Iconic Stadiums & Arenas
Cathedrals of sport. 30 places, mapped and ready to build a trip around.
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United KingdomEst. 2007BestJunClimate36–72°FCurrencyGBPLanguageEnglishWembley Stadium, currently branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons, is an association football stadium in Wembley, London, England. It opened in 2007 on the site of the original Wembley Stadium, which had stood from 1923 until 2000. The stadium is England's national football stadium, and thus hosts the majority of the England national team home matches and the FA Cup Final – the final of England's primary domestic club football competition.
Santiago Bernabeu Stadium
SpainEst. 1947BestSep–JunClimate34–95°FCurrencyEURLanguageSpanishThe Bernabéu also known as Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, is a retractable roof football stadium in Hispanoamérica, district of Chamartín, Madrid, Spain. With a seating capacity of 83,186 following its extensive renovation completed in late 2024, the stadium has the second-largest seating capacity for a football stadium in Spain, behind Camp Nou in Barcelona. It has been the home stadium of Real Madrid since its completion in 1947.
Maracana Stadium
BrazilBestMar–SepClimate64–84°FCurrencyBRLLanguagePortugueseEstádio do Maracanã, officially known as Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, is an association football stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Located in the Maracanã neighborhood, it is owned by the Rio de Janeiro state government and managed by the clubs Flamengo and Fluminense. It is part of a complex that includes an arena known by the name of Maracanãzinho, which is mostly used for volleyball events.
Yankee Stadium
United StatesBestVariesClimate28–86°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishYankee Stadium is a baseball stadium located in the Bronx, New York City. It is the home field of Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees.
Lambeau Field
United StatesEst. 1957BestJun–OctClimate14–82°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishLambeau Field is an outdoor athletic stadium in the north central United States, located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The home field of the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL), it opened in 1957 as City Stadium, replacing the original City Stadium at Green Bay East High School as the Packers' home field.
Melbourne Cricket Ground
AustraliaBestVariesClimate45–77°FCurrencyAUDLanguageEnglishThe Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as the 'G', is a multi-purpose stadium located in Yarra Park in the suburb of East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The stadium primarily hosts Australian rules football and cricket as the home ground of multiple teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), as well as the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League (BBL) and the Victorian cricket team in the Sheffield Shield. It also frequently hosts the Australian national cricket team.
Allianz Arena
GermanyBestMar, SepClimate28–77°FCurrencyEURLanguageGermanAn inflated cushion of ETFE panels that glows red across the Munich plain on a match night.
Anfield
United KingdomIconicBestMay, Jun, SepClimate37–68°FCurrencyGBPLanguageEnglishYou'll Never Walk Alone before kickoff on the Kop is the single best pre-match ritual in world football.
Arrowhead Stadium
United StatesIconicBestVariesClimate25–88°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishHolds the Guinness record for the loudest outdoor stadium, measured at 142.2 decibels.
Camp Nou
SpainEst. 1957BestJul–AugClimate39–84°FCurrencyEURLanguageSpanishCamp Nou, officially Spotify Camp Nou for sponsorship reasons, and often referred to in English as the Nou Camp, is a stadium in Barcelona and the home of La Liga club FC Barcelona since its opening in 1957.
Croke Park
IrelandBestMay, Jun, SepClimate39–66°FCurrencyEURLanguageEnglishThird largest stadium in Europe and the home of Gaelic games, on ground that carries real weight after Bloody Sunday in 1920.
Dodger Stadium
United StatesEst. 1962BestJun–NovClimate45–88°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishDodger Stadium is a ballpark in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Opened in 1962, it was constructed in less than three years at a cost of US$23 million. It is the oldest ballpark in MLB west of the Mississippi River, and third-oldest overall, after Fenway Park in Boston (1912) and Wrigley Field in Chicago (1914), and is the largest baseball stadium in the world by seat capacity.
Eden Gardens
IndiaIconicBestNov–FebClimate57–97°FCurrencyINRLanguageHindiKolkata, 68,000 people, and the most intimidating cricket atmosphere on earth.
Estadio Azteca
MexicoIconicBestNov–MayClimate45–82°FCurrencyMXNLanguageSpanishThe only ground to host two World Cup finals, at 2,200m where visiting teams learn what altitude means.
Fenway Park
United StatesEst. 1912IconicBestVariesClimate23–84°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishHome of the Red Sox since 1912 and the oldest ballpark still in use in Major League Baseball, famous for the 37-foot left-field wall known as the Green Monster.
La Bombonera
ArgentinaIconicBestVariesClimate45–84°FCurrencyARSLanguageSpanishBoca Juniors' chocolate box, so steep and tight that the stands visibly flex when the crowd jumps.
Lord's Cricket Ground
United KingdomEst. 1814IconicBestJunClimate36–73°FCurrencyGBPLanguageEnglishThe home of cricket since 1814, complete with a pronounced slope across the pitch and a media centre that looks like a spaceship.
Madison Square Garden
United StatesBestSep–MayClimate28–86°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishAirportJFKThe Worlds Most Famous Arena in midtown Manhattan.
Michigan Stadium
United StatesIconicBestJun–OctClimate19–82°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishThe Big House. Over 107,000 seats, the largest stadium in the Americas, and most of it is below ground level.
Ohio Stadium
United StatesIconicBestJun–NovClimate25–84°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishThe Horseshoe, and the Script Ohio the marching band writes across it before kickoff.
Old Trafford
United KingdomIconicBestMay, Jun, SepClimate36–68°FCurrencyGBPLanguageEnglishThe Theatre of Dreams. Bombed in 1941, rebuilt, and the loudest corner is still the Stretford End.
Olympiastadion Berlin
GermanyIconicBestVariesClimate34–77°FCurrencyEURLanguageGermanBuilt for the 1936 Games where Jesse Owens won four golds. The architecture is deliberately preserved rather than erased.
San Siro
ItalyIconicBestVariesClimate32–86°FCurrencyEURLanguageItalianOfficially the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, and shared by Milan and Inter. The spiral ramps outside are as famous as the pitch.
Soldier Field
United StatesEst. 1924BestJun–NovClimate21–81°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishSoldier Field is a multi-purpose stadium on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1924, the stadium has served as the home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) since 1971, as well as Chicago Fire FC of Major League Soccer (MLS) since 2020. It also regularly hosts stadium concerts and other large crowd events. The stadium has a football capacity of 62,500, making it the second-smallest stadium in the NFL. Soldier Field is also the oldest stadium in the NFL and MLS.
Stade de France
FranceIconicBestVariesClimate36–77°FCurrencyEURLanguageFrenchBuilt for the 1998 World Cup, which France won in it. Also the 2024 Olympic athletics stadium.
Westfalenstadion
GermanyIconicBestSepClimate36–75°FCurrencyEURLanguageGermanThe Yellow Wall: 25,000 standing supporters on one terrace, the largest in Europe. Go for the noise.
Wrigley Field
United StatesIconicBestJun–NovClimate21–81°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishIvy on the outfield wall, a hand-turned scoreboard, and rooftop seats on the buildings across the street.
AT&T Stadium
Arlington, TexasIconicBestSep–DecClimate39–97°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishJerry Jones' Arlington colossus seats 80,000-plus under a retractable roof and a video board that hangs over midfield like a second sky. Home to the Dallas Cowboys and just about every mega-event Texas can host.
Rose Bowl
Pasadena, CaliforniaEst. 1923IconicBestVariesClimate45–91°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishPasadena's bowl in the San Gabriel foothills has hosted the granddaddy of college football games since 1923, plus Super Bowls, World Cup finals, and sold-out stadium tours of its own.
Beijing National Stadium
ChinaBestVariesClimate19–91°FCurrencyCNYLanguageMandarin ChineseThe National Stadium, a.k.a. the Bird's Nest (鸟巢), is a stadium at Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. The National Stadium, covering an area of 204,000 square meters with an 80,000 person capacity, broke ground in December 2003, officially started construction in March 2004, and was completed in June 2008.