselscityrun/programma.html (308 words)

	BBC SPORT \| EURO2000 \| BELGIUM \| Spectacular opening for Euro 2000
		It was a frenetic, raucous and colourful ceremony in the King Baudouin stadium although it took just 11 minutes to perform.
		Four thousand white balloons rose into the air from inside Brussels' King Baudouin Stadium, the scene of one of soccer's worst tragedies when 39 fans died before the 1985 European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus.
		The short play, featuring 179 actors and extras, starred an inflatable giant borne aloft on a bed of mini hovercraft, a huge helium-filled ball and a team of men on stilts personifying dreams and gentleness.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/euro2000/teams/belgium/785815.stm (265 words)

	ABC News: Soccer's Worst Tragedy Remembered (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The remembrance came four days after Liverpool again reached the pinnacle of European soccer, beating Italy's AC Milan in the Champions League final.
		After the Heysel disaster, the stadium was torn down and replaced with King Baudouin Stadium.
		The victims, trying to flee the violence, were crushed to death.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=801328&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (390 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport
		Italy's Gianlyca Zambrotta and Belgium's Yves Vanderhaegue challenge the ball during a Group B match of the EURO 2000 soccer championships between Italy and Belgium at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on Wednesday.
		They were reacting to the testimony given by sacked South African skipper Hansie Cronje to King Commission inquiry into corruption in cricket in which he named former Indian captain Mohd Azharuddin as a person who introduced him to a bookmaker known as MK during South Africa’s tour of India in 1996.
		Now re-named in honour of King Baudouin, Italy were playing their first match at the former Heysel stadium since 39 mainly Italian fans died after being charged by Liverpool supporters before the 1985 European Cup final against Juventus.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000616/sports.htm (4557 words)

	European Championship 2000 - Grounds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The opening ceremony and the first game of Euro 2000 will be held at teh King Baudouin Stadium.
		It is home to the Belgium national team and it was also where Paris St Germain won the European Cup Winners Cup against Rapid Vienna.
		The King Baudouin Stadium was origionally the Haysel stadium built in 1930.
	www.cn174world.co.uk /euro2000/brussels.html (63 words)

	Baudouin on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		(bōdooăN´), 1930-93, king of the Belgians (1951-93), son of Leopold III.
		After their return to Belgium his father's unpopularity led to Baudouin's appointment (1950) as regent, and on Leopold's abdication (1951) Baudouin ascended the throne.
		François-Henri Pinault Fils de PDG, comme François-Henri Pinault ou Arnaud Lagardère, ou dauphin désigné, comme Baudouin P. IAAF Golden League Brussels
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Baudouin.asp (494 words)

	Brussels Tourism - Visitors Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is at the Palace that the King grants audiences and deals with affairs of state.
		Apart from the offices of the King and the Queen, the Royal Palace houses the services of the Grand Marshal of the Court, the King's Head of Cabinet, the Head of the King's Military Household and the Intendant of the King's Civil List.
		In 1695 Brussels is attacked by King Louis XIV of France and the battle made a lot of damage (more than 4000 houses as well as buildings of the Grand Place were all destroyed, except the famous city hall).
	www.immobe.be /brussels.asp (2917 words)

	Long Island Press: Long Island Newspaper, News, Entertainment, Real Estate, Classifieds, Automotive, Weddings, Business ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Isinbayeva won the competition at the King Baudouin Stadium with a vault of 4.93.
		Bahrain's Rashid Ramzi lost out to Kenyan Daniel Komen Kipchirchir over 1,500 metres, Benjamin Limo finished third behind fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge in the 5,000 and Ukraine's Yuriy Krimarenko could only manage 2.20 metres for 10th place in the high jump which was won by Cuban Victor Moya with 2.31.
		Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia breaks the world record in the men's 10,000 metres race during the Brussels Golden League athletics meet (Memorial Ivo Van Damme) at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels August 26, 2005.
	www.longislandpress.com /reuters/12_ds_162457.php (756 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		If Belgium have finally halted their sudden descent in fortunes, it is thanks to their two key victories at the end of March in qualification matches for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany.
		First of all, Aimé Anthuenis' men overcame Bosnia-Herzegovina on 26 March, winning 4-1 at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.
		This catastrophic run of results was all the more surprising because there had been no signs previously to suggest that Belgian football was in decline.
	www.fifa.com /en/print/article/0,4039,106732,00.html (875 words)

	Sunday Herald, The: Top Italian Totti
		Sunday Herald, The, Jun 25, 2000 by Michael Grant at the King Baudouin stadium, Brussels
		Now their national side have played and won twice at the renamed King Baudouin Stadium in the space of 10 days.
		It cannot exorcise their horrific memories, but at least they can again view the place as a venue where Azzurri football can be celebrated, instead of regarding it only as their graveyard.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20000625/ai_n13948651 (1138 words)

	Bono preaches Middle East peace - World Breaking News - Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au
		IRISH rock superstars U2 have made the first European appearance of their Vertigo world tour in Brussels, in front of 60,000 enthusiastic fans at the King Baudouin stadium in the Belgian capital.
		The stadium erupted after three quarters of an hour when the band embarked on one of their biggest hits from the 1980s Sunday Bloody Sunday.
		In the 21st century update of the old rock tradition of matches and cigarette lighters illuminating the night sky, tens of thousands of spectators held the screens of their mobile phones aloft, lighting up the stadium.
	www.news.com.au /story/0,10117,15579801-23109,00.html (382 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Football \| Match Reports \| Zidane finds golden touch
		Euro 2000 lost its rag in the King Baudouin stadium here last night.
		The first of the semi-finals ended in acriminious controversy after France beat Portugal in sudden-death extra-time with a penalty from Zinedine Zidane awarded on the say-so of a Slovakian linesman.
		What a pity David Trézéguet had not made the contact, from Wiltord's pass, which might have ended the game with a goal that brooked no argument.
	football.guardian.co.uk /Match_Report/0,1527,337738,00.html (805 words)

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