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Franklin Field is a sports stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the eastern edge of the University of Pennsylvania's campus. Named after Penn's founder, Benjamin Franklin, it is the home stadium for the Penn Relays, [2] and the university's venue for football, track and field, and lacrosse.
In 1996, plans were made to construct the stadium in response to the need to expand Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium and convert it to a football-specific facility, the desire to move track and field events to a venue that was more fan and athlete friendly, and the need to construct an appropriate on-campus facility to house the varsity soccer program begun in 1994.
A sports venue is a building, structure, or place in which a sporting competition is held. A stadium (plural: stadiums or stadia) [ 1 ] or arena is a place or venue for sports or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.
Stadiums that had a capacity of 15,000 or greater are included. Most of the largest past stadiums were used for association football or American football . However, some high capacity venues were used for baseball , cricket , Gaelic games , rugby union , rugby league , Australian rules football and Canadian football .
They are ranked by capacity, which is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can normally accommodate. All U.S. stadiums with a current capacity of 10,000 or more are included in the list. The majority of these stadiums are used for American football , either in college football or the National Football League (NFL).
The following are lists of stadiums throughout the world. Note that horse racing and motorsport venues are not included at some pages, because those are not stadiums but sports venues . Combined lists
This category is a subcategory of the sports venues category, which also includes articles on venues such as indoor arenas, racing venues and golf courses. Sports venues are organized by country in the sports venues by country category.
Stadiums designed for field sports, such any of a wide variety of football codes, baseball, and/or track and field. Stadiums designed for tennis (a traditional outdoor sport, but with a much smaller playing area than in field sports). Only domed and retractable roof stadiums are included, i.e. stadiums that cover both spectators and playing field.