List of the most expensive stadiums in the world.
Rank | Stadium | Sport | Main tenant(s) | League | Country | City | Current owner(s) | Broke ground | Opened | Total construction cost (billion US$) | Inflation-adjusted cost (billion US$) in 2023[1] | Capacity |
1 | SoFi Stadium | American football | Los Angeles Rams | | United States | Inglewood | Kroenke Sports & Entertainment | 2016 | 2020 | $5.5 billion[2][3] | $6.48 billion | 70,000 (expandable to 100,000) |
Los Angeles Chargers |
2 | Allegiant Stadium | American football | Las Vegas Raiders | | United States | Paradise | Las Vegas Stadium Authority | 2017 | 2020 | $1.9 billion[4] | $2.24 billion | 65,000 |
UNLV Rebels | |
3 | MetLife Stadium | American football | New York Jets | | United States | East Rutherford | New York Jets (50%) New York Giants (50%) | 2007 | 2010 | $1.7 billion[5] | $2.38 billion | 82,500 |
New York Giants |
4 | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | American football | Atlanta Falcons | | United States | Atlanta | Georgia World Congress Center | 2014 | 2017 | $1.5 billion[6] | $1.86 billion | 75,000 |
Association football | Atlanta United | |
5 | Wembley Stadium | Association football | England National Team | UEFA | United Kingdom | London | The FA | 2003 | 2007 | $1.5 billion = £1.1 billion[7] | $2.2 billion | 90,000 |
England Women's National Team |
6 | Yankee Stadium | Baseball | New York Yankees | | United States | New York City | New York City | 2006 | 2009 | $2.3 billion[8] | $2.13 billion | 54,251 |
Association football | New York City FC | |
7 | AT&T Stadium | American football | Dallas Cowboys | | United States | Arlington | City of Arlington | 2005 | 2009 | $1.48 billion[9] | $2.1 billion | 80,000 (expandable to 105,000) |
8 | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium | Association football | Tottenham Hotspur | | United Kingdom | London | Tottenham Hotspur | 2013 | 2019 | $1.33 billion = £1 billion | $1.58 billion | 62,850 |
9 | Singapore National Stadium | Association football | Singapore national football team | | Singapore | Kallang | Sport Singapore | 2010 | 2014 | $1.31 billion = S$1.87 billion[citation needed] | $1.69 billion | 55,000 |
10 | Levi's Stadium | American football | San Francisco 49ers | NFL | United States | Santa Clara | City of Santa Clara | 2012 | 2014 | $ 1.3 billion | $1.7 billion | 68,500 |
11 | Optus Stadium | Cricket | Australia national cricket team | | Australia | Perth | Government of Western Australia | 2014 | 2017 | $1.2 billion[10] | $1.49 billion | 61,244 |
Western Australia cricket team |
Perth Scorchers |
Perth Scorchers Women |
Australian rules football | West Coast Eagles | |
Fremantle Dockers |
12 | Olympic Stadium (Montreal) | multi-purpose stadium | CF Montréal | MLS | Canada | Montréal | Régie des Installations Olympiques (Government of Quebec) | 1973 | 1976 | $1.1 billion [14] | $ 8.95 billion | 61,004 |
12 | Krestovsky Stadium | Association football | Zenit | | Russia | Saint Petersburg | Zenit | 2008 | 2017 | $1.1 billion[11] | $1.37 billion | 68,000 |
13 | U.S. Bank Stadium | American football | Minnesota Vikings | | United States | Minneapolis | Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority | 2013 | 2016 | $1.1 billion[12] | $1.4 billion | 73,000 |
14 | Globe Life Field | Baseball | Texas Rangers | | United States | Arlington | City of Arlington | 2017 | 2020 | $1.1 billion[13] | $1.3 billion | 40,300 |
15 | Citi Field | Baseball | New York Mets | MLB | United States | New York | New York Mets | 2006 | 2009 | $0.9 billion | $1.3 billion | 41,922 |
16 | Estádio Nacional | Association football | Brasília FC | | Brazil | Brasília | Terracap | 2010 | 2013 | $0.8 billion[14] | $1.05 billion | 72,788 |
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- ^ Demause, Neil (January 2009). "Private/public cost breakdown for new Yankees/Mets stadiums" (PDF). Field of Schemes. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
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- ^ "Optus sold Perth Stadium naming rights, but how does the deal stack up?". ABC News. November 8, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
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- ^ "High cost, corruption claims mar Brazil World Cup". Washington Post. May 12, 2014. Archived from the original on May 21, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014. This is the second-most expensive football stadium in the world. The original budget was $300 million.