The following is a list of current National Football League stadiums, categorized by capacity, location, first year of operation, and home team. The list includes both current and former stadiums that are still in use by their current names. The list also includes the original Yankee Stadium which was demolished after the 2009 season. The new Yankee Stadium opened in 2009 with 40,000 seats.
Stadium capacity has increased over time, most notably the NFL’s average attendance rose from 20,000 in 1950 to 65,000 by 1970 before declining to 46,000 in 1990 and 47,000 in 2000. Since then, it has been increasing again, up to an estimated 70,000 for Super Bowl LIV at Santa Clara, California on February 2, 2020.
There are currently 32 NFL teams playing in 22 cities. Two teams have never left their city of origin: the Cleveland Browns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Five other teams have only ever played within their current city limits: the Baltimore Colts, New York Giants, New York Jets, San Francisco 49ers, and Washington Redskins. The remaining 19 teams have always used different locations for their home games.
In addition to these 32 teams, two more have existed but never played a game: the Chicago Cardinals and the St. Louis Cardinals.
The typical capacity of a modern NFL stadium is 70,000 to 80,000 people. As of 2011, the world’s three largest stadiums were: Shanghai Stadium with a maximum capacity of 85,000, London Stadium with a maximum capacity of 75,000, and Le Championnat with a maximum capacity of 65,000.
The first modern football stadium was Wembley Stadium, which opened in 1927. The record attendance for a football match is held by Moscow’s Lenin Stadium, which caps at 105,000 people in today’s Russia. The most people ever recorded as attending a soccer game is in Brazil during 1950 World Cup finals when 200 million people watched the final between England and Germany.
Stadiums have been a crucial part of modern football since it became an organized sport. Before the advent of the stadium, games were played on public grounds or within the walls of churches or schools. But even though these early matches were important, they weren’t considered official FIFA events until 1872, when the world’s first international football match was played at the Prince’s Ground in Liverpool. The game ended in a 2-2 draw between the countries of England and Scotland.
The NFL has 32 teams and 31 venues (the New York Giants and New York Jets share a stadium), with a seating capacity of 69,444. The largest stadium is MetLife Stadium, which serves as home field for the New Jersey Devils and New York Giants.
The NHL has 16 teams and 16 stadiums, with a total capacity of 18,647. The largest stadium is Bridgestone Arena, which hosts the Nashville Predators.
The MLS has 20 teams and 19 stadiums, with a total capacity of 19,742. The largest stadium is BMO Field, which hosts the Toronto FC.
An NBA arena has 17,903 seats. A UFC cage has 12,000 square inches of surface area.
The top ten largest sports stadiums in the world
Stadium
capacity
1
Narendar Modi Stadium
132,000
2
Rungrado May Day Stadium
114,000
3
Michigan Stadium
107,601
4
Beaver Stadium
106,572
The top ten largest sports stadiums in the world
Stadium
capacity
3
Michigan Stadium
107,601
4
Beaver Stadium
106,572
5
Ohio Stadium
102,780
6
Kyle Field
102,733
In contrast to college football stadiums, the largest of which may and frequently do seat more than 100,000 people, no stadium in the league presently has a listed seating capacity of more than 82,500 people. The largest stadium is FedExField in Washington, D.C., which has a current listed capacity of 79,923 people.
The average NFL stadium measures about 80,000 square feet, or about 2.5 acres. This includes any additional land that may be used for parking or other purposes. The smallest average stadium is Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati at about 67,000 square feet, while the largest is Ford Field in Detroit at over 102,000 square feet.
Stadiums are built for various reasons by different groups of people. Some are built as sports venues specifically designed for one team, such as Chicago’s Soldier Field or New York’s Giants Stadium. Others are built as multi-purpose facilities with the intention of drawing both an NFL and MLB team (as is the case with Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium). Still others are built as baseball parks but can be converted into football stadiums (as was the case with Philadelphia’s Veterans Stadium). Last, some stadiums are built with an NFL team in mind but can be used by another professional or semi-professional team (such as Cleveland’s Richfield Stadium).
This is a list of sports stadiums in England, listed in descending capacity order. All stadiums with a capacity of 10,000 or more in England are included. Only stadiums located inside England’s borders are included, hence the home stadiums of the six Welsh football teams competing in the English football league system are not included.
Dyke said that “we certainly don’t have enough trainers when compared to other European nations, or sufficient facilities when compared to other European countries, and we haven’t won as many tournaments as they have.” In England, there are 639 high-quality publicly available artificial pitches, compared to 3,735 in Germany.
Check out the top 50 list below, courtesy of Transfermarkt, which includes each team, their stadium, and their average attendance for the 2019/20 season: Borussia Dortmund against. 1-1 | Signal Iduna Park | 81.132 3-Manchester United | Old Trafford | 72.569 points 2-1-Bayern Munich | Allianz Arena | 75.000 points Serie A | 65.800 | 6-Inter Milan | Giuseppe Meazza | 63.500 points 7-PSG | Parc des Princes | 62.500 points 8-Liverpool | Anfield | 61.528 points 9-Tottenham Hotspur | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | 60.867 points 10-Newcastle United | St James’ Park | 59.111 points 11-Seattle Sounders FC | CenturyLink Field | 57.900 points 12-Los Angeles Galaxy | StubHub Center | 56.667 points 13-San Jose Earthquakes | Avaya Stadium | 55.600 points 14-Chicago Fire | Toyota Park | 54.583 points 15-Philadelphia Union | Talen Energy Stadium | 53.333 points 16-Columbus Crew SC | Columbus Crew Stadium | 52.917 points 17-Houston Dynamo | BBVA Compass Stadium | 51.833 points 18-Denver Rapids | Dick’s Sporting Goods Park | 51.750 points 19-Sporting Kansas City | Children’s Mercy Park | 51.625 points 20-Vancouver Whitecaps FC | BC Place | 51.500 points 21-Real Salt Lake | Rio Tinto Stadium | 51.417 points 22-New York Red Bulls | Red Bull Arena | 51.300 points 23-Orlando City SC | Orlando City Stadium | 50.
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