Click the image above for a detailed world map of Cricket grounds featuring some of the most prominent stadiums in domestic cricket and all of the Test Match and International Cricket venues.
This section covers sporting stadia
from around the world in a variety of sports. It features records, facts
and general trivia associated with stadiums used in sport. It
also features hundreds of photos of Sports Stadia showing aerials,
inside and outside shots and pictures of significant landmarks within
the sporting world.
Reliant Stadium - home to the Houston Texans Football team. The
stadium holds 71,500 and is built in a style more akin to English or
European stadiums. In this section we cover some of the most impressive
Stadia in North America.
| 1. | Rungrado Stadium | Pyongyang, N.Korea | 150,000 |
| 2. | Salt Lake Stadium | Kolkata, India | 120,000 |
| 3. | Michigan Stadium | Ann Harbor, Michigan | 109,901 |
| 4. | Beaver Stadium | State College, Pennsylvania | 107,283 |
| 5. | Ohio Stadium | Columbus, Ohio | 105,329 |
| 6. | Aztec Stadium | Mexico City | 105,000 |
| 7. | Neyland Stadium | Knoxville, Tennessee | 102,455 |
| 8. | Bryant - Denny Stadium | Tuscaloosa, Allabama | 101,821 |
| 9. | Royal Texas Memorial Stadium | Austin, Texas | 100,119 |
| 10. | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Victoria, Australia | 100,018 |
Twickenham Stadium - Home to the England Rugby Union team. It seats around 82,000 people and was originally built in 1907 on the site of a former Cabbage patch. In this section we cover some of the finest stadiums worldwide in the sport of Rugby.
Europe's first Cantilever Stand was
built at the Old Showground, Scunthorpe in 1958 at the local Football
team's ground using steel from the local steelworking plant.
The Strahov Stadium is still technically the largest stadium in the world in terms of capacity but is no longer used for sporting events. In it's prime it could seat around 240,000 people but nowadays serves as a training base for Sparta Prague and as a Music venue.
Chester City's Football stadium has one half of the pitch in England and the other half in Wales.
India is planning on bulding the World's largest Cricket Stadium at Chennai for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
The largest spherical building in the world is the Stockholm Globe Arena. It is Sweden's national indoor arena and seats around 16,000 people.
The newly designed Wembley Stadium features around 2000 toilets, more than any other building in the world.
Emgland's Twickenham Rugby Stadium was originally built on the site of a Cabbage patch.
The Michigan Stadium is the largest American Football stadium in the United States seating 109,901 it is the home venue for Michigan State University.The first all-seater Football stadium in Britain was Pittodrie, the home ground of Aberdeen.
The Montreal Olympic Stadium of 1976 still features the world's tallest inclined sturcture.
The Royal Albert Hall in London is one of the world's greates multi-sport venues having played host to Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis, UFC, and Wrestling.
The Strahov Stadium is still technically the largest stadium in the world in terms of capacity but is no longer used for sporting events. In it's prime it could seat around 240,000 people but nowadays serves as a training base for Sparta Prague and as a Music venue.
Chester City's Football stadium has one half of the pitch in England and the other half in Wales.
India is planning on bulding the World's largest Cricket Stadium at Chennai for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
The largest spherical building in the world is the Stockholm Globe Arena. It is Sweden's national indoor arena and seats around 16,000 people.
The newly designed Wembley Stadium features around 2000 toilets, more than any other building in the world.
Emgland's Twickenham Rugby Stadium was originally built on the site of a Cabbage patch.
The Michigan Stadium is the largest American Football stadium in the United States seating 109,901 it is the home venue for Michigan State University.The first all-seater Football stadium in Britain was Pittodrie, the home ground of Aberdeen.
The Montreal Olympic Stadium of 1976 still features the world's tallest inclined sturcture.
The Royal Albert Hall in London is one of the world's greates multi-sport venues having played host to Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis, UFC, and Wrestling.
This section features
facts and information and a host of pictures on Sporting Stadia and
Arenas around the world which are not covered in the major sections of
this page. You'll find resources on sports from Darts to Table Tennis
and including a vast number of varied sports.
Lakeside - Home of BDO World Darts Championship
Here you can find
various features and landmarks associated with world sporting venues
such as the weather vane of Old Father Time above which is a well known
feature of the Lord's Cricket Ground.
| Europe's Largest Football Stadia | ||
| 1. | Nou Camp Stadium, Barcelona | 99,354 |
| 2. | Wembley Stadium, London | 90,000 |
| 3. | Stade De France, Paris | 81,338 |
| 4. | Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund | 81,264 |
| 5. | Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid | 80,354 |
| 6. | Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro), Milan | 80,065 |
| 7. | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow | 78,360 |
| 8. | Old Trafford, Manchester | 75,957 |
| 9. | Ataturk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul | 75,145 |
| 10. | Millenium Stadium, Cardiff | 74,500 |
| Football Stadia Facts and Trivia |
| The Rungrado stadium in North Korea is the world's largest Football Stadium seating 150,000 fans. |
| England's first all-seater Stadium was Highfield Road, the former home of Coventry City F.C |
| Anfield's Kop once held an incredible 30,000 people. |
| Scunthorpe United were the first club in modern English Football to move into a purpose-built stadium on the outskirts of the town. |
| The Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona is Europe's largest Football Stadium. |
| The Valley and St.Andrews (Charlton and Birmingham) stadiums both originally featured massive terraces down one side of the ground. |
| Borrusia Dortmund's Westphalen Stadium (Signal Iduna Park) features Europe's largest standing area 24,454. |
| Brentford's Griffin Park Ground features a Pub on each of the four corners. |
| The Kortrijk stadium in Belgium is named after a battle which occurred in 1302. (Golden Spurs) |
Allianz Arena - Home to
Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich. This space age stadium glows a different
colour depending on which team is due to play ay home.
