Top Ten Biggest NFL Stadiums

Posted on 04. Sep, 2009 by gerakis100 in Football

Number 10 – Lambeau Field, Green Bay Packers – 72,928

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An almost Mythic stadium which is named after Curly Lambeau, the founder of the Green Bay Packers. It was the first stadium to be built exclusively for a NFL team and is the longest continuously-occupied stadium in the NFL. It also goes by “the frozen tundra”, especially during the harsh winter months.

Number 9 – Cleveland Browns Stadium – 73,200

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The Cleveland Browns play in this heavily criticized stadium by civic leaders, for the fact that it was built solely for the purpose of football, meaning it’s used around ten times a year. Maybe if it hosted a more successful team the critics would be more silent.

Number 8 – Bank of America Stadium, Carolina Panthers – 73,778

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The stadium, opened in 1996, started the big “stadium-boom” in the late 90’s and early 2000’s, and is already under it’s third name – it was called the Carolinas Stadium and the Ericsson stadium.

Number 7 – Ralph Wilson Stadium, Buffalo Bills – 73,967

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The biggest stadium in the state of New York, but it’s in Orchard Park, a suburb of Buffalo, New York. This used to be quite a fort to the Buffalo Bills, during their Super Bowls run in the early 90’s, but like the franchise’s fortunes, so has the stadiums fortunes changed. The Bills are looking for a new home, in Buffalo or maybe Canada.

Number 6 – Land Shark Stadium, Miami Dolphins – 75,540

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The stadium formerly known as Dolphins Stadium, Joe Robbie Stadium and Players Park is home to the Miami Dolphins and has hosted a few Super Bowls since opening in 1987. It also the home of the Florida Marlins(MLB) and the Miami ‘Canes (College Football).

Number 5 – Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver Broncos – 76,125

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The stadium that replaced Mile High stadium in Denver and caused a lot of fan rage with the addition of Invesco next to Mile High, especially after Denver Post Columnist revealed Invesco executives refer to the stadium as “the Diaphragm”.

Number 4 – Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City Chiefs – 77,000

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The home of the Chiefs, or the Kansas City Chiefs to be more exact and the fourth largest NFL stadium. Referred to usually simply as Arrowhead and until recently was considered as one of the better home field advantages any NFL team had, with the loudest fans recorded in the NFL, along with those in Seattle.

Number 3 – Giants Stadium, New York Giants and Jets – 78,741

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One of the older stadiums in the business, and a home to two football teams. While the stadium is in the Meadowlands in Jersey, both teams are from New York. It is also scheduled for destruction next year, and maybe they’ll be able to finally see if Jimmy Hoffa is buried there or not.

Number 2 – Cowboys Stadium, Dallas Cowboys – 80,000

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Pretty soon it’ll be number one, when they expand the capacity to a 100,000 seats and the new Jerry Jones toy for his beloved Dallas Cowboys will be the largest domed stadium in the world and the biggest stadium in the NFL. Now they only need to do something about the huge video screen and the punts that can hit it.

Number 1 – FedExField, Washington Redskins – 91,704

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The biggest stadium (until they finish expanding Cowboy Stadium) in the NFL, FedExField is owned by Redskins owner, Daniel Snyder, but has yet to help the team win a Super Bowl since they’ve moved there. Generally, FedExField is not a popular venue and there already talks of the Redskins finding a new home.

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