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sports facility
A site with various facilities such as fields, halls, and tracks that is intended for practicing sports.
Die neue Sportanlage verfügt über ein Schwimmbad, mehrere Tennisplätze und eine Leichtathletikbahn.
The new sports facility has a swimming pool, several tennis courts, and an athletics track.
The word is made up of 'der Sport' (sport) and 'die Anlage' (facility/complex). Here, 'Anlage' means a complex or facility, so it is a facility for sports.
Die Gemeinde plant den Bau einer neuen Sportanlage.
The municipality is planning the construction of a new sports facility.
Pay attention to the difference in prepositions: you train 'auf der Sportanlage' (at/on the sports facility: place, dative), but you go/drive 'zur Sportanlage' (to the sports facility: direction, dative).
Wir treffen uns heute Nachmittag auf der Sportanlage.
We're meeting this afternoon at the sports facility.
Common adjectives are 'modern' (modern), 'städtisch' (municipal), or 'öffentlich' (public). Typical verbs are 'nutzen' (to use), 'betreten' (to enter), or 'sanieren' (to renovate).
Die städtische Sportanlage ist für alle Bürger frei zugänglich.
The municipal sports facility is freely accessible to all citizens.
stadium
'das Stadion' and 'die Sportanlage' both refer to places for sports. 'Stadion' is a specific large sports facility with stands for spectators. 'Sportanlage' is more general and can consist of several parts, such as fields, halls, tracks, or changing rooms. The words can be confused because a stadium can be part of a sports facility. If you mean specifically the large spectator facility, you say 'Stadion'. If you mean the whole site or different sports areas, 'Sportanlage' fits better.
Zum Training trifft sich die Gruppe an der neuen Sportanlage am Stadtrand.
The group meets for training at the new sports facility on the edge of town.
Das Stadion ist heute Abend ausverkauft.
The stadium is sold out this evening.