This list of closed stadiums by capacity shows demolished, unused, or otherwise closed sports
stadium
A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...
s ordered by their
capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the stadium could accommodate seated. Stadiums that had a capacity of 15,000 or greater are included.
Most of the largest past stadiums were used for
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
or
American football
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...
. However, some high capacity venues were used for
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...
,
cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
,
Gaelic games
Gaelic games () are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. Football and hurling, the most popular of the s ...
,
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
,
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...
,
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
and
Canadian football
Canadian football, or simply football, is a Sports in Canada, sport in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete on a field long and wide, attempting to advance a Ball (gridiron football), pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposi ...
. Many stadiums had a running track around the perimeter of the pitch allowing them to be used for
athletics.
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Ancient past stadiums
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List of stadiums
The following are lists of stadiums throughout the world. Note that horse racing and motorsport venues are not included at some pages, because those are not stadiums but sports venues.
Combined lists
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List of stadiums by capacity
The following is a list of notable sports stadiums, ordered by their seating capacity, capacity, which refers to the maximum number of spectators they can normally accommodate.
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List of indoor arenas
The following is a list of indoor arenas. Venues with a capacity of 1,000 or higher are included.
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Canada
United States
Oceania
South America
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List of African stadiums by capacity
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List of Asian stadiums by capacity
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List of European stadiums by capacity
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List of North American stadiums by capacity
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List of Oceanian stadiums by capacity
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List of South American stadiums by capacity
The following is an incomplete list of South American stadiums. They are ordered by their total capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate (all-seater). Stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or more are included.
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List of association football stadiums by capacity
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List of association football stadiums by country
This is a list of major association football, football stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by Seating capacity, capacity. The minimum capacity is 5,000.
Afghanistan
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Algeria
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List of American football stadiums by capacity
The following is an incomplete list of current American football stadiums in the USA ranked by capacity. All stadiums in the list are located in the United States. The list contains the home stadiums of all 32 professional teams playing in the N ...
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List of rugby union stadiums by capacity
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List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums
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List of tennis stadiums by capacity
The following is a list of notable tennis stadiums by capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators they can regularly accommodate.
Notes:
* Stadiums ordered by their capacity (if equal, by the first stadium to reach the capacity)
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List of sporting venues with a highest attendance of 100,000 or more
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List of covered stadiums by capacity
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List of future stadiums
References
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