Ljubljana Hippodrome (
Slovene: Hipodrom Ljubljana) or Stožice Hippodrome (
Slovene: Hipodrom Stožice), a horse racecourse stadium in the capital of
Slovenia, is the main sport venue of this kind in the country. It is only 3 kilometres north from the center of
Ljubljana. It was built in 1957. It is the seat of 'Horse Club Ljubljana'.
Events
In 1996,
Pope John Paul II had
Mass in front of 150,000 people, which is the biggest crowd in Slovenia ever.
On 8 August 1997 American pop-star
Michael Jackson planned to perform here a concert as part of his
HIStory World Tour. The concert was cancelled due to low ticket sales.
In 2009,
The Killers performed in the Hippodrome in front of 30,000 people, as a part of their
Day & Age Tour.
In 2009,
Madonna was scheduled to have a
Sticky & Sweet Tour concert, but it was cancelled. According to Slovenian media only 7,000 out of 63,000 tickets were sold.[1][2]