Popularity
In the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba the Games are popular. In 2005 the Ergilio Hato-stadion in Curaçao was almost sold out during the opening ceremony. It was much less popular in the Netherlands. In 2007 the opening ceremony was not held in a stadium but at the Spuiplein. Still a few thousand people showed up and the events were visited by several hundreds of people daily.
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Famous quotes containing the word popularity:
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—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)
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—Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)
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—Stanley I. Greenspan (20th century)