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Stadiums that are defunct or closed, or those that no longer serve as competitive sports venues (such as Great Strahov Stadium, which was the largest in the world and held around 250,000 spectators), are not included.
The following is a list of sports venues, ordered by capacity; i.e. the maximum number of spectators the venue can normally accommodate. All venues with a capacity of 40,000 or more are included. Venues that are closed, defunct, or no longer serve as sports venues, are not included. Italics indicate historical regular tenant.
The following is an incomplete list of sports venues that currently have or once had a highest attendance of 100,000 people or more. Included are also those venues which have closed, been refurbished, or have been proposed.
Photo by Mario Klassen on Unsplash. Initially, sports stadiums didn't face many regulations, even when hosting tens of thousands of people. In 1923, in the FA Cup final between Bolton Wanderers vs ...
Arthur Ashe Stadium is a tennis arena at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City.Part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, it is the main stadium of the US Open tennis tournament and has a capacity of 23,771, making it the largest tennis stadium in the world.
Stadium-arena hybrid. A movable seating structure allows it to house field sports and be configured as an arena. 56: Noevir Stadium Kobe: 30,132: Kobe Japan: RR: Vissel Kobe , INAC Kobe Leonessa (Nadeshiko League), Kobelco Steelers : The stadium originally was roofless, with a retractable roof later added to it. 57: Astana Arena: 30,244: Astana
The largest confirmed attendance for a basketball game (108,713) was at AT&T Stadium (then known as Cowboys Stadium) for the 2010 NBA All-Star Game. By contrast, Saitama Super Arena in the Japanese city of the same name is included because it was built primarily for indoor sports, although it can be configured to host field sports.
That is the minimum capacity required for a stadium to host FIFA World Cup finals matches. Note that most sports venues with a capacity of at least 40,000 are used for association football. The list contains both stadiums used solely for football, and those used for other sports as well as football.