Large stadiums
© Hugues Mbuaki
Stadiums with a capacity of at least 80,000
Most of the stadiums with a capacity of at least 80,000 are used for football, the most popular sport in the world, and American football. A large part of the American football stadiums in the list with stadiums with a capacity of at least 80,000 are used by intercollegiate American football teams. Various members of the National Football League, the most valuable American football league in the world, also play home games at venues with a capacity of at least 80,000. Some sports venues have a capacity above 100,000. In several stadiums, human stampedes took place. The stampedes led to new safety regulations, which reduced the capacities of stadiums around the world. Numerous venues became all-seater stadiums after the new safety regulations.
| Location | Stadium | Capacity | Main use |
| Kinshasa, DR Congo | Stade des Martyrs de la Pentecôte | 125,000 | Football |
| Pyongyang, DPR Korea | Rungrado 1st of May Stadium | 114,000 | Football, mass games |
| Ann Arbor, United States | Michigan Stadium | 107,000 | American football, field lacrosse |
| University Park, United States | Beaver Stadium | 106,000 | American football |
| Columbus, United States | Ohio Stadium | 104,000 | American football |
| College Station, United States | Kyle Field | 102,000 | American football |
| Knoxville, United States | Neyland Stadium | 102,000 | American football |
| Baton Rouge, United States | Tiger Stadium | 102,000 | American football |
| Tuscaloosa, United States | Bryant-Denny Stadium | 101,000 | American football |
| Austin, United States | Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium | 100,000 | American football |
| Melbourne, Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 100,000 | Australian football, cricket |
| Barcelona, Spain | Camp Nou | 99,000 | Football |
| Johannesburg, South Africa | FNB Stadium | 94,000 | Football |
| Dallas, United States | Cotton Bowl Stadium | 92,000 | American football |
| Pasadena, United States | Rose Bowl Stadium | 92,000 | American football |
| Athens, United States | Sanford Stadium | 92,000 | American football |
| Beijing, China | National Stadium | 91,000 | Football |
| London, United Kingdom | Wembley Stadium | 90,000 | Football |
| Gainesville, United States | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium | 88,000 | American football |
| Mexico City, Mexico | Estadio Azteca | 87,000 | Football |
| Norman, United States | Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium | 87,000 | American football |
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil | 87,000 | Football |
| Auburn, United States | Jordan-Hare Stadium | 87,000 | American football |
| Borg el-Arab, Egypt | Borg el-Arab Stadium | 86,000 | Football |
| Lincoln, United States | Memorial Stadium | 85,000 | American football |
| Sydney, Australia | ANZ Stadium | 83,000 | Rugby league |
| Dublin, Ireland | Croke Park | 82,000 | Gaelic football, hurling |
| Landover, United States | FedExField | 82,000 | American football |
| East Rutherford, United States | MetLife Stadium | 82,000 | American football |
| Twickenham, United Kingdom | Twickenham Stadium | 82,000 | Rugby union |
| Madrid, Spain | Estadio Santiago Bernabéu | 81,000 | Football |
| Moscow, Russia | Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex | 81,000 | Football |
| Green Bay, United States | Lambeau Field | 81,000 | American football |
| Clemson, United States | Memorial Stadium | 81,000 | American football |
| Dortmund, Germany | Signal Iduna Park | 81,000 | Football |
| Saint-Denis, France | Stade de France | 81,000 | Football, rugby union |
| Guangzhou, China | Aoti Main Stadium | 80,000 | Football |
| Arlington, United States | AT&T Stadium | 80,000 | American football |
| Madison, United States | Camp Randall Stadium | 80,000 | American football |
| Lima, Peru | Estadio Monumental | 80,000 | Football |
| Harare, Zimbabwe | National Sports Stadium | 80,000 | Football |
| Milan, Italy | Stadio Giuseppe Meazza | 80,000 | Football |
| Shah Alam, Malaysia | Stadium Shah Alam | 80,000 | Football |
| Columbia, United States | Williams-Brice Stadium | 80,000 | American football |
