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Michigan Stadium is the largest American football stadium.

The following is an incomplete list of current American football stadiums. They are ordered by their seating capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the stadium can accommodate. The list contains the home stadiums of all 32 professional teams playing in the NFL as well as the largest stadiums used by college football teams in the NCAA. The United States is unique in that eighteen of its twenty largest stadiums are home to a college team, not a professional one. Not included are several large stadiums used by teams in the now-defunct NFL Europa, as these were all built for and used mainly for association football, or the Rogers Centre, which is located in Canada (although it does host occasional American football games). Currently all football stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or more are included.

Current list

Image Stadium Capacity City State/Province Home teams Refs
Michigan Stadium 109,901 Ann Arbor Michigan Michigan Michigan Wolverines [1]


Beaver Stadium 107,282 State College Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn State Nittany Lions [2]


Neyland Stadium 102,455 Knoxville Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Volunteers [3]


Ohio Stadium 102,329 Columbus Ohio Ohio Ohio State Buckeyes [4]


Bryant-Denny Stadium 101,821 Tuscaloosa Alabama Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide [5]


Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium 100,119 Austin Texas Texas Texas Longhorns [6]


Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,607 Los Angeles California California USC Trojans [7]


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Sanford Stadium 92,746 Athens Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Georgia Bulldogs [8]


Rose Bowl 92,542 Pasadena California California UCLA Bruins, the Rose Bowl game, and hosts the BCS National Championship game every fourth year [9]


Tiger Stadium 92,400 Baton Rouge Louisiana Louisiana LSU Tigers [10]


Cotton Bowl 92,200 Dallas Texas Texas Dallas Desire; also used for annual Red River Rivalry game (Texas vs. Oklahoma), State Fair Classic, TicketCity Bowl, and other occasional college football games


FedExField 91,704 Landover Maryland Maryland Washington Redskins [11]


Kyle Field 90,079 College Station Texas Texas Texas A&M Aggies


Ben Hill Griffin Stadium 88,548 Gainesville Florida Florida Florida Gators [12]


Jordan-Hare Stadium 87,451 Auburn Alabama Alabama Auburn Tigers [13]


Memorial Stadium 86,304 Lincoln Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Cornhuskers


Memorial Stadium 86,092 Clemson South Carolina South Carolina Clemson Tigers


New Meadowlands Stadium 82,566 East Rutherford New Jersey New Jersey New York Giants and Jets


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Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium 82,300 Tallahassee Florida Florida Florida State Seminoles


Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium 82,112 Norman Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Sooners


Notre Dame Stadium 80,795 Notre Dame Indiana Indiana Notre Dame Fighting Irish


Camp Randall Stadium 80,321 Madison Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers


Williams-Brice Stadium 80,250 Columbia South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina Gamecocks


Cowboys Stadium 80,000 Arlington Texas Texas Cotton Bowl Classic, Dallas Cowboys, Southwest Classic


Arrowhead Stadium 79,101 Kansas City Missouri Missouri Kansas City Chiefs


EverBank Field 76,867 Jacksonville Florida Florida Jacksonville Jaguars, the Gator Bowl game, and the annual Florida Gators-Georgia Bulldogs football game - formerly known as The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party


Invesco Field at Mile High 76,125 Denver Colorado Colorado Denver Broncos


Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium 76,000 Fayetteville Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Razorbacks


California Memorial Stadium 75,662 Berkeley California California California Golden Bears


Spartan Stadium 75,025 East Lansing Michigan Michigan Michigan State Spartans


Sun Life Stadium 74,916 Miami Gardens Florida Florida Miami Dolphins, Miami Hurricanes, the Orange Bowl game, and hosts the BCS National Championship game every fourth year


Ralph Wilson Stadium 73,967 Orchard Park New York (state) New York Buffalo Bills


Sun Devil Stadium 73,379 Tempe Arizona Arizona Arizona State Sun Devils and the Insight Bowl game


Bank of America Stadium 73,298 Charlotte North Carolina North Carolina Carolina Panthers and the Meineke Car Care Bowl game


Cleveland Browns Stadium 73,200 Cleveland Ohio Ohio Cleveland Browns


Lambeau Field 72,928 Green Bay Wisconsin Wisconsin Green Bay Packers


Husky Stadium 72,500 Seattle Washington (state) Washington Washington Huskies


Louisiana Superdome 72,003 New Orleans Louisiana Louisiana New Orleans Saints, Tulane Green Wave, the Sugar Bowl game, the New Orleans Bowl game, the Bayou Classic (GramblingSouthern game), and hosts the BCS National Championship game every fourth year


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Reliant Stadium 72,000 Houston Texas Texas Houston Texans and the Texas Bowl game


Legion Field 71,594 Birmingham Alabama Alabama UAB Blazers and the BBVA Compass Bowl game


Georgia Dome 71,149 Atlanta Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Atlanta Falcons, Georgia State Panthers, and the Chick-fil-A Bowl game


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Faurot Field 71,004 Columbia Missouri Missouri Missouri Tigers football [3]


Kinnick Stadium 70,585 Iowa City Iowa Iowa Iowa Hawkeyes


Qualcomm Stadium 70,561 San Diego California California San Diego Chargers, San Diego State Aztecs, the Holiday Bowl game, and the Poinsettia Bowl game


Citrus Bowl 70,188 Orlando Florida Florida Jones HS Tigers; also used for the Capital One Bowl game, the Champs Sports Bowl game, and the Florida Classic game)


M&T Bank Stadium 70,107 Baltimore Maryland Maryland Baltimore Ravens; also used for the annual CityPoly high school rivalry game


Rice Stadium 70,000 Houston Texas Texas Rice Owls


Candlestick Park 69,843 San Francisco California California San Francisco 49ers


LP Field 68,804 Nashville Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Titans, Tennessee State Tigers, and the Music City Bowl game


Gillette Stadium 68,756 Foxborough Massachusetts Massachusetts New England Patriots


Lincoln Financial Field 68,532 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Philadelphia Eagles, Temple Owls


Commonwealth Stadium 67,606 Lexington Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Wildcats


Qwest Field 67,000 Seattle Washington (state) Washington Seattle Seahawks


Edward Jones Dome 66,965 St. Louis Missouri Missouri St. Louis Rams


Lane Stadium 66,233 Blacksburg Virginia Virginia Virginia Tech Hokies


Raymond James Stadium 65,647 Tampa Florida Florida Tampa Bay Buccaneers, South Florida Bulls, and the Outback Bowl game


Paul Brown Stadium 65,535 Cincinnati Ohio Ohio Cincinnati Bengals, plus occasional college and high school football games


Heinz Field 65,050 (69,050 for select games)[4] Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Panthers football


Alamodome 65,000 San Antonio Texas Texas No home team; used for the Alamo Bowl game, the NFLPA Game, and Big 12 Conference championship game. Proposed home of University of Texas at San Antonio's future football team.


Ford Field 65,000 Detroit Michigan Michigan Detroit Lions, MAC Championship Game, and the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl game


LaVell Edwards Stadium 65,000 Provo Utah Utah BYU Cougars football


Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 64,035 Minneapolis Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Vikings


University of Phoenix Stadium 63,400 Glendale Arizona Arizona Arizona Cardinals, the Fiesta Bowl game and hosts the BCS National Championship game every fourth year


Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 63,026 Oakland California California Oakland Raiders


Lucas Oil Stadium 63,000 Indianapolis Indiana Indiana Indianapolis Colts


Memorial Stadium 62,872 Champaign Illinois Illinois Illinois Fighting Illini


Ross-Ade Stadium 62,500 West Lafayette Indiana Indiana Purdue Boilermakers


Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium 62,380 Memphis Tennessee Tennessee Memphis Tigers and the Liberty Bowl game


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Scott Stadium 61,500 Charlottesville Virginia Virginia Virginia Cavaliers football


Soldier Field 61,500 Chicago Illinois Illinois Chicago Bears


Yale Bowl 61,446 New Haven Connecticut Connecticut Yale Bulldogs


Vaught-Hemingway Stadium 60,580 Oxford Mississippi Mississippi Ole Miss Rebels


Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium 60,540 Morgantown West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia Mountaineers football


Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium 60,492 Jackson Mississippi Mississippi Jackson State Tigers football


Jones AT&T Stadium 60,454 Lubbock Texas Texas Texas Tech Red Raiders football [14]


Boone Pickens Stadium 60,218 Stillwater Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma State Cowboys football


Kenan Memorial Stadium 60,000 Chapel Hill North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina Tar Heels football


Arizona Stadium 57,803 Tucson Arizona Arizona Arizona Wildcats football


Carter-Finley Stadium 57,583 Raleigh North Carolina North Carolina NC State Wolfpack football [15]


Papa John's Cardinal Stadium 56,000 Louisville Kentucky Kentucky Louisville Cardinals football; also hosts the annual St. XTrinity high school rivalry game


Davis Wade Stadium 55,082 Starkville Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi State Bulldogs football


Jack Trice Stadium 55,000 Ames Iowa Iowa Iowa State Cyclones football


Bobby Dodd Stadium 55,000 Atlanta Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football


Autzen Stadium 53,800 Eugene Oregon Oregon Oregon Ducks football


Folsom Field 53,750 Boulder Colorado Colorado Colorado Buffaloes football


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War Memorial Stadium 53,727 Little Rock Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Razorbacks football (secondary to Razorback Stadium), and Catholic High School for Boys


Franklin Field 52,593 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Quakers football


Falcon Stadium 52,480 Colorado Springs Colorado Colorado Air Force Falcons football


Rutgers Stadium 52,454 Piscataway New Jersey New Jersey Rutgers Scarlet Knights football


Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium 52,200 Manhattan Kansas Kansas Kansas State Wildcats football


Byrd Stadium 51,500 College Park Maryland Maryland Maryland Terrapins football


Sun Bowl Stadium 51,500 El Paso Texas Texas UTEP Miners football and the Sun Bowl game


Independence Stadium 50,832 Shreveport Louisiana Louisiana No home team; used for the Independence Bowl game


TCF Bank Stadium 50,805 Minneapolis Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers


Memorial Stadium 50,180 Bloomington Indiana Indiana Indiana Hoosiers football


University of Kansas Memorial Stadium 50,071 Lawrence Kansas Kansas Kansas Jayhawks football


Aloha Stadium 50,000 Honolulu Hawaii Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi Warriors football, the Hawaiʻi Bowl game, and the Pro Bowl


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Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium 50,000 Greenville North Carolina North Carolina East Carolina Pirates football


Floyd Casey Stadium 50,000 Waco Texas Texas Baylor Bears football


Stanford Stadium 50,000 Stanford California California Stanford Cardinal football


Carrier Dome 49,262 Syracuse New York (state) New York Syracuse Orange football


Ryan Field 49,256 Evanston Illinois Illinois Northwestern Wildcats


Reser Stadium 45,674 Corvallis Oregon Oregon Oregon State Beavers football


Rice-Eccles Stadium 45,634 Salt Lake City Utah Utah Utah Utes football


Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium 45,596 Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington D.C. DC United; used for the Military Bowl game


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Bright House Networks Stadium 45,301 Orlando Florida Florida UCF Knights football


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Alumni Stadium 44,500 Chestnut Hill Massachusetts Massachusetts Boston College Eagles football


Amon G. Carter Stadium 44,008 Fort Worth Texas Texas TCU Horned Frogs football and the Armed Forces Bowl game[16]


Bulldog Stadium 41,031 Fresno California California Fresno State Bulldogs football


Ladd Peebles Stadium 40,646 Mobile Alabama Alabama South Alabama Jaguars football, the GoDaddy.com Bowl game, and the Senior Bowl game


Rentschler Field 40,000 East Hartford Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Huskies football


[[File:|center|100x75px|]] Michie Stadium 40,000 West Point New York (state) New York Army Black Knights football


Vanderbilt Stadium 39,790 Nashville Tennessee Tennessee Vanderbilt Commodores football


University Stadium 38,634 Albuquerque New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico Lobos football and the New Mexico Bowl game


Joan C. Edwards Stadium 38,016 Huntington West Virginia West Virginia Marshall Thundering Herd football


Sam Boyd Stadium 36,800 Whitney Nevada Nevada UNLV Rebels football and the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas game


M. M. Roberts Stadium 36,000 Hattiesburg Mississippi Mississippi Southern Miss Golden Eagles football


Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium 35,542 Tulsa Oklahoma Oklahoma Tulsa Golden Hurricane football


Martin Stadium 35,117 Pullman Washington (state) Washington Washington State Cougars football


Nippert Stadium 35,000 Cincinnati Ohio Ohio Cincinnati Bearcats football


Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium 34,400 Fort Collins Colorado Colorado Colorado State Rams football


Navy – Marine Corps Memorial Stadium 34,000 Annapolis Maryland Maryland Navy Midshipmen football


Bronco Stadium 34,000 Boise Idaho Idaho Boise State Broncos football and the Humanitarian Bowl game [17]


Wallace Wade Stadium 33,941 Durham North Carolina North Carolina Duke Blue Devils football


[[File:|center|100x75px|]] War Memorial Stadium 32,580 Laramie Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming Cowboys football


Gerald J. Ford Stadium 32,000 University Park Texas Texas SMU Mustangs football; will host the Armed Forces Bowl in 2010 and 2011


Robertson Stadium 32,000 Houston Texas Texas Houston Cougars football


BB&T Field 31,500 Winston-Salem North Carolina North Carolina Wake Forest Demon Deacons football


Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium 31,000 Murfreesboro Tennessee Tennessee Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football


Cajun Field 31,000 Lafayette Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football


Rubber Bowl 31,000 Akron Ohio Ohio local high school teams


Huskie Stadium 30,998 DeKalb Illinois Illinois Northern Illinois Huskies football


ASU Stadium 30,964 Jonesboro Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas State Red Wolves football


Joe Aillet Stadium 30,600 Ruston Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football


Dix Stadium 30,520 Kent Ohio Ohio Kent State Golden Flashes football


Spartan Stadium 30,456 San Jose California California San Jose State Spartans football


Malone Stadium 30,427 Monroe Louisiana Louisiana ULM Warhawks football


Aggie Memorial Stadium 30,343 Las Cruces New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico State Aggies football


Harvard Stadium 30,323 Boston Massachusetts Massachusetts Harvard Crimson football


Rynearson Stadium 30,200 Ypsilanti Michigan Michigan Eastern Michigan Eagles football


Kelly/Shorts Stadium 30,199 Mount Pleasant Michigan Michigan Central Michigan Chippewas football


Waldo Stadium 30,100 Kalamazoo Michigan Michigan Western Michigan Broncos football


Veterans Memorial Stadium 30,000 Troy Alabama Alabama Troy Trojans football


InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field 30,000 Akron Ohio Ohio Akron Zips football


William "Dick" Price Stadium 30,000 Norfolk Virginia Virginia Norfolk State Spartans football


Cessna Stadium 30,000 Wichita Kansas Kansas Wichita State University Shockers track and field and soccer teams


Fouts Field 30,000 Denton Texas Texas North Texas Mean Green football




Former or demolished stadiums

Image Stadium Capacity City State/Province Home teams Refs
John F. Kennedy Stadium 100,000 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Philadelphia Eagles; also a frequent venue for the Army–Navy Game


Cleveland Stadium 81,000 Cleveland Ohio Ohio Cleveland Browns


Tulane Stadium 80,985 New Orleans Louisiana Louisiana Tulane Green Wave, New Orleans Saints, Sugar Bowl game


Pontiac Silverdome 80,311 Pontiac Michigan Michigan Detroit Lions


Mile High Stadium 76,273 Denver Colorado Colorado Denver Broncos


Olympiastadion 74,500 Berlin  Germany Berlin Thunder [18]


Miami Orange Bowl 74,476 Miami Florida Florida Miami Hurricanes, Miami Dolphins


Tampa Stadium 74,301 Tampa Florida Florida Tampa Bay Buccaneers


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Gator Bowl Stadium 73,227 Jacksonville Florida Florida Jacksonville Bulls


Kingdome 66,000 Seattle Washington (state) Washington Seattle Seahawks


Texas Stadium 65,675 Irving Texas Texas Dallas Cowboys


Veterans Stadium 65,386 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Philadelphia Eagles


Anaheim Stadium 64,593 Anaheim California California Los Angeles Rams


Reliant Astrodome 62,439 Houston Texas Texas Houston Oilers


Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 60,606 Atlanta Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Atlanta Falcons


Foxboro Stadium 60,292 Foxboro Massachusetts Massachusetts New England Patriots


Pitt Stadium 60,190 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pitt Panthers


Riverfront Stadium 59,754 Cincinnati Ohio Ohio Cincinnati Bengals


Kezar Stadium 59,636 San Francisco California California San Francisco 49ers


Three Rivers Stadium 59,000 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Steelers


RCA Dome 57,580 Indianapolis Indiana Indiana Indianapolis Colts


Shea Stadium 57,333 Queens New York (state) New York New York Jets


Yankee Stadium 56,936 Bronx New York (state) New York New York Giants


Memorial Stadium 56,652 Minneapolis Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers


[[File:|center|100x75px|]] Polo Grounds 55,000 New York New York (state) New York New York Giants


Rheinstadion 54,000 Düsseldorf  Germany Rhein Fire


Memorial Stadium 53,371 Baltimore Maryland Maryland Baltimore Colts


County Stadium 53,192 Milwaukee Wisconsin Wisconsin Green Bay Packers (part time home)


Tiger Stadium 52,416 Detroit Michigan Michigan Detroit Lions


[[File:|center|100x75px|]] Stagg Field 50,000 Chicago Illinois Illinois Chicago Maroons


Busch Memorial Stadium 49,676 St. Louis Missouri Missouri St. Louis Cardinals


[[File:|center|100x75px|]] Metropolitan Stadium 48,446 Bloomington Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Vikings


Cardinal Stadium 47,925 Louisville Kentucky Kentucky Louisville Cardinals


War Memorial Stadium 46,500 Buffalo New York (state) New York Buffalo Bills


Comiskey Park 43,951 Chicago Illinois Illinois Chicago Cardinals


Palmer Stadium 42,000 Princeton New Jersey New Jersey Princeton Tigers


Braves Field 40,000 Boston Massachusetts Massachusetts Boston Bulldogs


Mountaineer Field 38,000 Morgantown West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia Mountaineers


Stoll Field/McLean Stadium 37,000 Lexington Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Wildcats


Municipal Stadium 35,561 Kansas City Missouri Missouri Kansas City Chiefs


Forbes Field 35,000 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Steelers


Clyde Williams Stadium 35,000 Ames Iowa Iowa Iowa State Cyclones


Balboa Stadium 34,000 San Diego California California San Diego Chargers


[[File:|center|100x75px|]] Shibe Park 33,608 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Philadelphia Eagles


Ebbets Field 32,000 Brooklyn New York (state) New York Brooklyn Dodgers


Rutgers Stadium 31,219 Piscataway New Jersey New Jersey Rutgers Scarlet Knights


[[File:|center|100x75px|]] Sportsman's Park 30,500 St. Louis Missouri Missouri St. Louis Cardinals


Cartier Field 30,000 Notre Dame Indiana Indiana Notre Dame Fighting Irish


DU Stadium 30,000 Denver Colorado Colorado Denver Pioneers


New Beaver Field 30,000 State College Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn State Nittany Lions



References

  1. ^ www.mgoblue.com
  2. ^ gopsusports.cstv.com
  3. ^ UTSports.com
  4. ^ www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com
  5. ^ www.rolltide.com
  6. ^ TexasSports.com
  7. ^ media-newswire.com
  8. ^ www.georgiadogs.com
  9. ^ [1]
  10. ^ www.lsusports.net
  11. ^ www.redskins.com
  12. ^ www.gatorzone.com
  13. ^ auburntigers.cstv.com
  14. ^ "2010 Media Supplement" (PDF). Texas Tech University. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  15. ^ https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf4/134095.pdf?ATCLID=1523361&SPSID=41957&SPID=3730&DB_OEM_ID=9200
  16. ^ The stadium is set for renovations that will force the Armed Forces Bowl to move to nearby Gerald J. Ford Stadium for 2010 and 2011.
  17. ^ [2]
  18. ^ as an American football stadium

See also