Sporting venues
come in all shapes and sizes. Some are truly immense. Most of the
largest stadiums are used for football. However, some high capacity
venues are used for baseball, cricket. Many stadiums have a running
track around the perimeter of the pitch allowing them to be used
for track and field events. It is estimated that the Circus Maximus of
ancient Rome could hold 270,000 spectators.
The following
is a list of largest sports stadiums ordered by their seating capacity
that is the maximum number of seated spectators they can accommodate.
Rungnado May Day Stadium
The monumental Rungrado May Day Stadium
in Pyongyang, North Korea was built in 1989 and seats a staggering
150,000 people. In 1995, an incredible 190,000 people crammed in for a
professional wrestling event.
Salt Lake Stadium
Salt Lake Stadium is located in Salt Lake
City, a district of Kolkata in India. Built in 1984, the stadium boasts
a capacity of 120,000 over a 3-tier construction and is mainly used for
football and athletics events.
Estadio Azteca
The Azteca Stadium, located in Mexico
City, comes in third on our list of the biggest stadiums in the world
with an official capacity of 114,465 people. Used mostly for football
matches, it is the home of the Mexico national team and Mexican club
team America.
Michigan Stadium
Nicknamed “The Big House”, this is the
American Football stadium of the University of Michigan was built in
1927. It had an original capacity of 72,000 which has gradually
increased over the years through various expansions to 107,501.
Beaver Stadium
Beaver Stadium is the home of the Penn
State Nittany Lions and is located at the Pennsylvania State University.
Its most recent expansion in 2001 brought it to its current capacity of
107,282.
Jornalista Mario Filho
Jornalista Mario Filho stadium is a
soccer stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is difficult to pinpoint
the stadium’s exact capacity but recent figures suggest they work to a
safe capacity of 103,045.
Ohio Stadium
Ohio Stadium is the home of the Buckeyes
American Football team at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
The stadium officially holds 102,329.
Neyland Stadium
Another American football stadium, the
Neyland Stadium serves primarily as the home of the Tennessee Volunteers
football team in Knoxville, Tennessee. Its current capacity stands at
just over 102,000.
National Stadium Bukit Jalil
The Bukit Jalil National Stadium lies
20km south of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The stadium is home of the
Malaysian football team and hosts a variety of sporting and non-sporting
events. It has a capacity of 100,200 people.
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The oldest of the stadiums on our list,
it was built in 1853 with the first game of cricket played on 30
September 1854. Renovations have made its capacity to 100,000.
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