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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 ...
The stadium features 23,771 seats, 90 luxury suites, five restaurants, and a two-level players' lounge, making it the largest tennis-specific venue in the world. It cost $254 million to build.
Some of the above venues have hosted some of the largest crowds in history for indoor sports. The Caesars Superdome, for example, regularly seats more than 70,000 for basketball games (NCAA and NBA). 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 .
The largest sports 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.
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.
It is the largest spherical building in the world at 875,000 sq ft (81,300 m 2). [24] It includes seating for 17,600 people, [71] [64] and all seats have high-speed internet access. [72] The venue can accommodate 20,000 people in standing capacity. [35]