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with about 8,000 seats. It was used to show live coverage of the football games. After the event, Adidas restored the square to its prior condition; this included finding trees all over
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aircraft crashed on the square, killing the pilot. The police later determined that it was a likely suicide.
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began to asphalt the square in order to erect the "Adidas World of
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