What is the biggest stadium in the world? See which have the highest capacity.

Every two years, we watch Olympic athletes compete at some of the world’s largest sporting venues. Around 10,500 athletes will compete in the 35 venues designated for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, including the Stade de France, the country’s largest stadium.

Created for the 1998 Football World Cup, the Stade de France has hosted World Athletics Championships, Rugby World Cups and a Euro Football Championship. It can seat more than 80,000 fans, according to the Paris Tourist Office.

But while the Stade de France’s seating capacity may sound gargantuan, it doesn’t even crack the top 10 list.

What is the biggest stadium?

Located in Pyongyang, North Korea, the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium is the largest stadium in the world. It has 150,000 seats and a total floor area of over 2.2 million square feet. It stands eight stories high.

Rungrado 1st of May Stadium – also known as the May Day stadium – was built with its overpowering size in mind. North Korea constructed the stadium in 1989 during the Cold War, just a year after South Korea hosted the Summer Olympics. Tensions between the North and the South caused the two nations to look for any opportunity to one-up each other. This resulted in North Korea creating an Olympics-style competition of its own, expanding a major airport and constructing new streets, a skyscraper and the May Day stadium, which cost $200 million to build, The New York Times reported.

However, it’s not the only stadium that can fit over 100,000 people. Here are the top 10 largest stadiums in the world and their capacities, according to the International Olympic Committee and official seating records:

Rungrado 1st of May Stadium (Pyongyang, North Korea): 150,000

Narendra Modi Stadium (Ahmedabad, India): 132,000

Michigan Stadium (Michigan, U.S.): 107,601

Beaver Stadium (Pennsylvania, U.S.):…

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Publish date : 2024-07-28 11:03:06

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