Largest Soccer Stadiums in the world

The values and the capacities of different international stadiums varies, These factors are very essential as they determine the kind of competition to be held in the stadium in question.

While some stadiums can not hold a large number of people,hence can not accomodate a competition that requires a large capacity of persons, others are designed in such a way that they can handle a very large number of visitors. The capacity of a stadium is not just essential for the competition to be held, it is also very important for the owners of the team as it determines the revenue they generate from every competition being held in their stadium and also gives room for a very well equiped and standard training center for the players .

Some club owners invest wildly on stadiums in other to accomodate guests comfortably and also to realize bigger profit in their investments, therefore raising the value of their stadium to an enviable height. The values and the capacities of stadiums today depends on the competitions the team is involved in, this is simply because the competitions they are involved in determines the number or the kinds of guests and fans to be expected in every competition because the popular the competition, the bigger the guests to expect.

Below, we will be looking at some international football stadiums,their values and their capacities.

TEN BIGGEST FOOTBALL STADIUMS IN THE WORLD, THEIR VALUES AND CAPACITIES

Some of the biggest stadiums in the world includes:

Rugrando 1st of May stadium

Ohio Stadium

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Michigan stadium

Camp Nou

FNB Stadium

Rose Bowl

Stanford stadium

Wembley stadium

Bukit Jail National Park

Cotton Bowl

Rugrando 1st Of May Stadium:

Rugrando 1st of may stadium is built to occupy a massive number of 114,000 sitting guests. Though it's a Multi- Purpose stadium, it is regarded as the largest stadium in the world. It is cited on as large as 20.7 hectres of land as been reviewed and has a pitch size of about 242,000 square feet. Rugrando 1st of may stadium was founded and opened in 1989 at Rungra island, Pyongyang,North Korea. The stadium construction costs about 210 million us dollars. Considering recent and other modern stadiums been constructed, The construction of the Rugrando 1st of may stadium will not be regarded as one of the most expensive stadiums as some modern stadiums costs about 5 to seven times the cost of the Rugrando 1st of may stadium.

Origin and purpose of construction of the Rugrando 1st o may stadium

As been stated earlier, the Rugrando 1st of may stadium was constructed in 1986 and opened in 1989 at the Rungra island, Pyogyang. It was built by the North Korean government with the purpose of the 13th world festival of youth and students which was the first event ever held in the stadium after completion. Subsequently, the North Korean government uses it for football competitions and other field events involving a large number of persons.
The Rugrando 1st of may stadium was used and still used or events like the Arirang festival gymnastic performance which was recognised by the Guiness book of records as the gymnastic with the largest number of participants.

Michigan stadium (The big Horse):

This American stadium is located at Ann Arbor Michigan. It has a capacity of 107,601. It is built in the university of Michigan in 1927 when it was first unveiled and had an initial capacity of 72,000 when it was first opened in 1927. The cost of construction of the Michigan stadium might seem suprising but prior to when it was constructed,the stadium construction cost is huge. It cost the Michigan university 950,000 United states dollars to complete the construction of the stadium.

The michigan stadium has turned out to become the largest stadium in the United states today.

Origin and construction of the Michigan stadium

The michigan stadiuim was constructed in 1927 in the university of Michigan for the purpose of the school sports activicties and other ceremonial events to be held in the school like the school matriculation and graduation events.

Ohio Stadium:

This is yet another Multi-purpose stadium built not only for the purpose of soccer but for also other concerts that might require large number of individuals.
The American football stadium was built in columbus, Ohio for the Ohio state university with the seating capacity of about 103,000. The shoe stadium as some might call it, turns out to be one of the oldest stadiums as it's origin can be traced back to 1921-1922 when it was first opened in replacement of the ohio feild.

The stadium is sitting on a 14.5 acres of land with a length of about 919 feet and width of about 679 feet. It is managed and maintained by the university.

Origin and Purpose of construction of the Ohio stadium

The Ohio state stadium has an origin in the ancient American sports. It was constructed as a result o increasing fans drawn to the sports activicties of the Ohio sports teams. It was built in 1922 with an initial capacity of about 66,210 in the university of Ohio.

The stadium costs what seems like a lot of money prior to when it was built as it's construction costs about 1.5 Million USD. The stadium became a home or rather served as a home to the ohio buckeye football team. The stadium was constructed in a horseshoe shape.