January 01, 2010
10 of the Largest Stadiums
Posted on 5:07 am by Jas
This article will tell you more about the 10 largest stadiums in the world.
1) Rungrado May Day Stadium
Sports: Athletics, Football and Mass Games
Capacity: 150,000
2) Yuva Bharati Krirangan(Salt Lake Stadium)
Situated in: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Sports: Football and Athletics
Capacity: 120,000
The stadium is commonly known as salt lake stadium and it is the record holder for the largest stadium in

3) Beaver Stadium
Sports:American Football
Capacity: 107,282
The stadium holds the record for being the largest stadium in the western hemisphere. It was named after James A. Beaver who was a former governor of Pennsylvania. The stadium is a part of a college campus.
4) Michigan Stadium
Sports:American Football
Capacity: 106,201
The stadium is nicknamed as “The big House”. It is an American football stadium for the university of Michigan. Now the stadium is very old as it was built in the year 1927. The time it was built the stadium just had a capacity of 72,000.
5) Estadio Azteca
Situated in: Mexico City, Mexico
Sports: Association Football
Capacity: 105,000
The stadium holds the record for the largest stadium in Latin America. This stadium was the major venue for the 1968 summer Olympics which were held in Mexico City. It is the only stadium to host 2 FIFA world cup final matches for the year 1970 and 1986.
6) Ohio Stadium
Situated in: Ohio, USA
Sports: American Football
Capacity: 102,329
7) Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
Sports: American Football
Capacity: 100,119
It is a part of the university of Texas and was established in the year 1924. The stadium is the largest stadium in the state of Texas. The stadium has been renovated several times by now and there have been many changes in its structure since it was created.
8) Melbourne Cricket Ground
Situated in: Melbourne, Australia Sports:
Cricket, Australian rules football, Association football
Capacity: 100,018
Melbourne cricket ground is commonly known as “MCG” and it is home to the Melbourne cricket club. The ground has hosted various cricket matches and it is a very popular stadium. The stadium holds the record for the highest light towers in the world
9) Neyland Stadium
Situated in: Knoxville, Tennessee,USA
Sports: American football
Capacity: 100,011
The stadium has had a lot of changes and after 79 years of Establishment and 16 expansion projects it is now one of the largest non-auto racing stadium in the world with reference to seating capacity. It is the fifth largest in USA.
10) Camp Nou
Sports: Association football
Capacity: 98,772
The stadium currently holds the record for being the largest stadium in the whole of Europe with reference to seating capacity and it is the only European stadium to come in the list of the top 10 largest stadium by seating capacity.
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