List of NFL stadiums
This list of current
National Football League
(NFL) stadiums includes their locations, capacities, their first year of usage, and home teams. Although the NFL has 32 teams, there are only 30 full-time NFL stadiums. This is because the
New York Giants
and
New York Jets
share
MetLife Stadium
, and the
Los Angeles Rams
and the
Los Angeles Chargers
share
SoFi Stadium
.
The newest full-time NFL stadiums are
SoFi Stadium
in
Inglewood, California
, home of both the
Los Angeles Rams
and the
Los Angeles Chargers
; and
Allegiant Stadium
in
Paradise, Nevada
, home of the
Las Vegas Raiders
. Both stadiums opened for the
2020 season
.
Soldier Field
in
Chicago
is the oldest, having opened in 1924; however, the Bears did not play at Soldier Field until 1971 and did not play there in 2002 while the stadium was under reconstruction, and thus the oldest continuously-operating stadium in the NFL is
Lambeau Field
, hosting the
Green Bay Packers
since its opening in 1957.
The NFL uses several other stadiums on a regular basis in addition to the teams' designated regular home sites. In England, two
London
venues ?
Wembley Stadium
and from 2016 to 2018 the
Twickenham Stadium
then the
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
? are contracted to host a combined four games per season, as part of the
NFL International Series
which runs through 2022.
Estadio Azteca
in
Mexico City
hosted NFL International Series games in 2016, 2017, and 2019, and was under contract to host one game per season through 2021. In addition,
Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
in
Canton, Ohio
, is the location of the annual exhibition
Pro Football Hall of Fame Game
. From 2022 also the
Allianz Arena
in
Germany
will host the Munich Game of the NFL International series.
The majority of current NFL stadiums have sold
naming rights
to corporations. Only 5 of the league's 30 stadiums?Arrowhead Stadium, Cleveland Browns Stadium, Commanders Field, Lambeau Field, and Soldier Field?do not currently use a corporate-sponsored name; however, the Browns' and Commanders' respective stadiums had held corporate naming rights contracts in the past. Though the Chiefs sold naming rights of the football field to
GEHA
, the team retain stadium branding under the Arrowhead name.
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Stadium characteristics
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Stadiums
represent a considerable expense to a community, and thus their construction, use, and funding often enter the public discourse.
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Also, given the perceived
advantage
a team gets to playing in its home stadium, particular attention is given in the media to the peculiarities of each stadium's environment. Climate, playing surface (either natural or
artificial turf
), and the type of roof all contribute to giving each team its home-field advantage.
Stadiums are either open, enclosed, or have a retractable roof. For retractable roofs, the home team determines if the roof is to be opened or closed 90 minutes before kickoff. The roof remains open unless
precipitation
or
lightning
is within the vicinity of the stadium, the
temperature
drops below 40 °F (4 °C), or
wind gusts
are greater than 40 miles per hour (64 km/h), in which case the roof operators will close the roof.
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Seating
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With a peak capacity of over 100,000 spectators (80,000+ listed seating capacity),
AT&T Stadium
has the highest capacity of any NFL stadium, while
MetLife Stadium
has the highest listed seating capacity at 82,500. The smallest stadium is
Soldier Field
with a capacity of 61,500.
In their normal configurations, all of the league's 30 stadiums have a seating capacity of at least 60,000 spectators; of those, a majority (17) have fewer than 70,000 seats, while 8 have between 70,000 and 80,000, and 5 can seat 80,000 or more. In contrast to
college football
stadiums, the largest of which can and regularly do accommodate over 100,000 spectators, no stadium in the league currently has a listed seating capacity of more than 82,500. Teams rarely build their stadiums far beyond the 80,000 seat threshold (and even then, only in the largest
markets
) because of the league's
blackout
policy, which prohibited the
televising of any NFL game
within 75 miles of its home market if a game does not sell all of its non-premium seating. The policy has been suspended since 2015; from then until 2019, several teams played in temporary facilities with capacities far larger than a normal stadium. In 2020,
social distancing
mandates related to the COVID-19 pandemic prohibited teams from selling out their stadiums, and several teams had no fans in attendance all season due to state mandates (for example, the Las Vegas Raiders had no spectators for the entire season in accordance with Nevada policy). The league has a firm minimum on the number of seats an NFL stadium should have; since 1971, the league has generally not allowed any stadium under 50,000 seats to host a full-time NFL team. In normal circumstances, all NFL stadiums are
all-seaters
.
List of current stadiums
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Some stadiums can be expanded to fit larger crowds for other events such as concerts or conventions. Official seating capacities do not include standing room.
Map of current stadiums
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Future stadiums
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Additional stadiums
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See also
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Notes
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Soldier Field opened in 1924; The Bears became tenants in 1971; The playing field and seating bowl were renovated in 2003, leaving little more than its iconic colonnade.
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Renovated in 1937, 1953?1955, 1960, 1974, 2002?2005.
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Renovated in 1986, 1999, 2013
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Renovated in 1953?1954, 1982, 1992?1994, 2001?2006, 2019?2023.
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Renovated in 1921, 1927, 1932, 1981, 1990, 1995, 2006, 2014.
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Wembley Stadium seating reduced from 90,000 for NFL games
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