NFL Stadiums History, Seating capacity from Smallest to Largest grounds of All 32 NFL teams, Ranking

There are many reasons why the Chicago Bears are considering abandoning Soldier Field and moving to a new stadium in Arlington Heights.

With a Seating capacity of 61,500 fans, the domed-shaped New Soldier Field is now the smallest stadium in the NFL. It is ludicrous that one of the biggest metropolitan regions in the nation has the smallest NFL stadium.

Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois has a seating capacity of 60,670. The stadium at Notre Dame in South Bend contains 77,622 seats.

In addition, Camp Randall Stadium at the University of Wisconsin has a Seating capacity of 80,321, making it the fourth-largest NFL stadium in the nation.

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Which is the Biggest NFL Stadium by Capacity.?

MetLife Stadium is the biggest NFL stadium with a standard capacity of 82,500.

MetLife Stadium opened in 2010 and is located five miles west of New York City in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It’s the home of the New York Giants and New York Jets.

MetLife Stadium cost $1.6 billion to build. At the time of its completion, it was the most expensive stadium ever built in the United States.

Now, SoFi Stadium is the Most Expensive stadium in Ranking, and has the largest expandable capacity of any NFL stadium; it can fit up to 100,240 spectators, just a few hundred more than AT&T Stadium (100,000).

Which is the Smallest NFL Stadium by Capacity.?

Soldier Field is the smallest NFL stadium with a standard capacity of 61,500.

State Farm Stadium, host of Super Bowl LVII –– is the second-smallest standard-capacity stadiums in the league. Attendance for the Super Bowl was 67,827.

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Ranking: Complete List of every NFL stadium, from smallest to largest by seating capacity, Teams locations.

Here is a list of every NFL stadium Ranking from smallest to largest.

Name	Capacity	Location	Team(s)	Opened
Soldier Field	61,500	Chicago, IL	Chicago Bears	1924
State Farm Stadium	63,400	Glendale, AZ	Arizona Cardinals	2006
Ford Field	65,000	Detroit, MI	Detroit Lions	2002
Allegiant Stadium	65,000	Paradise, NV	Las Vegas Raiders	2020
Hard Rock Stadium	65,326	Miami Gardens, FL	Miami Dolphins	1987
Paul Brown Stadium	65,515	Cincinnati, OH	Cincinnati Bengals	2000
Raymond James St.	65,890	Tampa, FL	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1998
US Bank Stadium	66,655	Minneapolis, MN	Minnesota Vikings	2016
Gillette Stadium	66,829	Foxborough, MA	New England Patriots	2002
Lucas Oil Stadium	67,000	Indianapolis, IN	Indianapolis Colts	2008
FirstEnergy Stadium	67,895	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Browns	1999
Acrisure Stadium	68,400	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh Steelers	2001
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Lumen Field	69,000	Seattle, WA	Seattle Seahawks	2002
TIAA Bank Field	69,132	Jacksonville, FL	Jacksonville Jaguars	1995
Nissan Stadium	69,143	Nashville, TN	Tennessee Titans	1999
Lincoln Financial Field	69,596	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia Eagles	2003
SoFi Stadium	70,000	Inglewood, CA	Los Angeles Rams/Chargers	2020
Mercedes-Benz Stadium	71,000	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta Falcons	2017
M&T Bank Stadium	71,008	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore Ravens	1998
Highmark Stadium	71,608	Orchard Park, NY	Buffalo Bills	1973
NRG Stadium	72,220	Houston, TX	Houston Texans	2002
Caesars Superdome	73,208	New Orleans, LA	New Orleans Saints	1975
Bank of America Stadium	75,523	Charlotte, NC	Carolina Panthers	1996
Empower Field at Mile High	76,125	Denver, CO	Denver Broncos	2001
GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium	76,416	Kansas City, MO	Kansas City Chiefs	1972
AT&T Stadium	80,000	Arlington, TX	Dallas Cowboys	2009
Lambeau Field	81,441	Green Bay, WI	Green Bay Packers	1957
FedExField	82,000	Landover, MD	Washington Commanders	1997
MetLife Stadium	82,500	East Rutherford, NJ	New York Giants/Jets	2010