A MAJOR COLLEGE basketball game will be played on the deck of an aircraft carrier for the second-straight year this weekend.
The game generated huge TV ratings last year, and is part of a growing trend of sporting events being held in outrageous venues.
From tennis 1,000 feet in the air to soccer on a floating field, we picked our 13 favourite outside-the-box venues to ever hold big games.
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The 13 most outside-the-box places to ever hold sporting events
A MAJOR COLLEGE basketball game will be played on the deck of an aircraft carrier for the second-straight year this weekend.
The game generated huge TV ratings last year, and is part of a growing trend of sporting events being held in outrageous venues.
From tennis 1,000 feet in the air to soccer on a floating field, we picked our 13 favourite outside-the-box venues to ever hold big games.
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