The Panatheniac Stadium by Anton Kyrychenko

The Panathenaic Stadium in Athens is the largest stadium built out of pure marble and is about 2000 years old. Men used to fight with wild beasts so they built walls around the arena to protect the spectators.  The stadium was ruined because they took some marble out to use for Athens churches. The ground was covered and used as private fields. The stadium was later excavated, mostly broken and gone. When they revived the Olympic games in 1896, only part of the stadium was marble so they put in wood seats with white cushions. When the games were finished, they resumed adding marble. In 1904 the Olympics were in St.Louis. It was during the world's fair and was shown as a side to the world's fair. This also happened in Paris in 1900. This made the Olympics less popular and the Olympics committee got worried that the Olympics would die out. We almost killed the Olympics we know today! They made a second Olympics just 2 years later in Athens in The Panathenaic Stadium to save the Olympics.