hippodrome
noun
[ ˈhɪpədrəʊm ]
• a theatre or concert hall.
• "the Birmingham Hippodrome"
• (in ancient Greece or Rome) a stadium for chariot or horse races.
Origin:
mid 16th century (in hippodrome (sense 2)): from French, via Latin from Greek hippodromos, from hippos ‘horse’ + dromos ‘race, course’. The early sense led to the term's use as a grandiose name for a modern circus, later applied to other places of popular entertainment (hippodrome (sense 1), late 19th century).
