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West Field is a former World War II airfield on Tinian in the Mariana Islands.Today, West Field is used as the civilian Tinian International Airport.West Field at Tinian Naval Base was a base for Twentieth Air Force B-29 Superfortress operations against the Japanese Home Islands in 1944–45 and the base for the B-29 Superfortress 58th Bombardment Wing.
Only stadiums with a capacity of 40,000 or more are included in this list. 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.
Tinian Island in 1945: the vast North Field airfield is in the foreground with West Field beyond; the rest of the island is filled with barracks, buildings, and hangars. The task would have been easier if the plateau had been wider. As it was, the 7,000-foot (2,100 m) wide plateau required large amounts of fill.
List of association football stadiums by capacity Rank Stadium Seating capacity Region Country City Images Home team(s) 1 Rungrado 1st of May Stadium ♦: 114,000 [1] East Asia North Korea: Pyongyang: Korea DPR national football team, Korea DPR women's national football team, April 25: 2 Michigan Stadium: 107,601 [2] North America United States ...
The airport was established on the site of the World War II era West Field. Tinian International Airport covers an area of 1,416 acres (573 ha) which contains one paved runway (8/26) measuring 8,600 x 150 ft (2,621 x 46 m). [1]
The following is an incomplete list of sports stadiums in North America, including Central America and the Caribbean. They are ordered by their seating capacity, that is the maximum number of seated spectators the stadium can accommodate. Currently all North American stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or more are included.
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).
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 .