What you didn't mention is the Rungrado May Day Stadium also hosts the Arirang Mass Games. Which has the Guinness World Record for the world's largest gymnastics display, and famous for its perfectly synchronized card stunt choreography of course, India had to burst our bubble by expanding one of their stadiums. But we'll get our revenge soon enough
That’s because many college football teams do Stadium Packings. Students get in for free so they keep on letting more and more students in past Capacity. The 115 Thousand Michigan Vs Notre Dame game was ridiculously hard to find a seat in if you were a student.
@@ryanhutcheson1911 not true at all. Students buy tickets, there are no stadium packings in the Big House. D1 sports dont do free student seatings...thats like D3
Glad that you included racing this time around, as half the time you discredit them as stadia. Anyway, the Brickyard still gets crowds over 350k on the seating berms that aren't permanent seats.
For IMS it is worth noting that the infield has NO set number for how many people can be there and the fact that for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, the local tv blackout was finally lifted. All this despite a set number dictating what a sell out is at IMS. Pre-Race attendance numbers are mostly based on permanent seats sold. It’s actually an interesting story and I highly suggest anyone to dive deeper and read/hear more about it.
350,000 estimated. I think some of the Indy 500s in the early mid 90s were even more though. Infield had bleachers all around from turn 1 to turn 4 it seemed. Probably 400,000 easy
Don’t forget that the Roman Coliseum was WAY ahead of its time. Notice how there are no poles holding the higher tiers of seating up. They used literal Jetsons level engineering centuries before modern engineering was even a thing! (Makes you wonder why Wrigley and Fenway have poles doesn’t it?)
how did you not mention Maracanã? Built in 1950, it had a capacity of 200,000 people, over the years renovations were carried out and the capacity was reduced to be safer and more comfortable.
in some ways I like how the classic style inner city baseball stadium trended smaller rather than bigger. It was great to see the revival stadiums replace the multi use monsters because the smaller ones we have today combine the closeness to the field of the ones like Fenway without staring at a pillar. Which gets to the topic of the challenge of size in a stadium, If you need to smuggle a telescope into the game to see the field, Is the stadium really worth having that big.
I'd take a pole any day of the week over far away seats. I've sat in obstructed view seats at Fenway and it's still better than the worst seats way up in the upper deck at the recent stadiums.
@@mikejones3rfs Absolutely brilliant comment. I'm old enough to remember old shaefer stadium in foxboro watching the patriots with my father. Our seats were maybe 5 - six rows from the top. Saw everything fine. Fast forward to that monstrosity Gilette. About 15-20 years ago i'm sitting in the upper bowl with a few friends 10-15 rows from the top, the players look like ants. No ability to discern if a first down was made on a close play etc. By the third quarter, I'm literally watching the game on the big screen in the end zone thinking, I could do this at home. I look down at my ticket stub $50 (lol back then, today?). I think to myself eff this. That was the last live major league sporting event I went to. It's all ownership greed. It's just cheaper to build the stadium without the big decks that are closer to the field but need fancy engineering. Ownership attitude is screw the good sight lines, the idiot fans will come anyway. We'll offer them all different kinds of overpriced fancy food options, have all kinds of lights flashing on and off, other distractions. They'll barely know they're at a game. They're too stupid to care.
@@mikejones3rfs Obstructed view only matters if it the pole is in a direct line of sight of the plate or the rubber. You could just omit those specific seats, leave gaps in those rows. So that's easily solved and there are all the other benefits of shade and closeness and the aspect of 'intimacy' which they always talk about with these ballparks but never actually attempt to create.
Even though the concerts would be massive, they would pale in comparison to the largest concerts ever held. The largest of which had over 3,500,000 people in attendance.
Imagine Cincinnatti - actually, you'd need a Wayback machine, but imagine Astoworld in Cincinnatti with The Who as the headlining act. I'd like to see a college football game AND an auto race at Bristol - at the same time... bada-bing!
The large, wide wooden seats in the Circus Maximus allowed for some big people to sit in them . From those seats we have gotten the term Gluteus Maximus.
Doesn't maximus come from the Greek word maximus which just means greatest? So gluteus maximus is the greatest buttocks. Or does it come from the stadium?
The Maracana , the Aztec stadium , Camp Nou , Benficas Stadium of Light , Melbournes MCG and Glasgow’s Hampen and ibrox bowls all were well over 100k when opened and Michigans too and all before the year 2000 so I don’t get the Leipzig bit . Struggling a bit with the point on this one !!! mixing in a normal view of a stadium with other ‘venues ‘ , yeah I get they played a football game at Bristol but it’s a speedway not a football venue good for a one off
While technically built when Ireland was the UK, Lansdowne (proper spelling; it’s not Landsdown) Road was in Dublin, which for the majority of its life was in the Republic of Ireland.
I love how the Irish in the comments section are making absolutely sure everyone knows Landsdowne is NOT in the UK (which should be apparent as it's in Dublin).
Even though my VT Hokies lost that Bristol game against Tennessee, it was still really cool to watch two teams play in the middle of a speedway like that! And glad I just watched it on TV bc it looks like you'd be super far from the field.
I'm from Indianapolis, grew up around the speedway and never knew it held that many people. It's amazing is see that its so big but to us it's normal. And here I thought Daytona was huge when I seen it.
I’m from Indy as well and it’s always a mind blowing number. Especially considering the massive amount of people that walk on Georgetown just to get to and from the speedway. IMS to this day is my favorite place to watch anything
I'm in Indy as well. Been many times. What's weird is when u go to another track especially a smaller one with like a third seating it seems like nothing
As someone that grew up in Bristol, I very much appreciate the mention of the track. Although, it absolutely could hold 160k back when it would sell out both races.
Official capacity 111,701 with the one seat eld in reserve for Fielding H Yost, the coach at the time the stadium was constructed. “The hole that Yost dug, (Don) Canham carpeted, and Bo (Schembechler) fills every week!” (Thank you, Bob Ufer.)
I was wondering if you would mention Bristol. I live in the area and it's crazy that we have this enormous feat of engineering out here in the middle of rural Appalachia. The whole campus is huge, and they have a popular NHRA dragstrip as well. I remember them expanding it like crazy when I was a kid in the 90s/2000s, but it's giving them problems now because the fanaticism for Nascar that could fill such a stadium has died down some and a lot of the races are only half full these days
I was wondering if you would mention Indianapolis Motor Speedway..... Being such a Stadium Historian and Connoisseur, if you have never been, you should definitely go... It is a sight to behold.... Bring your best walking shoes. There is A LOT of ground to cover, to see the things you want to see.... Even if you are not a racing fan... The narrowness of that front straight, that you see all the time on TV, is kind of amazing in person.... The banking of the turns... The TV cameras don't really do that justice, until you see it in person.... I've been there a few times, and had a lot of fun. A couple times, I was a guest of some VIP's, and we had skyboxes, and all of that.... Access to the garage area. It's all amazing. Definitely worth seeing. Even if you just go for Qualifying, which is more affordable, the experience is amazing..... To be honest, the most fun I ever had, was when we were there for Qualifying... Race day is kind of a zoo....
May Day Stadium having held the largest attendance to a pro wrestling event (Collision in Korea) makes me wonder, how long before Vince McMahon decides to hold Wrestlemania in Bristol Motor Speedway, just to take the attendance record for himself?
@@jorgevecinocastro3407 that's true as well. They'd probably have a venue that could hold enough people to top Collision in Korea, and McMahon loves that royal Saudi blood money.
Not looking through all the posts, but the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum holds just about 101,000 IIRC. Its used for American Football, but its converted into temp use as an auto racing track while the California Speedway is rebuilt with reduced seating (NASCAR & IndyCAR). The Coliseum is scheduled to be used for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, too. (open/closing ceremonies and track & field competition), 100,000 capacity.
I used to live 5 min away from Bristol Motor Speedway and still within 30 min. Been there about 50 times, races, football games, drag racing and even concerts. Hopefully it’ll come back to glory soon! Still a spectacle but seats not been filled for about 5-10 years with NASCAR (biggest draw).
The Victorian Football League in Melbourne planned a stadium that would be completely roofed and hold 165,000 spectators seated, but it ended up being a compromise with no roof and holding only 75,000. Then they shut it down completely and built housing apartments.
The circus Maximus didn’t burn to the ground in 37 AD, it was restored to a greater extent. It wasn’t completely destroyed until after the fall of the western empire. Judging by the size it inhabited, modern estimates place it’s seating capacity at around 250,000, making it the largest stadium by capacity in history.
Fun fact: The reason why the Roman Colosseum is only half-there today is because during the Medieval Ages and the Renaissance, builders dismantled it for stone, concrete, and metal to make other buildings. In fact, St. Peter's Basilica, the church that the Pope operates out of in the Vatican, was built in part using materials pilfered from the Colosseum.
@@buffetline2605 But what if the population only increases more and more, to the point where even electronic means of accessing sports entertainment become pointless?
You need to look up the Deutsches Stadion it was an Stadium in the process of being built during Adolf Hitler’s reign in Germany. It was designed to hold 405,000 and would by far be the largest stadium to date!
the circus maximus is actually believed to have been more around 150k-200k people. it was a mile long and there was a bleacher type stands covering most of the perimeter
My issue with lumping race tracks together with those other stadiums is an unfair advantage in size. Outside that weird Czech one all those modern (post medieval ages) ones enclose on singular field or pitch, while a race track is a piece of road of up several kilometers long for track that can host the F1. No association football/rugby/American football, cricket, baseball, etc. field or pitch comes close to that surface. Being close to the action is the major reason for those constructions and well, with a racetrack more chances to be that. No surprise either that the ancient stadium with the highest capacity is essentially a race track as well.
Another truly life changing video from Fivepoints. His ability to use Wikipedia, Google images, and stock video footage will be studied for generations to come!
I've been to the ancient one in Athens Greece they fixed up for the Olympics. They only held two events there, the finish of the men's and women's marathons. Its fallen into disrepair since the 2004 Olympics ended. Its oval shape with the tight turns makes it impractical to use for running track events or anything else.
Baseball is actually the 3rd most popular team sport in North Korea behind only Football (Soccer) and Basketball. I wonder if rungrado has hosted baseball
Unlikely the Circus Maximus had 300,000, in all likelihood had about 150,000. Pliny's estimate of 250,000 is considered to be probably exaggerated/ too high even.
There's nothing better, than wanting to watch a video, having to watch 2 ad videos 15 seconds each, and then having to listen to ANOTHER ad from the video producer themselves 🤦
Surprised the "Big House" didn't make it anywhere in here. Wikipedia lists it as the third largest stadium in the world. However, all of these are still interesting to know!
6:05 If watching field sports with a running track between the pitch and the stands is already a pain in the ass, I can't imagine a goddamn racing track.
I saw the title and I immediately answered, "The one in North Korea." Then I was like, "Oh, I didn't know about that one. Oh shit! I forgot about Indianapolis!"
My guess for why stadiums were made so rediculously huge long ago is because people didn't have televisions to watch, so you had to sit somewhere in the stadium even if the seats were bad, or you just didn't watch. With modern technology, if you're stuck in bad nosebleeds, its not worth it to go becaus you get a better view watching on a screen at home. Stadiums now are only built up to the point that the experience equals TV because they want to be able to sell tickets to justify the building expenses.
Landsdowne is in Dublin Ireland. It was knocked and rebuilt as the Aviva Stadium. I was at one of the last ever games there. Ireland v France around 2005 period. I'm actually a bit insulted you said it was in the UK
Clickbait vid… you didn’t mention stadiums (only with seats, NO standing places!!) which are larger then the biggest stadiums you mentioned. For example was not mentioned Maracana (Rio de Janeiro WC 1950 final Brazil-Uruguay with 249.000 attendances (with standing places - now 110.000 only seats), Camp Nou (115.000), Santiago Bernabeu (100.000), Celtic Park (130.000 attendance EC1 final with standing places - now 70.000 only seats), Signal Iduna Park Dortmund (130.000 with standing places - now 88.000 only seats), Wembley Arena London (90.000) and thé biggest stadium with only seats is in North Korea (forget the name), there is place for 165.000 people (all seated!).
If you want to know how big the Indianapolis motor speed way is, the track is 2.5 miles long. It's crazy massive. I go to the indy 500 every year and I highly recommend going to a race to see the size and feel the energy.
What you didn't mention is the Rungrado May Day Stadium also hosts the Arirang Mass Games. Which has the Guinness World Record for the world's largest gymnastics display, and famous for its perfectly synchronized card stunt choreography
of course, India had to burst our bubble by expanding one of their stadiums. But we'll get our revenge soon enough
Okay Kim.
Did you feel bad about Alex smith when he hurt his leg and almost lost his life
You and Rodman gay?
Good to see you in the comments. You should update your profile pic to the skinnier you now.
@@Aaron25thinfantry Only balls shared are basketballs
Imagine having a race and football game at the same time at bristol.
Race catches a late caution after a kicker shanks a field goal wide of the net and into turn 2 🤣
I’ll do you one better-baseball, football, AND racing all going on at the same time. XD
It's impossible
or a golf tournament at Indianapolis Motor Speedway during an Indycar race
@@datsko6339 and while they're at it, also run a midgets race on the dirt track in the infield of turn 3
a major sports youtuber acknowledging racing as a true sport? i'm touched, truly. thank you.
I never get tired of these stadium vids. They are masterpieces.
Agreed. Well made videos and fascinating subject matter.
Me too bro some of my favorite videos on this channel.
Same
What foot fetishes are to Quentin Tarantino, stadium fetishes are to Five Point Vids.
Wish The Big House was mentioned, while it’s listed capacity is 107,000 it’s shown to actually be able to hold 115,000 people.
That’s because many college football teams do Stadium Packings. Students get in for free so they keep on letting more and more students in past Capacity. The 115 Thousand Michigan Vs Notre Dame game was ridiculously hard to find a seat in if you were a student.
i thank its held up 2 132,000 be4 when they held a concert there
@@ryanhutcheson1911 I’m a student at U-M. It definitely isn’t free for students. Not even close.
@@ryanhutcheson1911 not true at all. Students buy tickets, there are no stadium packings in the Big House. D1 sports dont do free student seatings...thats like D3
@@WolverineDevotee go blue!
Great Video, but I can’t help but notice, Landstown Road is in Dublin, in IRELAND, not the Uk👍
I wrote a similar comment.
And it’s spelled Landsdowne…
@@ericbunday1699 Cough* Lansdowne
@@methinksilikecake Wow, yup, totally blew that one…
You should rebel against the queen and take Ireland back😂
Glad that you included racing this time around, as half the time you discredit them as stadia. Anyway, the Brickyard still gets crowds over 350k on the seating berms that aren't permanent seats.
Remember they used to have small grandstands all the way around where those mounds are in the 90s. Capacity had to of been near 400,000 then easy
@@packisbetter90 And then Tony George happened.
For IMS it is worth noting that the infield has NO set number for how many people can be there and the fact that for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, the local tv blackout was finally lifted. All this despite a set number dictating what a sell out is at IMS. Pre-Race attendance numbers are mostly based on permanent seats sold.
It’s actually an interesting story and I highly suggest anyone to dive deeper and read/hear more about it.
350,000 estimated. I think some of the Indy 500s in the early mid 90s were even more though. Infield had bleachers all around from turn 1 to turn 4 it seemed. Probably 400,000 easy
My day just gets randomly better when fivepoints uploads
Don’t forget that the Roman Coliseum was WAY ahead of its time. Notice how there are no poles holding the higher tiers of seating up. They used literal Jetsons level engineering centuries before modern engineering was even a thing! (Makes you wonder why Wrigley and Fenway have poles doesn’t it?)
They don’t have a mega staff of sailors to rig up the roof in mlb (as cool as that would be tbh)
This needs to be a video subject. Fascinating topic for discussion.
how did you not mention Maracanã?
Built in 1950, it had a capacity of 200,000 people, over the years renovations were carried out and the capacity was reduced to be safer and more comfortable.
Beautiful stadium, got to host the World Cup final and the Olympics in only a few years.
I was waiting for it. 🤔
Most famous for what game? Remind me again…
you have to know a lot about stadiums to forget the maracana ...
but mentioning racing tracks and its capacities ...
stupid.
@@sasquatchhunter86 John Barnes slicing through the Brazilian defence 🤔🤣
I love how you went historic with it and I see you got my nascar back thank you!!!!!
in some ways I like how the classic style inner city baseball stadium trended smaller rather than bigger. It was great to see the revival stadiums replace the multi use monsters because the smaller ones we have today combine the closeness to the field of the ones like Fenway without staring at a pillar.
Which gets to the topic of the challenge of size in a stadium, If you need to smuggle a telescope into the game to see the field, Is the stadium really worth having that big.
I'd take a pole any day of the week over far away seats. I've sat in obstructed view seats at Fenway and it's still better than the worst seats way up in the upper deck at the recent stadiums.
@@mikejones3rfs Absolutely brilliant comment. I'm old enough to remember old shaefer stadium in foxboro watching the patriots with my father. Our seats were maybe 5 - six rows from the top. Saw everything fine. Fast forward to that monstrosity Gilette. About 15-20 years ago i'm sitting in the upper bowl with a few friends 10-15 rows from the top, the players look like ants. No ability to discern if a first down was made on a close play etc. By the third quarter, I'm literally watching the game on the big screen in the end zone thinking, I could do this at home. I look down at my ticket stub $50 (lol back then, today?). I think to myself eff this. That was the last live major league sporting event I went to.
It's all ownership greed. It's just cheaper to build the stadium without the big decks that are closer to the field but need fancy engineering. Ownership attitude is screw the good sight lines, the idiot fans will come anyway. We'll offer them all different kinds of overpriced fancy food options, have all kinds of lights flashing on and off, other distractions. They'll barely know they're at a game. They're too stupid to care.
@@mikejones3rfs Obstructed view only matters if it the pole is in a direct line of sight of the plate or the rubber. You could just omit those specific seats, leave gaps in those rows. So that's easily solved and there are all the other benefits of shade and closeness and the aspect of 'intimacy' which they always talk about with these ballparks but never actually attempt to create.
Imagine a concert at these stadiums.
Imagine Astroworld
@@henryhahn9741 ☠️😭
@@henryhahn9741 nah, let's not.
Even though the concerts would be massive, they would pale in comparison to the largest concerts ever held. The largest of which had over 3,500,000 people in attendance.
Imagine Cincinnatti - actually, you'd need a Wayback machine, but imagine Astoworld in Cincinnatti with The Who as the headlining act.
I'd like to see a college football game AND an auto race at Bristol - at the same time... bada-bing!
The large, wide wooden seats in the Circus Maximus allowed for some big people to sit in them . From those seats we have gotten the term Gluteus Maximus.
Doesn't maximus come from the Greek word maximus which just means greatest? So gluteus maximus is the greatest buttocks. Or does it come from the stadium?
@@alejandropelayo9288 probably both. A lot of Latin came from Greek.
The Maracana , the Aztec stadium , Camp Nou , Benficas Stadium of Light , Melbournes MCG and Glasgow’s Hampen and ibrox bowls all were well over 100k when opened and Michigans too and all before the year 2000 so I don’t get the Leipzig bit .
Struggling a bit with the point on this one !!!
mixing in a normal view of a stadium with other ‘venues ‘ , yeah I get they played a football game at Bristol but it’s a speedway not a football venue good for a one off
We still need some European Soccer Stadium analysis videos (EPL, Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, UCL, etc.).
Ew soccer
@@darealpapajon Ratio
Wide world of stadiums has you covered. Great channel.
@@danimalman3 yuh he did a good job too
@@isaacsamuel1278 idk bro my comment has more likes than yours
While technically built when Ireland was the UK, Lansdowne (proper spelling; it’s not Landsdown) Road was in Dublin, which for the majority of its life was in the Republic of Ireland.
Exactly.
Lansdowne road is in dublin, ireland not the uk
It's Lansdowne Road anyway so misspelt.
Technically, in 1872, Ireland was in the UK though. Just not now obviously.
I love how the Irish in the comments section are making absolutely sure everyone knows Landsdowne is NOT in the UK (which should be apparent as it's in Dublin).
Thank you, FivePoints. Very informative and cool. 10/10
Even though my VT Hokies lost that Bristol game against Tennessee, it was still really cool to watch two teams play in the middle of a speedway like that! And glad I just watched it on TV bc it looks like you'd be super far from the field.
If you’ve never been to Bristol Motor Speedway to see the NASCAR night race, you need to wake up and go to that race. Do it !!!! Unreal stadium
I'm from Indianapolis, grew up around the speedway and never knew it held that many people. It's amazing is see that its so big but to us it's normal. And here I thought Daytona was huge when I seen it.
I'm pretty sure there were something like almost 400,000 people at the 100th running of the Indy 500 back in 2016. Some bonkers number
I’m from Indy as well and it’s always a mind blowing number. Especially considering the massive amount of people that walk on Georgetown just to get to and from the speedway. IMS to this day is my favorite place to watch anything
I'm in Indy as well. Been many times. What's weird is when u go to another track especially a smaller one with like a third seating it seems like nothing
Indy is what a mile long...with grand stands all over the place. They could probably fit a lot more people in there and it will likely happen too
As someone that grew up in Bristol, I very much appreciate the mention of the track. Although, it absolutely could hold 160k back when it would sell out both races.
We racing fans are very glad to be included in a video normally restricted to stick and ball sports. Thank you.
What about the Motor Speedway of the South?
Bro imagine pulling up to the Circus Maximus in 100 BCE with your guys to watch your favorite chariot racer
"Bro, Messala fucking SUCKS!"
You forgot to mention the old Maracana stadium in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil which use to have a capacity of 200,000 spectators at one point.
Not mentioning Michigan Stadium at all is a huge miss
Especially when one could argue the numbers on 1st of May Stadium are probably fudged.
Literally the biggest stadium in the Western Hemisphere and 3rd biggest in the world
Th big house
Biggest football stadium for sure
Official capacity 111,701 with the one seat eld in reserve for Fielding H Yost, the coach at the time the stadium was constructed. “The hole that Yost dug, (Don) Canham carpeted, and Bo (Schembechler) fills every week!” (Thank you, Bob Ufer.)
Thank you for hooking the racing fans up! Great work as always!
Thanks for including Nascar
I count racetracks as stadiums as well. Bristol and Indy are MARVELS of engineering
Lansdowne Road, was in Dublin, Ireland not the UK. It was demolished in 2006 and a new stadium (Aviva Stadium) on the site opened in 2010.
In 1872 when the stadium was opened, Ireland was part of the UK.
I was wondering if you would mention Bristol. I live in the area and it's crazy that we have this enormous feat of engineering out here in the middle of rural Appalachia. The whole campus is huge, and they have a popular NHRA dragstrip as well. I remember them expanding it like crazy when I was a kid in the 90s/2000s, but it's giving them problems now because the fanaticism for Nascar that could fill such a stadium has died down some and a lot of the races are only half full these days
To answer your question about beer prices it would’ve been around 2-4 denarii in 301 ad speeding on its source or around 87-147 usd for 1.17 pints
I was wondering if you would mention Indianapolis Motor Speedway..... Being such a Stadium Historian and Connoisseur, if you have never been, you should definitely go... It is a sight to behold.... Bring your best walking shoes. There is A LOT of ground to cover, to see the things you want to see....
Even if you are not a racing fan... The narrowness of that front straight, that you see all the time on TV, is kind of amazing in person.... The banking of the turns... The TV cameras don't really do that justice, until you see it in person....
I've been there a few times, and had a lot of fun. A couple times, I was a guest of some VIP's, and we had skyboxes, and all of that.... Access to the garage area. It's all amazing. Definitely worth seeing. Even if you just go for Qualifying, which is more affordable, the experience is amazing..... To be honest, the most fun I ever had, was when we were there for Qualifying... Race day is kind of a zoo....
Glad to see the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway make the list.
May Day Stadium having held the largest attendance to a pro wrestling event (Collision in Korea) makes me wonder, how long before Vince McMahon decides to hold Wrestlemania in Bristol Motor Speedway, just to take the attendance record for himself?
two words: Saudi Arabia.
@@jorgevecinocastro3407 that's true as well. They'd probably have a venue that could hold enough people to top Collision in Korea, and McMahon loves that royal Saudi blood money.
Best channel on TH-cam you haven’t made a video that I didn’t enjoy
The Hypodrome of Constantinople seated 100,000 before getting expanded . It was badass
I suggest having your next stadium critique be a list of the worst stadiums of all time.
Not looking through all the posts, but the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum holds just about 101,000 IIRC. Its used for American Football, but its converted into temp use as an auto racing track while the California Speedway is rebuilt with reduced seating (NASCAR & IndyCAR). The Coliseum is scheduled to be used for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, too. (open/closing ceremonies and track & field competition), 100,000 capacity.
I used to live 5 min away from Bristol Motor Speedway and still within 30 min. Been there about 50 times, races, football games, drag racing and even concerts. Hopefully it’ll come back to glory soon! Still a spectacle but seats not been filled for about 5-10 years with NASCAR (biggest draw).
You need to do stadiums people love that are aesthetically awful.
Fenway. Simple. Some of the seats are just facing the wrong direction.
lambeau
@@tdRftw Well that's certainly an... interesting take.
@@tdRftw lmao hell no
@@ExileOnDaytonStreet the Fenway experience is still fire regardless 🔥
I’ve been to Bristol many of times over the years and it’s always impressive to see in person.
Are you kidding me? Maracanã could fit 199.854 in 1950
Right? not even a mention!
I was certain this otherwise fine video would include Brazil's Maracana Stadium site of historic soccer (football) matches. Why was it omitted?
"Beer? In the CIRCUS MAXIMUS?! Get this barbarian out of here, we drink WINE here like true ROMANS!"
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING BEAR DOWN FIELD!! it really has come a long way and it’s awesome to get a spot on here!
Every Nascar Fan : Thank you!
The Victorian Football League in Melbourne planned a stadium that would be completely roofed and hold 165,000 spectators seated, but it ended up being a compromise with no roof and holding only 75,000. Then they shut it down completely and built housing apartments.
The circus Maximus didn’t burn to the ground in 37 AD, it was restored to a greater extent. It wasn’t completely destroyed until after the fall of the western empire. Judging by the size it inhabited, modern estimates place it’s seating capacity at around 250,000, making it the largest stadium by capacity in history.
Fun fact: The reason why the Roman Colosseum is only half-there today is because during the Medieval Ages and the Renaissance, builders dismantled it for stone, concrete, and metal to make other buildings. In fact, St. Peter's Basilica, the church that the Pope operates out of in the Vatican, was built in part using materials pilfered from the Colosseum.
Maybe one day we will get a 200,000 seat stadium
With technology improving so fast I can only see the stadiums getting smaller.
*The Brickyard has entered the chat*
Indianapolis Motor Speedway says hi
@@buffetline2605 But what if the population only increases more and more, to the point where even electronic means of accessing sports entertainment become pointless?
Maracanã, 1950 WC Final, 199.854
I’m dying to see Lansdowne Road.. seeing as I live near the one in Dublin, the one in the UK sounds rather similar
You need to look up the Deutsches Stadion it was an Stadium in the process of being built during Adolf Hitler’s reign in Germany. It was designed to hold 405,000 and would by far be the largest stadium to date!
the circus maximus is actually believed to have been more around 150k-200k people. it was a mile long and there was a bleacher type stands covering most of the perimeter
Narendra Modi Stadium 🇮🇳 132k seats
hella cool video fivepoints
Circus Maximus beer prices were as follows: 3lira for fermented fish beer, 4.5l for goat bladder beer and only 1l for otter nipple chips.
My issue with lumping race tracks together with those other stadiums is an unfair advantage in size. Outside that weird Czech one all those modern (post medieval ages) ones enclose on singular field or pitch, while a race track is a piece of road of up several kilometers long for track that can host the F1. No association football/rugby/American football, cricket, baseball, etc. field or pitch comes close to that surface. Being close to the action is the major reason for those constructions and well, with a racetrack more chances to be that. No surprise either that the ancient stadium with the highest capacity is essentially a race track as well.
The pain of the big house not getting a mention. At least we beat Ohio
Another truly life changing video from Fivepoints. His ability to use Wikipedia, Google images, and stock video footage will be studied for generations to come!
That last shot and what you say about the Circus Maximus is perfect. You make excellent videos
Thanks!
Man said...Landsdowne Road...was in the UK... 5points out here actually trying to start a war - I know people that have lost kneecaps over less!
Cool video!!! I updated my stadium knowledge in 8mins.. who needs college when you have TH-cam
I've been to the ancient one in Athens Greece they fixed up for the Olympics. They only held two events there, the finish of the men's and women's marathons. Its fallen into disrepair since the 2004 Olympics ended. Its oval shape with the tight turns makes it impractical to use for running track events or anything else.
There was planned (an began to built) a 400.000 spectartos stadium in Nuremberg, called 'Deutsches Stadion'.
NASCAR fans letting out a big Rick Flair “woooohhhhh!!” when he announced Bristol
answer: Circus Maximus in ancient Rome (300,000 people)
Imagine how terrifying it would be if these stadiums were filled with raiders and 49ers fans
Rungrado holds 115, 000 you forgot about the people that died making it and are buried in the structure.
@Michael Benedict It says it holds 114,000, I'm making the joke that 1,000 died.
No Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia? 100k capacity currently
Prior to remodelling the MCG held around 120K. Sydney Olympic Stadium has held over 112K prior to remodelling.
Beer at the Circus Maximus might have been free, being that it was the Circus of _"Bread and Circuses"_ fame.
Landsdown is in Ireland which isn’t in the UK
Baseball is actually the 3rd most popular team sport in North Korea behind only Football (Soccer) and Basketball. I wonder if rungrado has hosted baseball
They should just make one giant football field in the Stahov Stadium and call it XTREME SOCCERFOOTY.
Unlikely the Circus Maximus had 300,000, in all likelihood had about 150,000. Pliny's estimate of 250,000 is considered to be probably exaggerated/ too high even.
There's nothing better, than wanting to watch a video, having to watch 2 ad videos 15 seconds each, and then having to listen to ANOTHER ad from the video producer themselves 🤦
Me talking about Indianapolis....hold on racing fans....I got you.
Spoke right to me haha
Surprised the "Big House" didn't make it anywhere in here. Wikipedia lists it as the third largest stadium in the world. However, all of these are still interesting to know!
NASCAR isn't racing, its just cars going around in circles and sometimes overtaking
I swear this man creates stadium subgenres like it’s nothing
Indy could enclose it but it just wouldn't be worth it imo
I also find it really intresting that some of the largest statiums by capacity are all college football stadiums
6:05 If watching field sports with a running track between the pitch and the stands is already a pain in the ass, I can't imagine a goddamn racing track.
How do you not mention the MCG?
I saw the title and I immediately answered, "The one in North Korea." Then I was like, "Oh, I didn't know about that one. Oh shit! I forgot about Indianapolis!"
I love how this guy speaks English. Such a unique speaking pattern
As metropolitan populations continue to increase, we should be seeing even bigger capacity stadiums throughout the rest of the 21st century.
not likely in any given staduim you have about 30.000 good seats, 60.000 decent in total at best, Bigger isn't better
My guess for why stadiums were made so rediculously huge long ago is because people didn't have televisions to watch, so you had to sit somewhere in the stadium even if the seats were bad, or you just didn't watch. With modern technology, if you're stuck in bad nosebleeds, its not worth it to go becaus you get a better view watching on a screen at home. Stadiums now are only built up to the point that the experience equals TV because they want to be able to sell tickets to justify the building expenses.
Landsdowne is in Dublin Ireland. It was knocked and rebuilt as the Aviva Stadium. I was at one of the last ever games there. Ireland v France around 2005 period.
I'm actually a bit insulted you said it was in the UK
In the 4 years that Landsowne Road was the biggest it was when Ireland was part of the U.K. so he is right saying U.K.
Clickbait vid… you didn’t mention stadiums (only with seats, NO standing places!!) which are larger then the biggest stadiums you mentioned. For example was not mentioned Maracana (Rio de Janeiro WC 1950 final Brazil-Uruguay with 249.000 attendances (with standing places - now 110.000 only seats), Camp Nou (115.000), Santiago Bernabeu (100.000), Celtic Park (130.000 attendance EC1 final with standing places - now 70.000 only seats), Signal Iduna Park Dortmund (130.000 with standing places - now 88.000 only seats), Wembley Arena London (90.000) and thé biggest stadium with only seats is in North Korea (forget the name), there is place for 165.000 people (all seated!).
Wouldn't it be something if the NHL does Bristol for their winter classic haha
If you want to know how big the Indianapolis motor speed way is, the track is 2.5 miles long. It's crazy massive. I go to the indy 500 every year and I highly recommend going to a race to see the size and feel the energy.
1 Bier im Circus Maximus kostete 2 Sesterzen (Stadion gibt es zwar nicht mehr, aber deren Homepage mit der Preisangabe ist noch online)
Lansdowne road stadium is in Ireland. Not the UK. It's since been demolished and a new stadium rebuilt named the aviva
Imagine if the Circus Maximus was rebuilt in today’s day and age.
Shoot, they'd be able to comfortably host 3 football games simultaneously.
The ancient stadiums lasted longer than the 20th century stadiums.
Great video. Thanks