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- "A hundred thousand witches and wizards were taking their places in the seats, which rose in levels around the long oval field. Everything was suffused with a mysterious golden light, which seemed to come from the stadium itself. The field looked smooth as velvet from their lofty position. At either end of the field stood three goal hoops, fifty feet high; right opposite them, almost at Harry’s eye level, was a gigantic blackboard."
- — Appearance of the stadium[src]
The Quidditch Trillenium Stadium,[3] known also as the Quidditch World Cup Stadium,[4] was built for the 422nd Quidditch World Cup in 1994. Built in the middle of a large deserted moor in Dartmoor, the Quidditch stadium was capable of holding 100,000 wizards at once, with halls draped in scarlet.[1] The Top Box was located in the stadium for privileged guests. A task force of 500 from the British Ministry of Magic spent months preparing for it, first finding the site, then preparing it for the Quidditch World Cup. There were many different Muggle-Repelling Charms on it, such as causing the Muggles to suddenly remember urgent appointments when they got too near the site.[2]
This also ended up becoming the site of a major attack by the Death Eaters. The night after the match, a large group of Death Eaters in long robes and masks marched through the campsites, magically levitating the Roberts family upside-down. The Ministry officials on site desperately tried to subdue the Death Eaters, but were unsuccessful. The uprising eventually ended when Barty Crouch Jnr conjured the Dark Mark with Harry Potter's wand, frightening many of the attendees and causing the Death Eaters to flee.[5]
It is unknown what became of the stadium after the 1994 Quidditch World Cup.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey
- Pottermore
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
- The Art of Harry Potter: Mini Book of Graphic Design
- Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 8 (The Quidditch World Cup)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 7 (Bagman and Crouch)
- ↑ Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey (see this image)
- ↑ Pottermore (From the Story: Quidditch World Cup Stadium)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 9 (The Dark Mark)