Top 10 Stadiums in the World· built byUuser-e8a0f3

The ten most significant stadiums on earth, shown side by side across their working lives — from the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1853 to the Narendra Modi Stadium in 2020.

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Top 10 Stadiums in the World 10

1853 – 2026 Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne, Australia The oldest and largest stadium in the southern hemisphere. It has hosted the first Test match, the first one-day international, an Olympic Games and a Cricket World Cup final.
1910 – 2026 Old Trafford Manchester, England Manchester United's ground since 1910 and the largest club stadium in England. Bombed flat in the Second World War, rebuilt over a decade, and expanded four times since.
1923 – 2026 Wembley Stadium London, England The most famous stadium in England. Built in 300 days for the British Empire Exhibition, demolished after 77 years, and rebuilt on the same ground with an arch in place of the twin towers.
1926 – 2026 San Siro Milan, Italy Officially the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, and the only major ground in the world shared by two clubs of this size. Its 1990 rebuild added eleven concrete helix towers and a red girder roof.
1927 – 2026 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan The Big House, the largest stadium in the United States and the third largest in the world. Its foundations were designed from the outset to allow expansion beyond 100,000 seats.
1947 – 2026 Santiago Bernabéu Madrid, Spain Real Madrid's home since 1947, named for the club president who built it. Host of a World Cup final, four European Cup finals, and a 2024 rebuild that wrapped it in steel and gave it a retractable pitch.
1950 – 2026 Maracanã Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Built for the 1950 World Cup and unfinished when it opened. Its crowds are the largest ever recorded at a football ground, and its most famous match is one Brazil lost.
1957 – 2026 Camp Nou Barcelona, Spain The largest stadium in Europe, built when Barcelona outgrew Les Corts. Host of a European Cup final, an Olympic final and a World Cup opening match, and closed for reconstruction from 2023.
1966 – 2026 Estadio Azteca Mexico City, Mexico The only stadium to host two World Cup finals, and the setting for both the Game of the Century and Maradona's two goals against England in the same match.
2020 – 2026 Narendra Modi Stadium Ahmedabad, India The largest stadium in the world, holding 132,000. Built on the site of the Motera ground it replaced, which was demolished entirely rather than expanded.