List of American football stadiums by capacity
The following is an incomplete list of current American football stadiums. 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 only two of its twenty largest stadiums are home to a professional team, the others being used for college games. The largest professional team stadium falls at number 16 on the list. 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 Rogers Centre, 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.
Stadiums are ordered by seating capacity. This is intended to represent the permanent fixed seating capacity, when the stadium is configured for football. Some stadiums can accommodate larger crowds when configured for other sports, or by using temporary seating or allowing standees.
Current list
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Cost
In 2013, major sports stadiums cost several hundred million dollars or more. In densely populated areas, the sports team often spends the highest proportion in building a stadium. In less desirable areas, the cost is mostly borne by taxpayers. Judith Grant Long reported, "the general consensus amongst economists, is that [stadiums are] not a good investment, simply because they don’t create enough net economic benefits in the way of job creation or tax revenues to warrant the scale of the investment.”[33]
See also
- Map of NCAA Division I FBS football stadiums
- List of current National Football League stadiums
- List of NCAA Division I FBS football stadiums
- List of NCAA Division I FCS football stadiums
- List of U.S. stadiums by capacity
- List of American baseball stadiums by capacity
- List of North American stadiums by capacity
- List of stadiums by capacity
- List of football (soccer) stadiums by capacity
- List of rugby league stadiums by capacity
- List of rugby union stadiums by capacity
References
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- ^ EverBank Field uses the ramp system and west upper deck from the old Gator Bowl Stadium. The rest of the stadium was demolished.
- ^ The 49ers moved to their new stadium in 2014, eaving Candlestick without a tenant
- ^ As a football stadium. Extensive renovations from 1996 to 1998 returned the stadium to its original purpose as a baseball-only facility.
- ^ The stadium remains in sporadic use for concerts and other events.
- ^ The pavilion grandstand at the end of the right field line still exists as the main stand of today's Nickerson Field.
- ^ This date reflects the Chargers' last season in the stadium. It remained intact and in use for other sports and events until its demolition in the late 1970s. In 1978, a new Balboa Stadium, with a much smaller capacity of 3,000, opened at the same site.
- ^ Alexander E.M. Hess and Samuel Weigley, Cities Paying the Most for Sports Teams Free Daily Newsletter January 30, 2013