Today, there are only about 29 velodromes in the entire United States.
velodrome
NOUN
1A cycle-racing track, typically with steeply banked curves.
Example sentences
1.1A stadium containing a banked cycle-racing track.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French vélodrome, from vélo bicycle + -drome (see -drome).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velodrome
Indoor velodromes were also common particularly in the late 19th and early 20th century. For example, the Vélodrome d'hiver was built in Paris in 1909 and featured a 250 m (820.2 ft) indoor track with a wooden surface.
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