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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.
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.
In the case of AT&T Stadium, the highest attendance was recorded for a basketball game, which used field-level seating not available for the venue's standard American football configuration. The largest sporting venue in the world, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, has a permanent seating capacity for more than 257,000 people and infield seating ...
JMA Wireless Dome (Syracuse, New York, US), a domed venue built for multiple sports teams at Syracuse University. Paris La Défense Arena (Nanterre, France), a domed venue built for Racing 92 (rugby union). Some of the above venues have hosted some of the largest crowds in history for indoor sports.
The largest sporting venue in the world, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, has a permanent seating capacity for more than 235,000 people and infield seating that raises capacity to an approximate 400,000.
It is the largest spherical building in the world at 875,000 sq ft (81,300 m 2). [24] It includes seating for 18,600 people, [71] [64] and all seats have high-speed internet access. [72] The venue can accommodate 20,000 people in standing capacity. [35]
It is the largest stadium in the United States and the Western Hemisphere, the third-largest stadium in the world, and the 34th-largest sports venue in the world. [9] [10] Its official capacity is 107,601, but it has hosted crowds in excess of 115,000. [11]
Football stadiums with a capacity of 40,000 or more are included. 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.