5 Biggest Sports Stadiums in the United States

It’s already baffling to see how many seats sports stadiums have, while most around the world contain just enough for their seasonal occupants based on the sport. NFL stadiums such as AT&T Stadium seat around 80,000, while international multipurpose stadiums like Wembley Stadium in Wembley, England can hold up to 90,000.

Still, though, these numbers don’t compare to the jaw-dropping quantity of occupants that can fit in the United States-based NCAA football stadiums, several of which can host upwards of 100,000 occupants. Even the NFL can’t match the capacity of these arenas, only the Cowboys AT&T Stadium comes remotely close. In this article, we’ll go through the five largest sports stadiums in the United States by seating capacity, and we’ll find out the biggest venues, what games packed the most fans into those stadiums, plus where you’ll find them on the map.

#5. Tiger Stadium – 102,321 total capacity

All of the stadiums on this list can hold an in-house audience of over 100,000 occupants each. We’ll start with Tiger Stadium, home of the LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Built in 1924, the Louisiana college football stadium broke several attendance records, most notably in September 2014, where LSU defeated Louisiana Monroe 31-0 in a game that accumulated 101,194 fans. There may be a new stadium in the works to knock this one off the list, but for now Tiger Stadium holds onto the number five spot.

#4. Kyle Field – 102,733 total capacity

Next up on our list is Kyle Field, the home stadium of Texas A&M Aggies Football, located in College Station, Texas. This might not be the biggest venue on the list by overall capacity, only hosting 102,733 occupants, but back in 2014, they’d accumulated 110,633 fans for the Texas A&M home game vs. Ole Miss Rebels. This resulted in some fans having to sit on the floor or stay in standing-only rooms to view the event since it was over capacity.

#3. Ohio Stadium – 102,780 total capacity

Ohio State Buckeyes stadium, or Ohio Stadium, seats approximately 102,780 in-house fans for one of the most exciting college football experiences. Located in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Stadium beats Kyle Field by only seven total seats, although falling slightly short of overtaking its capacity attendance record. In November 2016, Buckeye Football set a record attendance at Ohio Stadium of 110,045 people in their home game vs. Michigan.

#2. Beaver Stadium – 106,572 total capacity

Up next is Beaver Stadium, home of the Penn State Nittany Lions, housing 106,572 seats for its fans. Located in University Park, Pennsylvania, the state is the newest of the five on the list, having been built in just 1960 for college football. Throughout the last couple of decades, Beaver Stadium has consistently beaten its attendance record, hosting its record high of 110,889 people in 2018 for the Lions rivalry vs. Ohio State.

#1. Michigan Stadium – 107,601 total capacity

Last but certainly not least, the biggest football stadium in the United States (and in the top three largest stadiums in the world in terms of capacity) is Michigan Stadium. The Ann Arbor-based venue was first established in 1927 for college football games, and today serves as the largest football stadium on earth, with its max capacity of around 107,601. In 2013, Michigan brought in 115,109 attendees for a hectic home match vs. Notre Dame, which is the largest crowd to ever attend an on-campus football game in the history of the NCAA. Out of all stadiums, Michigan Stadium reigns supreme as the biggest of them all.