The largest stadium in the world is in North Korea

Practically in all settlements of our planet there are stadiums, even in the smallest. And if in large metropolitan areas these are huge sports facilities, then in Russian villages and Ukrainian villages it is most often glades on the outskirts with a gate made of wooden sticks. And it does not matter that there are no tribunes on them, because the well-known word "stadium" in translation from ancient Greek means "to stand". And if in ancient times the audience was standing, then our time for the comfort of the fans at large

Only the seats are created. And what is the biggest stadium in the world, and how many spectators can it accommodate at the same time? Do not rush to say that this is the well-known Brazilian "Maracana" - it has long been not so.

The difference between sports facilities

Those hundreds of thousands of stadiums, which are built in the world today, can be divided into two groups:

• Football;
• Universal.

For the most part, they are meant for playing in normal or American football. On universal it is possible to spend also track and field competitions, and not only sports actions. This includes the largest stadium in the world. It should be noted that the largest sports arenas are in Asia, and most of all in the US.

Asian record holder

The biggest stadium in the world Was built in Pyongyang, the capital of the DPRK. He was raised in 1989 to host the XIII World Festival of Youth and Students, as opposed to the Olympic Games held in South Korea a year earlier. The size of this grandiose building is impressive: the area is 2 million m ² , the height is 60 meters, 8 tiers, 80 entrances. At the same time, it can accommodate 150 thousand people, and all seats are only sedentary. It is located on the island of Rungrado in the middle of the river Taedon, flowing through the North Korean capital. This is a very beautiful building. From the height it resembles a giant magnolia flower with sixteen petals. At the side view, the stadium looks like a huge parachute that sank into the water. On its arena, in addition to sports competitions, there are theatrical performances, most often confined to public holidays or celebrations in honor of the leaders of North Korea. At the same time, the number of participants sometimes exceeds the number of spectators and reaches hundreds of thousands. Here sometimes the national team of this country holds football, and this allows us to say that the "Pervomaisky Rungrado stadium" is the largest football stadium in the world.

The largest stadium in North America

The third place in the list of large sports facilities is occupied by the Michigan Stadium, it is able to receive 109,901 people at once. This is the largest football stadium in the world (American). It was built in 1927 in the city of Ann Arbor for the team of the University of Michigan. Sometimes there are hockey matches. Here was in 2010 a record of attendance for hockey - a game of two university teams watched 104 thousand spectators.

The Giant of Australia

The list of the most capacious buildings is also the Australian stadium "Melbourne Cricket Ground." This is the largest stadium in the world for cricket. For the game of the national team in this sport can watch 100 018 spectators. Play here and the Australian national team.