Michigan Stadium (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

When listing the best U.S. stadiums, let’s highlight Michigan Stadium, which seats 197,601 spectators. This is the biggest stadium in America. If we talk about the world ranking, it is in third place. This stadium is also called the “Big House” and it is where the University of Michigan football team plays. The stadium was built in 1927, at that time it had a capacity of 72,000 spectators. It was rebuilt between 2010 and 2015, after which the seating capacity was increased to over 100,000.

Beaver (Corvallis, Oregon)

Many people wonder which baseball stadiums in the USA are considered to be the most famous. One of them is the Beaver ballpark in Oregon. The stadium is located at a local university and is used by the teams representing the institution. They are called the Oregon Beavers.

Ohio (Columbus, Ohio)

Ohio Stadium has a capacity of 107,780. It is located on the university campus and serves as the home ground for a local football team called the Chestnuts. The stadium’s middle name is The Horseshoe. Its original capacity was 66,210 spectators. Gradually the stadium was enlarged, one stage of this project was completed at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

It is the fifth largest stadium in America to open in the autumn of 1922. In total it has been reconstructed four times. The stadium is unique in that it was included in the list of National Historic Places in America in 1974.

It is noteworthy that there are no floodlights in this stadium; during matches at night time temporary lighting is used.

Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)

Rose Bowl Located in Pasadena, California, it is an open-air sports arena. The stadium has been in operation since 1922 and is considered a National Historic Landmark. It seats 92,542 spectators and is ranked number 16 among the largest sports arenas in the world. As for America, it is ranked 11th. The playground is located northeast of downtown Los Angeles at a distance of 10 miles.

It is heavily used for college football games. It has been the home ground for the local UCLA Bruins team since 1982. Five Super Bowl games have been played here. In addition, the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final and even the Olympic Games have been played here.

The city of Pasadena owns the stadium and the adjoining Brookside Golf Club.

The Tiger (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

The Tiger, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is listed as a major American stadium. It is the seventh largest playground in the United States and is owned by the University of Louisiana. It is the home stadium for the Tigers football team and has a capacity of 102,321.

Jerry World (Arlington, Texas)

Also called Cowboys Stadium, it is the second largest stadium in Texas and the fourth largest in all of America. The arena opened in late May 2009, at a cost of $1.3 billion. The stadium is used for training by the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. Basketball, football, various concert events and even motocross races are regularly held on its grounds. The stadium can hold 105,000 spectators.

Racing Stadium (Los Angeles, California)

Racing Stadium is an international racing circuit located in Los Angeles. It is the most popular venue for Piston Cup series races. It is a modern racing stadium and is also suitable for three-way tie-break races.

Nightlife Stadium (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Nightlife Stadium is located in Las Vegas, the American centre of entertainment and gambling. Tourists come to Nevada from all over the world to play online casinos, regular gambling houses, which are located here at every corner and attracted by the shining lights. Many people combine their passion for gambling with the sporting events that are staged in one of the city’s top stadiums, Nightlife Stadium. They hold several thousand spectators who eagerly follow the action and get a great deal of excitement out of it. Sporting events are regularly held in Nevada, and Nightlife Stadium is the place to be seen at some of them.

Lambeau Field (Green Bay, Wisconsin)

Lambeau Field is another large open-air stadium located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The arena, located in America’s northeast, hosts football matches. It is the home stadium of the Green Bay Packers National Football League team and has been in existence since 1957. It was originally called the city’s stadium. The venue was named after Packers founder, player and lead coach Earl “Curley” Lambo in 1965.

Roadrunner Stadium (San Antonio, Texas)

Roadrunner Field is located at San Antonio College in the American state of Texas. The stadium has a capacity of 800 spectators. It is the home of the UTSA Roadrunners basketball team. It opened in 1993 and its configuration includes a media box with seating for 8 people and 3 batting cages. In 2006, the stadium was renovated and lighting was added, enabling games to be played at night.

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The players behaved like Hollywood stars off the field. Scandalized George Best spent all his money on women, booze and sports cars, and his adventures were for years a favorite subject of the British tabloids. David Beckham became a style icon, forever changing the image of the soccer player in the public eye. These men and their stories have raised the popularity of the club and the stadium to the sky. So it is no wonder that to visit Old Trafford is a dream even for visitors to the Foggy Albion who are totally indifferent to soccer, putting the legendary stadium on a par with such sights of England as Big Ben and Canterbury Cathedral.

History of Old Trafford Stadium
In 1909, Manchester United FC wins the FA Cup, thus earning themselves a new stadium. Then the new director of Manchester United, John Henry Davies, allocated 60,000 pounds to build a grand stadium with a capacity of 100,000 people. However, due to lack of budget stadium project took more modest size – a capacity of 80 thousand spectators.

Already in 1910 at the new spacious home field of the club held its debut game, in which Manchester United was defeated.

With the beginning of aerial bombardment in 1941, the main South Stand is in ruins. It took more than eight years to rebuild the stadium, while the club’s team had to play on the pitch of Manchester City FC, direct rivals. In 1949, the restored stands at Old Trafford gathered more than 40 thousand spectators to see their favorite team play in their home stadium.

Soon Manchester United’s fortunes improved. In 1951, the canopy over the South Stand was reconstructed, and by 1959, all the stands in the stadium received a canopy. In addition, modern floodlights shone on Old Trafford.

In the 1970s, the old mechanical scoreboard was replaced by an electronic scoreboard, more than 5,000 seats were added, and in the South Stand organized an office building with a panoramic restaurant.

In the 1990s, the grandstands were reorganized into fully seated stands (before that, only the South Stand had seating). And the 1995 expansion allowed the North Grandstand to be rebuilt and added upper tiers to the rest of the grandstands. Before 2006, second tiers were also added to the quadrants of the stadium, increasing the capacity to 75811 seats.

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Twice the stadium hosted the finals of the Champions League. In 2000 Real Madrid beat Valencia 3-0, and six years later another Spanish club Barcelona was stronger than Arsenal 2-1. Naturally, the French Cup and League Cup finals were also often held here. In addition to soccer and rugby the Stade de France also hosted the World Championships in athletics and motorcycle races “Race of Champions”.

The main problem of the stadium is the high rent. For this reason, among others, Paris Saint-Germain did not want to move to the Stade de France, although such an option was discussed. In addition, the French rugby federation intends to build its own arena, not to rent the facility in Saint-Denis. And yet it is hard to imagine the French soccer team outside the Stade de France. Marseillaise” sung by the stands has already become the stadium’s calling card.

One of the key features of Stade de France – it easily transforms from a soccer stadium into a rugby field or an arena for competitions in athletics.

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La Bombonera has a capacity of 57,395 seats and is designed by architects H-L. Delpini, V. Sulcic and R. Bes. The uniqueness of the construction lies in the effect of vibration, when the spectators, supporting the “Boca”, jump and clap.

This sports arena has witnessed nine Libertadores Cup finals and various continental tournaments.

The stadium has a team museum where all the trophies won by Boca Juniors are on display, with stands dedicated to outstanding players of past years. Here you can see a sculpture dedicated to Diego Maradona, who defended the honor of Boca Juniors before moving to Barcelona. He also played his debut and farewell matches here.

History

The stadium was inaugurated on 25/05/1940 (named Camilo Cicero) in an area called La Boca. In 2000 it was given the name mentioned above. In the opening match the hosts hosted (and won 2-0) the club San Lorenzo. The design of the stadium was intended to build two tiers. However, at the first match the two-tier La Bombonera could not accommodate all fans, so in the late 40’s it was decided to carry out the first reconstruction of the arena to erect a third tier.

After the modernization, lighting was installed (to allow international matches), a third stand was built, and the stadium was nicknamed (La Bombonera), which is more famous than its official name. All work was completed in 1953.

But the management of the club could erect a fourth grandstand only in 1996, during another reconstruction (1995-2000), managed by M. Macri, president of the club. It is intended for VIP persons. After that the arena took its final form. The first three grandstands had a stepped design, while the last one, reserved for important guests, was erected vertically and had several flat areas.

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Located on the Montjuïc hill the Olympic Stadium named after Lewis Kompanis was built back in 1927. It was named after the President of Catalonia, who was in power during the Civil War. In 1936, in connection with Barcelona’s bid to host the Summer Games of that year, the stadium was awarded the title of Olympic Stadium. It is worth noting that at the time of the 1992 Olympic Games, the capacity of the stadium was increased from 55,926 seats to 70,000. To the right of the stadium is the Olympic and Sports Museum.

However, the popularity of the Olympic Stadium can hardly be compared to another famous stadium in Barcelona, Camp Nou, which attracts tourists from all over the world.

The Camp Nou stadium was designed by architect Francesc Mithans. It opened in 1957 and since then the stadium has been owned by FC Barcelona, whose first official name was Estadi del FC Barcelona (“Stadium of FC Barcelona”). Incidentally, an alternative name in honor of the founder of FC Hans Gamper was proposed for consideration. However, at that time the familiar name of Camp Nou, which translates as “New Ground”, was already stuck to the new building. That is how the Catalans began to call the stadium since its opening. Officially, the name Camp Nou was assigned to the stadium only in 2000.

Camp Nou has been rebuilt several times. In 1981, on the eve of the 1982 FIFA World Cup, the capacity of the stadium was increased to 120,000 seats. In 1998 due to new regulations introduced by UEFA, which required all seats in the stadium to be seated, Camp Nou’s capacity was reduced to 98,934 spectators. Work is currently underway to rebuild the stadium to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary.

Today, Camp Nou is the highest capacity stadium in all of Europe, with a capacity of 99,354 spectators. UEFA rates Camp Nou with five stars. The stadium houses the Barcelona management office and the official employee center of FC Barcelona, as well as the museum of the legendary Barça.

By the way, the FC Barcelona museum is the most visited museum in the Catalan capital.

It is not surprising. The museum vault, founded a month before the beginning of the XX century by the father of FC Barcelona Hans Gamper, has collected under its roof all the trophies of the soccer legend. Among the museum’s awards is the Champions Cup, won at the historic Wembley. The only exception is the Intercontinental Cup, which was not included in the museum’s collection. In addition to the winning trophies the museum houses pictures of matches and records of goals scored by FC Barcelona, and even personal belongings of the players – jerseys and boots.

And, by the way, when you are hungry at Camp Nou stadium, you can eat local hot dogs without risking your health, surprisingly they are very tasty there.

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