Hippodrome of Constantinople Hippodrome of Constantinople The Hippodrome of Constantinople () was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square named "Sultanahmet Meydanı" ("Sultan Ahmet Square") in the Turkish city of Istanbul, with a few fragments of the original structure surviving. The word "hippodrome" comes from the Greek "hippos" (), horse, and "dromos" (δρόμος), path or way. For this reason, it is sometimes also called "Atmeydanı" ("Horse Square") in Turkish. Horse racing and chariot racing were popular pastimes in the ancient world and hippodromes were common features of Greek cities
Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome is a live album by English progressive rock band Yes, released for CD and DVD on 8 December 2014 (U.K.) and 9 December 2014 (U.S.) on Frontiers Records. "Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome" is a partial recording of the Yes show on 11 May 2014 at the Bristol Hippodrome as a part of their 2013–14 Three Album Tour. Indeed, the recording features only two of the albums, "Going for the One" (1977) and "The Yes Album" (1971) played live in their