mile from the gleaming white facade of Baku’s new Olympic Stadium, an oil refinery tower lights up the sky. Its flame fits neatly with Azerbaijan’s marketing line to would-be tourists — “the land of fire” — but it’s also a powerful reminder of the oil wealth that made it possible to build the 68,000-seat arena.
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mile from the gleaming white facade of Baku’s new Olympic Stadium, an oil refinery tower lights up the sky. Its flame fits neatly with Azerbaijan’s marketing line to would-be tourists — “the land of fire” — but it’s also a powerful reminder of the oil wealth that made it possible to build the 68,000-seat arena.