You can watch all the games on TV, but nothing beats being part of a sell-out crowd watching your teams battle it out on the field in one of the biggest stadiums in the world. Many of the World's largest stadiums can be found in the USA, though the US's largest, Michigan Stadium, is only the third largest in the world.

We have listed only the classic enclosed stadiums, not including horse and car racing venues such as Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which can be expanded to cater to up to 400,000 spectators. All the stadiums in the top 10 are used primarily for American Football games.

The Top-10 Largest Sports Stadiums

These listed capacities are from figures published from August 2022 and are subject to change.

# Stadium Location Capacity
1 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan 107,601
2 Beaver Stadium State College, Pennsylvania 106,572
3 Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio 102,780
4 Kyle Field College Station, Texas 102,733
5 Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA 102,321
6 Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee 101,915
7 Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas 100,119
8 Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama 100,077
9 Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia 93,033
10 Cotton Bowl Stadium Athens, Georgia 92,100

Source: The original data was retrieved in Aug 2022 from Wikipedia's List of stadiums by capacity, though it is added to and updated as new information is found. Last update was in October 2025.

Tiger Stadium, Louisiana

Tiger Stadium, the 6th biggest in the USA

Notes on Capacity

Stadium capacity is listed as actual seats where a spectator can buy a ticket for a sporting event. This does not include press box seats, standing room, and added chair capacity. Some stadiums can modify the seat arrangements depending on the event. One such stadium is the Cowboys (AT&T) Stadium in Arlington, Texas, which is listed as having a seating capacity of 80,000, but apparently it is expandable to 105,000 with standing room.

Sometimes the attendance at the stadiums can be greater than the listed capacity. For example: The highest attendance at the Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium was recorded at 102,315 at Texas' season opener against Notre Dame in 2016, despite the listed capacity of 100,119. See the list of the largest sporting crowds.

Large sporting venues but not stadiums

Large motorsport racetracks are also not included, such as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which has a capacity of 257,325.

Here is the list of the largest sporting venues in the USA that are not stadiums:

# Stadium Location Capacity
1 Indianapolis Motor Speedway (INDYCAR) Speedway, Indiana 257,325
2 Churchill Downs (Kentucky Derby) Louisville, Kentucky 170,000
3 Bristol Motor Speedway (NASCAR) Bristol, Tennessee 150,000
4 Michigan International Speedway (NASCAR) Brooklyn, Michigan 137,243
5 Atlanta Motor Speedway (NASCAR) Hampton, Georgia 125,000
6 Circuit of the Americas (Formula One, NASCAR, MotoGP) Austin, Texas 117,439
7 Las Vegas Motor Speedway (NASCAR) Las Vegas, Nevada 116,000