List of closed stadiums by capacity

This list of closed stadiums by capacity shows demolished, unused, or otherwise closed sports stadiums ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the stadium could accommodate seated. All stadiums that had a capacity at the time of closing of 25,000 or greater are included.

Most of the largest stadiums were used for football (soccer) or American football. However, some high capacity venues were used for baseball, cricket, Gaelic games, rugby union, rugby league, Australian rules football and Canadian football. Many stadiums had a running track around the perimeter of the pitch allowing them to be used for athletics.

List

Stadium	Capacity	City	Country	Tenant	Closed	Sport
Strahov Stadium	220,000[a 1]	Prague	Czech Republic	Czechoslovak state, Sparta Prague training	1994	Spartakiad, Association football
Circus Maximus	150,000[1][2][3]	Rome	Italy		549	Various
West Ham Stadium	120,000[4]	London	England	Thames A.F.C., Speedway Hammers	1972	Association football, Speedway, Greyhound racing
Estádio da Luz	120,000[5][a 2]	Lisbon	Portugal	S.L. Benfica	2003	Association football
Central Stadium (Leipzig, GDR)	120,000[6]	Leipzig	East Germany	East Germany	1997	Sports
John F. Kennedy Stadium	102,000	Philadelphia	United States	Philadelphia Eagles (1936–39, 1941), best known for Army-Navy Game (1936–1979)	1992	American football
Tower Athletic Grounds	100,000[7]	New Brighton	England	New Brighton Tower, New Brighton	1977	Association football
Kirov Stadium	100,000	Saint Petersburg	Russia	FC Zenit St. Petersburg	2006	Association football, Athletics
White City Stadium	93,000[8]	London	England	1908 Summer Olympics, 1934 British Empire Games, 1966 World Cup, Queens Park Rangers F.C.	1983	Association football, Athletics
Estádio das Antas	90,000[9]	Porto	Portugal	F.C. Porto	2004	Association football
Centennial Olympic Stadium	85,000	Atlanta	United States	1996 Summer Olympics	1996[a 3]	Athletics
Wembley Stadium	82,000	London	England	1948 Olympics, 1966 World Cup, Speedway World Championship, FA Cup Final, Challenge Cup Final, England national football team	2000	Greyhound racing, association football, Gaelic Football, Rugby Union, Rugby League
Cleveland Stadium	81,000	Cleveland	United States	Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians	1996	American football, Baseball
Tulane Stadium	80,985	New Orleans	United States	Tulane Green Wave, New Orleans Saints	1979	American football
Giants Stadium	80,200	East Rutherford	United States	New York Giants, New York Jets, New York Cosmos	2010	American football, association football
Circus of Antioch	80,000[10]	Antioch	Turkey		526	Various
Waverley Park	78,000	Melbourne	Australia	Fitzroy Football Club, St Kilda Football Club, Hawthorn Football Club	2000[a 4]	Australian rules football
Mile High Stadium	76,273	Denver	United States	Denver Bears, Denver Broncos, Colorado Rockies	2002	American football, baseball
Miami Orange Bowl	74,476	Miami	United States	Miami Dolphins, Miami Hurricanes football	2008	American football
Tampa Stadium	74,301	Tampa	United States	Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Rowdies, Tampa Bay Bandits, South Florida Bulls football, Tampa Bay Mutiny	1999	American football, association football
Gator Bowl Stadium	73,227	Jacksonville	United States	Gator Bowl	1994[a 5]	American football
Madison Square Garden Bowl	72,000	New York	United States	Boxing matches	1945	Boxing
10th-Anniversary Stadium	71,008	Warsaw	Poland	Poland national football team	2008	Association football
Stadio delle Alpi	69,000	Turin	Italy	Juventus F.C.	2008	Association football
Kingdome	66,000	Seattle	United States	Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Mariners	2000	American football, baseball
Texas Stadium	65,675	Irving	United States	Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Tornado, SMU Mustangs football	2008	American football, association football
Veterans Stadium	65,386	Philadelphia	United States	Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Phillies	2004	American football, baseball
Wulihe Stadium	65,000	Shenyang	China	Changsha Ginde F.C.	2007	Association football
Meiji Shrine Outer Park Stadium	65,000	Tokyo	Japan	1930 Far Eastern Games	1956	Athletics
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	64,121	Minneapolis	United States	Minnesota Vikings (1982–2013), Minnesota Twins (1982–2009), Minnesota Golden Gophers football (1982–2008), Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball (select games, 1985–2013), Minnesota Timberwolves (1989–1990), Minnesota United FC (select games, 2012–2013)	2013	American football, baseball, basketball, association football
Wankdorf Stadium	64,000	Bern	Switzerland	BSC Young Boys	2001	Association Football
Deutsches Stadion	64,000	Berlin	Germany	Germany national football team	1934	Association football
Reliant Astrodome	62,439	Houston	United States	Houston Oilers, Houston Astros	2004	American football, baseball
Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	60,606	Atlanta	United States	Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Braves	1997	American football, baseball
Foxboro Stadium	60,292	Foxborough	United States	New England Patriots	2002	American football
Pitt Stadium	60,190	Pittsburgh	United States	Pittsburgh Panthers football	1999	American football
Stadionul National	60,120	Bucharest	Romania	Romania national football team	2008	Association football
Station Road	60,000	Pendlebury	England	Swinton RLFC	1992	Rugby league
Stadion im. Edmunda Szyca	60,000	Poznań	Poland	Warta Poznań	1992	Association football
Central Park	60,000	Wigan	England	Wigan RLFC	1999	Rugby league
Camp de Les Corts	60,000	Barcelona	Spain	FC Barcelona	1957	Association football
Olympic Stadium	60,000	Grenoble	France	1968 Winter Olympics	1968	Opening and closing ceremonies
Riverfront Stadium	59,754	Cincinnati	United States	Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Reds	2002	American football, baseball
Kezar Stadium	59,636	San Francisco	United States	San Francisco 49ers	1970[a 6]	American football
Three Rivers Stadium	59,000	Pittsburgh	United States	Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Pirates	2001	American football, baseball
RCA Dome	57,980	Indianapolis	United States	Indianapolis Colts	2008	American football
Shea Stadium	57,333	New York	United States	New York Jets, New York Mets	2008	American football, baseball
Yankee Stadium	56,936	New York	United States	New York Yankees	2008	American football, baseball
Memorial Stadium	56,652	Minneapolis	United States	Minnesota Golden Gophers football	1982	American football
Victoria Ground	56,000	Stoke-on-Trent	England	Stoke City F.C.	1997	Association football
Estadio Gasómetro	55,000	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro	1993	Association football
Polo Grounds	55,000	New York	United States	New York Giants	1964	American football, baseball
National Stadium, Singapore	55,000	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore national football team	2007	Association football
Rheinstadion	54,000	Düsseldorf	Germany	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2005	Association football
Memorial Stadium	53,371	Baltimore	United States	Baltimore Colts, Baltimore Orioles	2001	American football, baseball
Milwaukee County Stadium	53,192	Milwaukee	United States	Milwaukee Brewers	2001[a 7]	American football, Baseball
Cardiff Arms Park	53,000	Cardiff	Wales	Wales national rugby union team	1997[a 8]	Rugby union
Tiger Stadium	52,416	Detroit	United States	Detroit Lions, Detroit Tigers	2008	American football, baseball
Estádio José Alvalade	52,411	Lisbon	Portugal	Sporting Clube de Portugal	2003	Association football
Idrætsparken	52,377	Copenhagen	Denmark	Denmark national football team	1990	Association football
Cathkin Park	50,000	Glasgow	Scotland	Queen's Park F.C.	1967	Association football
Celtic Park	50,000	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Belfast Celtic F.C.	1980s	Association football, greyhound racing
Stadio Nazionale PNF	50,000	Rome	Italy	A.S. Roma	1953	Association football
Stadion Eden	50,000	Prague	Czech Republic	Slavia Prague	2006	Association football
Stadion der Weltjugend	50,000	Berlin	Germany		1992	Association football, Tennis, Athletics
The Mount	50,000	Catford	England	Charlton Athletic, Catford South End F.C.	1950s	Association football
Bank Street	50,000	Manchester	England	Manchester United F.C.	1910	Association football
Colosseum	50,000	Rome	Italy		435	Gladiatorial combat
Korakuen Stadium	50,000	Tokyo	Japan	Yomiuri Giants	1988	Baseball
Stagg Field	50,000	Chicago	United States	Chicago Maroons football	1957	American football
Stadion Za Lužánkami	50,000	Brno	Czech Republic	1. FC Brno	2001	Association football
Harringay Stadium	50,000	London	England		1987	Greyhound racing, speedway
Busch Memorial Stadium	49,676	St. Louis	United States	St. Louis Cardinals (baseball), St. Louis Cardinals (football)	2005	American football, Baseball
Lansdowne Road	49,000	Dublin	Ireland	Ireland rugby union team, Republic of Ireland national football team	2007	Rugby union, association football
Metropolitan Stadium	48,446	Bloomington	United States	Minnesota Vikings, Minnesota Twins	1985	American football, baseball
Cardinal Stadium	47,925	Louisville	United States	Louisville Cardinals football, Louisville Redbirds/RiverBats	2005[a 9]	American football, baseball
War Memorial Stadium	46,500	Buffalo	United States	Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Bisons	1973	American football, baseball
Lea Bridge Road	46,289	London	England	Leyton Orient F.C.	1937	Association Football
Parkstadion	45,067	Gelsenkirchen	Germany	FC Schalke 04	2001	Association football
Fallowfield Stadium	45,000	Manchester	England		1994	Athletics, association football, track cycling
Stadium at Olympia	45,000	Olympia	Greece	Ancient Olympic Games	5th century BC	Stadion
Circus of Carthage	45,000[11]	Carthage	Tunisia		5th century AD	Various
Comiskey Park	43,951	Chicago	United States	Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cardinals	1990	American football, baseball
Exhibition Stadium	43,737	Toronto	Canada	Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Argonauts	1999	Canadian football, baseball
Estadi de Sarrià	43,667	Barcelona	Spain	RCD Espanyol	1997	Association football
Arlington Stadium	43,521	Arlington	United States	Texas Rangers	1994	Baseball
Tournament Park	43,000	Pasadena	United States	Rose Bowl Game	1922	American football
Palmer Stadium	42,000	Princeton	United States	Princeton Tigers	1996	American football
Athletic Grounds	41,831	Rochdale	England	Rochdale Hornets RLFC	1988	Rugby league
Stadio della Vittoria	40,400	Bari	Italy	A.S. Bari	1990	Association football
Fartown Ground	40,000 (approx)	Huddersfield	England	Huddersfield RLFC	2004	Rugby league
Hyde Road	40,000	Manchester	England	Manchester City F.C.	1923	Association football
Springfield Park	40,000	Wigan	England	Wigan Athletic F.C.	1999	Association football
Park Royal Ground	40,000[12]	London	England	Queens Park Rangers F.C.	After 1939	Association football
Horse Ring, Park Royal Showyard	40,000[12]	London	England	Queens Park Rangers F.C.	After 1907	Association football
Grugastadion	40,000	Essen	Germany		2001	Association football
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli	40,000	Naples	Italy		1942	Association football
Amphitheatre in Capua	40,000	Capua	Italy		5th century AD	Gladiatorial combat
Estadio Nacional de Peru	40,000	Lima	Peru	Peru national football team	1951	Association football
Parque Pereira	40,000	Montevideo	Uruguay	Uruguay national football team	1920	Association football
Estadio Alvear y Tagle	40,000	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Club Atlético River Plate	1938	Association football
Braves Field	40,000	Boston	United States	Boston Braves	1955[a 10]	Baseball
Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt	40,000	Liege	Belgium		1995	Association football
Eastville Stadium	39,462	Bristol	England	Bristol Rovers F.C.	1998	Association football
Athletic Park	39,000	Wellington	New Zealand	Hurricanes, Wellington Lions	1999	Rugby union
Arsenal Stadium	38,000	London	England	Arsenal F.C.	2006	Association football
Mountaineer Field	38,000	Morgantown	United States	West Virginia Mountaineers	1987	American football
Stoll Field/McLean Stadium	37,000	Lexington	United States	Kentucky Wildcats	1972	American football
St. Jakob Stadium	36,800	Basel	Switzerland	FC Basel	1998	Association football
Goldstone Ground	36,747	Hove	England	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.	1997	Association football
Dynamo Stadium	36,540	Moscow	Russia	FC Dynamo Moscow	2008	Association football
Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid	35,800	Madrid	Spain	Atlético Madrid	1966	Association football
Municipal Stadium	35,561	Kansas City	United States	Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Athletics	1976	American football, baseball
Stadion am Gesundbrunnen	35,239	Berlin	Germany	Hertha Berlin	1974	Association football
Maine Road	35,150	Manchester	England	Manchester City F.C.	2003	Association football
Yuri Gagarin Stadium	35,000	Varna	Bulgaria	PFC Spartak Varna	2007	Association football
Forbes Field	35,000	Pittsburgh	United States	Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Pirates	1971	American football, baseball
Clyde Williams Stadium	35,000	Ames	United States	Iowa State Cyclones	1975	American football
Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium	35,000	Nishinomiya	Japan	Hankyu Braves	2002	Baseball
Central Stadium	35,000	Tbilisi	Georgia	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	1976	Association football
Incheon Civil Stadium	35,000	Incheon	South Korea	Incheon Korail	2008	Association football
Kings Park Soccer Stadium	35,000	Durban	South Africa	Manning Rangers	2006	Association football
Théâtre des Cérémonies	35,000	Albertville	France	1992 Winter Olympics	1992	Opening and closing ceremonies
Estádio do Lumiar	35,000	Lisbon	Portugal	Sporting Clube de Portugal	1956	Association football
Tokyo Stadium	35,000	Tokyo	Japan	Lotte Orions	1977	Baseball
Junak Stadium	35,000	Sofia	Bulgaria	Bulgaria national football team	1952	Association football
Brookside Stadium	35,000	Cleveland	United States	Cleveland Baseball Federation	late 1980s	American football, baseball
Bökelbergstadion	34,500	Mönchengladbach	Germany	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2004	Association football
Temple Stadium	34,200	Philadelphia	United States	Temple Owls	1997	American football
Shibe Park	33,608	Philadelphia	United States	Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Phillies	1976	American football, baseball
Autostade	33,172	Montreal	Canada	Montreal Alouettes	1976	Canadian football
Manor Ground	33,000	London	England	Woolwich Arsenal F.C.	1913	Association football
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	33,000	Guimarães	Portugal	Vitória S.C.	2004	Association football
Colt Stadium	33,000	Houston	United States	Houston Astros	1970	Baseball
Yale Field	33,000	New Haven	United States	Yale Bulldogs	1914	American football
Stadion Zagłębia Lubin	32,430	Lubin	Poland	Zagłębie Lubin	2007	Association football
Empire Stadium	32,375	Vancouver	Canada	BC Lions, Vancouver Whitecaps	1993	Canadian football, association football
Ebbets Field	32,000	Brooklyn	United States	Brooklyn Dodgers	1960	Baseball
Baker Field	32,000	New York	United States	Columbia Lions	1982	American football
Fujiidera Stadium	32,000	Osaka	Japan	Kintetsu Buffaloes	2005	Baseball
Anlaby Road	32,000	Hull	England	Hull City A.F.C.	1939	Association football
Rice Stadium	32,000	Salt Lake City	United States	Utah Utes football	1997	American football
Hiroshima Municipal Stadium	31,984	Hiroshima	Japan	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	2010	Baseball
Rutgers Stadium	31,219	Piscataway	United States	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	1993	American football
Sportsman's Park	30,500	St. Louis	United States	St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns	1966	Baseball
Wedaustadion	30,112	Duisburg	Germany	MSV Duisburg	2003	Association football
Empire Stadium	30,000	Gżira	Malta	Malta national football team	1981	Association football
Fouts Field	30,000	Denton	United States	North Texas Mean Green	2010	American football
Muntz Street	30,000	Birmingham	England	Small Heath F.C.	1907	Association football
Roker Park	30,000	Sunderland	England	Sunderland A.F.C.	1997	Association football
Stade Richter	30,000	Montpellier	France	Montpellier HSC	1990	Association football
Stadio Filadelfia	30,000	Turin	Italy	Torino F.C.	1998	Association football
Stadionul Municipal	30,000	Brașov	Romania		2008	Association football
Stadium of Domitian	30,000	Rome	Italy		577	Athletics
Cartier Field	30,000	Notre Dame, Indiana	United States	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	1930	American football
DU Stadium	30,000	Denver	United States	Denver Pioneers	1962	American football
New Beaver Field	30,000	University Park	United States	Penn State Nittany Lions	1959	American football
Dongdaemun Stadium	30,000	Seoul	South Korea	Korea Republic national football team	2008	Association football
Estadio Racing Club	30,000	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Racing Club de Avellaneda	1950	Association football
Estadio Sportivo Barracas	30,000	Buenos Aires	Argentina		1950	Association football
Tehelné pole	30,000	Bratislava	Slovakia	Slovan Bratislava	2010	Association football
Ikada Stadium	30,000	Jakarta	Indonesia		1962	Association football
Iowa Field	30,000	Iowa City	United States	Iowa Hawkeyes	1928	American football
Circus of Thysdrus	30,000[11]	Thysdrus	Tunisia		695	Various
Honsellstrasse Stadion	30,000	Karlsruhe	Germany	VfB Mühlburg	1959	Association football
Grigory Fedotov Stadium	30,000	Moscow	Russia		2000	Association football
Muirton Park	29,972	Perth	Scotland	St Johnstone F.C.	1989	Association football
Carisbrook	29,000	Dunedin	New Zealand	Highlanders (to 2011), Otago Rugby Football Union (to 2011), Otago cricket team (to mid-2000s (decade)), Otago United (to 2008)	2011	Rugby union, cricket, association football
Douglas Park	28,690	Hamilton	Scotland	Hamilton Academical F.C., Clyde F.C.	1994	Association football
Nikos Goumas Stadium	27,729	Nea Filadelfeia	Greece	AEK F.C.	2003	Association football
Ayresome Park	26,667	Middlesbrough	England	Middlesbrough F.C.	1995	Association football
New Cross Stadium	26,000	London	England	New Cross Rangers, Millwall F.C.	1975	Speedway, association football
The Nest	25,037	Norwich	England	Norwich City F.C.	1935	Association football
Burnden Park	25,000	Bolton	England	Bolton Wanderers F.C.	1997	Association football
Sheffield Park	25,000	Uckfield	England		1909	Cricket
Don Valley Stadium[13]	25,000	Sheffield	England	1991 Summer Universiade, Sheffield Eagles, Rotherham United F.C., BritBowl (2000–2007 and 2012)	2013	Athletics, Rugby League, Association football, American Football

1. 56,000 with individual seats.
2. 78,000 with individual seats.
3. As originally planned, the stadium was reconfigured into the baseball-specific Turner Field.
4. The stadium was closed in 2000 once Docklands Stadium opened, and was almost completely demolished in 2002. The main grandstand and oval, listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, still stand; capacity is now 2,000. Hawthorn Football Club continue to use Waverley Park for their offices and training facilities.
5. The pedestrian ramp system and west upper deck of the stadium remain standing as part of EverBank Field; the remainder was demolished.
6. The original Kezar Stadium was demolished in 1989. A new Kezar Stadium, with a capacity of 10,000, was opened on the same site in 1990.
7. Much of the playing surface was reused for Helfaer Field, a youth baseball park, with the remainder of the stadium demolished.
8. The fate of this stadium is complex. The name "Cardiff Arms Park" is today applied to a rugby ground adjacent to the current Millennium Stadium. The South Stand of the current Arms Park is physically attached to the 1970 North Stand of the former National Stadium that stood on the site. The North Stand today forms what is colloquially called "Glanmor's Gap" in Millennium Stadium..
9. Cardinal Stadium still stands, but has seen only sporadic use since its closure in 2005.
10. The pavilion grandstand at the end of the right field foul line remains standing as the core of today's Nickerson Field..

See also

• List of stadiums
• List of stadiums by capacity
• List of indoor arenas
• List of African stadiums by capacity
• List of Asian stadiums by capacity
• List of European stadiums by capacity
• List of North American stadiums by capacity
• List of Oceanian stadiums by capacity
• List of South American stadiums by capacity
• List of association football stadiums by capacity
• List of association football stadiums by country
• List of American football stadiums by capacity
• List of rugby union stadiums by capacity
• List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums
• List of tennis stadiums by capacity
• List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues
• List of sporting venues with a highest attendance of 100,000 or more
• List of covered stadiums by capacity
• List of stadiums under construction

References

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2. This is a modern recalculation of the seating capacity at the Circus, a substantial downward revision of Pliny the Elder's estimate of 250,000. For discussion see Humphrey, p. 216.
3. Humphrey, John, Roman circuses: arenas for chariot racing, University of California Press, 1986, p. 216.
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6. http://www.fussballfanseiten.de/FFSBlog/?page_id=823
7. Twydell, Dave (1995). Rejected F.C. Volume 3. p. 145. ISBN 1-874427-26-7.
8. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/05_may/11/mv_history.pdf
9. Inglis, Simon (1990). The Football Grounds of Europe. p. 176. ISBN 0-00-218305-6.
10. Humphrey, John, Roman circuses: arenas for chariot racing, University of California Press, 1986, p. 447.
11. Humphrey, John, Roman circuses: arenas for chariot racing, University of California Press, 1986, p. 316.
12. Twydell, Dave (1991). Football League Grounds For A Change. pp. 281–282. ISBN 0-9513321-4-7.
13. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-25022743