Sultan Ahmet Square in Istanbul, Turkey, is the former site of the famed Hippodrome of Constantine, where chariots once furiously raced. Games likewise formed an important religious role in the ...

FIVE YEARS AGO, AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC AND FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER ALL OF THESE SEATS HERE AT THE HIPPODROME WERE EMPTY. NOW THE HIPPODROME IS ON THE BRINK OF A HISTORIC SEASON ...