List of current National Football League stadiums

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The following is a list of current National Football League stadiums, sorted by capacity, their locations, their first year of usage and home teams.

Stadiums represent a considerable expense to a community, and thus their construction, use, and funding often enters the public discourse.[1] Also, given the perceived advantage a team gets to playing in its home stadium, particular attention is given in the media to the peculiarities of each stadium's environment. Climate, playing surface (either natural or artificial turf), and the presence or lack of a roof or dome all contribute to giving each team its home-field advantage.

The New York Giants and New York Jets share a stadium (MetLife Stadium), thus there are only 31 NFL stadiums.[2]

The NFL uses several other stadiums on a regular basis in addition to the teams' designated regular home sites. The Jacksonville Jaguars will, in 2013, begin a four-year agreement to play one regular season home game per year at Wembley Stadium in London, England, as part of the NFL International Series, while the Buffalo Bills have an agreement to play one home game per year from 2008-2012 plus two (originally three) exhibition games at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario. In addition, Fawcett Stadium in Canton, Ohio, is the location of the annual exhibition Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, and Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, is usually the location of the Pro Bowl.

The Washington Redskins FedEx Field is the largest stadium in the NFL by its regular seating capacity. The Dallas Cowboys Stadium can expand past that of MetLife Stadium by means of using standing-room and temporary seating, which makes Cowboys Stadium the only NFL stadium capable of holding 100,000 or more spectators, though it normally only seats 80,000. The smallest full-time NFL stadium is Soldier Field, the home of the Chicago Bears.

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Key [edit]

Key
Key Meaning
dagger Domed stadiums
double-dagger Stadiums with a retractable roof

Stadiums [edit]

Some stadiums can be expanded to fit larger crowds for other events such as concerts or conventions. Official seating capacities do not include standing room.

Image Stadium Capacity +Standing Room/Expanded seats Location Playing surface Team(s) Opened Ref(s)
061123Broncos-Chiefs02.jpg Arrowhead Stadium 76,416 76,416 Kansas City, Missouri Grass Kansas City Chiefs 1972 [3]
Carolina Panthers 24 Tampa Bay Bucanners 10.jpg Bank of America Stadium 73,778 73,778 Charlotte, North Carolina Grass Carolina Panthers 1996 [4]
Candlestick Park field from section 55.JPG Candlestick Park 69,732 69,732 San Francisco, California Kentucky Bluegrass San Francisco 49ers 1960[nb 1] [5]
Seahawksvcowboysatqwest.jpg CenturyLink Field 67,000 72,000 Seattle, Washington FieldTurf Seattle Seahawks 2002 [6]
Cowboys Stadium full view.jpg Cowboys Stadiumdouble-dagger 80,000 105,121 Arlington, Texas Matrix RealGrass artificial turf[7] Dallas Cowboys 2009 [8]
Edwardjonesinterior.jpg Edward Jones Domedagger 66,965 66,965 St. Louis, Missouri AstroTurf GameDay Grass 3D St. Louis Rams 1995 [9]
Jacksonville Municipal Stadium.JPG EverBank Field 67,246 76,867 Jacksonville, Florida 419 Tifway Bermuda Grass Jacksonville Jaguars 1995 [10]
FedExField01.jpg FedExField 85,000 85,000 Landover, Maryland 419 Tifway Bermuda Grass Washington Redskins 1997 [11]
Browns stadium field.JPG FirstEnergy Stadium 73,200 73,200 Cleveland, Ohio Kentucky Bluegrass Cleveland Browns 1999 [12]
Ford-Field-September-10-2006.jpg Ford Fielddagger 65,000 70,000 Detroit, Michigan FieldTurf Detroit Lions 2002 [13]
VT Hokies Marching Virginians.jpg Georgia Domedagger 71,228 71,228 Atlanta, Georgia FieldTurf Atlanta Falcons 1992 [14]
Gillette Stadium02.jpg Gillette Stadium 68,756 68,756 Foxborough, Massachusetts FieldTurf New England Patriots 2002 [15]
Heinz Field02.jpg Heinz Field 65,050 66,662 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Grass Pittsburgh Steelers 2001 [16]
Lambeau Field bowl.jpg Lambeau Field 79,594 79,594 Green Bay, Wisconsin Desso GrassMaster Green Bay Packers 1957 [17]
Philly (45).JPG Lincoln Financial Field 68,532 69,144 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Desso GrassMaster Philadelphia Eagles 2003 [18]
Night Settles on LP Field.jpg LP Field 69,143 69,143 Nashville, Tennessee 419 Tifway Bermuda Grass Tennessee Titans 1999 [19]
LucasOilStadiumTheLuke.jpg Lucas Oil Stadiumdouble-dagger 62,421 70,000 Indianapolis, Indiana FieldTurf Indianapolis Colts 2008 [20]
M&T Bank Stadium DoD.jpg M&T Bank Stadium 71,008 71,008 Baltimore, Maryland Sportexe Momentum Turf Baltimore Ravens 1998 [21]
Vikings Exhibition Game 990826.jpg Mall of America Fielddagger 64,121 64,121 Minneapolis, Minnesota UBU-Intensity Series- S5-M Synthetic Turf Minnesota Vikings 1982 [22]
Superdome Sunset.jpg Mercedes-Benz Superdomedagger 73,208 76,468 New Orleans, Louisiana UBU-Intensity Series- S5-M Synthetic Turf New Orleans Saints 1975 [23]
New Meadowlands Stadium Mezz Corner.jpg MetLife Stadium 82,566 82,566 East Rutherford, New Jersey FieldTurf New York Giants
New York Jets		 2010 [24]
Oakland Coliseum field from Mt. Davis.JPG O.co Coliseum 53,200 63,132 Oakland, California Grass Oakland Raiders 1966 [25]
Cincinnati-paul-brown-stadium2.jpg Paul Brown Stadium 65,535 65,535 Cincinnati, Ohio FieldTurf Cincinnati Bengals 2000 [26]
Qualcomm Interior.jpg Qualcomm Stadium 70,561 70,561 San Diego, California Grass San Diego Chargers 1967 [27]
Bills.jpg Ralph Wilson Stadium 73,079 73,079 Orchard Park, New York A-Turf Titan Buffalo Bills 1973 [28][29]
Raymond James Stadium02.JPG Raymond James Stadium 65,908 75,000 Tampa, Florida 419 Tifway Bermuda Grass Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1998 [30]
Reliantstadium.jpg Reliant Stadiumdouble-dagger 71,054 71,738 Houston, Texas 419 Tifway Bermuda Grass Houston Texans 2002 [31]
Soldier field 2006.jpg Soldier Field 61,500 62,871 Chicago, Illinois Grass Chicago Bears 1924[nb 2] [32]
Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium.jpg Sports Authority Field at Mile High 76,125 76,125 Denver, Colorado Desso GrassMaster Denver Broncos 2001 [33]
Dolphinstadiumint.JPG Sun Life Stadium 75,540 80,120 Miami Gardens, Florida 419 Tifway Bermuda Grass Miami Dolphins 1987 [34]
University of Phoenix Stadium no field.jpg University of Phoenix Stadiumdouble-dagger 63,400 78,600 Glendale, Arizona 419 Tifway Bermuda Grass Arizona Cardinals 2006 [35]

Map of current stadiums [edit]

Additional stadiums [edit]

Image Stadium Capacity Location Playing surface Team(s) Opened Ref(s)
Wembley Stadium interior.jpg Wembley Stadium 86,000 London, England, United Kingdom Grass Jacksonville Jaguars (from 2013-2016)[36] 2007 [37]
RogersCentre Toronto Sept1-05.jpg Rogers Centredouble-dagger 54,000 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Astroturf Gameday Grass 3D Buffalo Bills[38] 1989 [39]
Aloha Stadium, Hawaii.jpg Aloha Stadium 50,000 Honolulu, Hawaii FieldTurf Pro Bowl 1975 [40]
HallofFameGame.JPG Fawcett Stadium 22,375 Canton, Ohio FieldTurf Hall of Fame Game 1938 [41]

Future stadiums proposed or under construction [edit]

Future, proposed stadiums
Stadium Team Location Capacity Opening Ref(s)
Levi's Stadium San Francisco 49ers Santa Clara, California 68,500 2014 [42]
Vikings Stadium Minnesota Vikings Minneapolis, Minnesota 65,000 2016 [43][44]
New Falcons Stadium Atlanta Falcons Atlanta, Georgia 65,000 2017
New Chargers Stadium San Diego Chargers San Diego, California Unknown Unknown
Farmers Field Expansion or relocation team Los Angeles, California 72,500 2016
Los Angeles Stadium Expansion or relocation team Industry, California 75,000 Unknown
New Buffalo Bills Stadium Buffalo Bills Buffalo, New York 72,000 Unknown

See also [edit]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Candlestick Park opened in 1960; 49ers became tenants after stadium expanded and refurbished in 1971.
  2. ^ Soldier Field opened in 1924; Bears became tenants in 1971; field and seating bowl completely rebuilt in 2003.

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  36. ^ As part of NFL International Series; the Jaguars will be the permanent home team from 2013 to 2016. The Rams were originally to be the permanent tenants from 2012 to 2014, but turned over the last two years of that deal to the Jaguars.
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  38. ^ As part of Bills Toronto Series from 2008 to 2012.
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Current stadiums of the National Football League
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  • 1 Home stadium of Buffalo Bills for one regular season game each year from 2008–2017.
  • 2 Home stadium of the Jacksonville Jaguars for one regular season game each year from 2013–2016; also hosts one neutral-site game each year since 2007.
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