The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). It is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. It is widely popular across the globe and people follow it very passionately every season. The league has headquarters in New York City. Let’s read about the Top 5 biggest stadiums as per capacity and know a little about them in detail.
Top 5 Biggest NFL Stadiums Per Capacity
AT&T Stadium
AT&T Stadium has the highest peak capacity of 100,000 spectators. It has the highest capacity of any NFL Stadium. The building cost of the stadium is originally at a cost of $650 million, the stadium’s actual construction cost rose to $1.15 billion. making it one of the most expensive sports venues ever built. AT&T Stadium was built with the field oriented east-west and with large windows on the western side.
MetLife Stadium
MetLife Stadium hosts the world’s biggest events on the world’s biggest stage and will serve as a host stadium for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. It has a capacity of 82,500 spectators. The construction cost of the stadium is $1.6 billion, it was the most expensive stadium built in the United States at the time of its completion. It has hosted many major events of different sports worldwide. It is the home stadium of the New York Giants and New York Jets.
Lambeau Field
Lambeau Field is an outdoor athletic stadium in the north-central United States, located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It is the home stadium of the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. Lambeau Field opened on September 29, 1957. It has a seating capacity of 81.441 as of now. The construction cost of building and renovation of the stadium is $435 million.
Arrowhead Stadium
Arrowhead Stadium is an American football stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. It primarily serves as the home venue of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). The stadium has a seating capacity of 76,416, making it the 27th-largest stadium in the United States and the sixth- largest NFL stadium. It is the largest sports facility by capacity in the state of Missouri. The construction cost of the stadium is $503 million as of 2022.
FedEx Field
FedEx Field is one of the largest stadiums in the NFL. It is the home stadium of the Washington Commanders. The seating capacity of the stadium is 62,000. Before it had a capacity of 91,000 in the late 90s and early 2000s. The construction cost of the stadium is $457 million as of now.
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