A tour of the world’s most iconic stadiums and arenas. ThrillZing covers the history, capacity, signature moments, and fan experience of the venues where championship games and unforgettable events happen.
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/ September 30, 2026
Huntington Bank Stadium rises on the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus as the on-campus home of Golden Gophers football. Opened on September 12, 2009, it was the first new stadium built in the Big Ten Conference since 1960, ending the Gophers’ long run inside the…
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/ September 30, 2026
Sun Bowl Stadium sits on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso, carved into a natural desert bowl at the base of the Franklin Mountains. Opened on September 21, 1963, it has served as the home field for UTEP Miners football ever…
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/ September 28, 2026
SECU Stadium is the home field of Maryland Terrapins football and men’s lacrosse on the University of Maryland campus in College Park. It opened on September 30, 1950 as Byrd Stadium, named for former coach and university president Harry “Curley” Byrd, and has grown from…
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/ September 28, 2026
L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium sits on the southern edge of the University of Louisville campus in Louisville, Kentucky, serving as the home field for the Louisville Cardinals football program. The stadium opened on September 5, 1998, after a two-year construction process on a reclaimed…
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/ September 28, 2026
Carter-Finley Stadium has been the home of NC State Wolfpack football since it opened on October 8, 1966, on university-owned land a few miles west of NC State’s main academic campus in Raleigh, North Carolina. The stadium takes its name from major donors Harry C.
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/ September 27, 2026
The Alamodome has been San Antonio’s biggest stage since May 15, 1993, when the city opened a roughly $186 million domed stadium in hopes of landing an NFL team. The NFL never came, but the building kept picking up roles instead — as the Spurs’…
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/ September 27, 2026
Jones AT&T Stadium has served as the home of Texas Tech Red Raiders football on the university’s Lubbock, Texas campus since it opened on November 29, 1947, when the Red Raiders beat Hardin-Simmons 14-6 in the inaugural game. Built in the school’s signature Spanish Renaissance…
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/ September 25, 2026
Kroger Field is the 61,000-seat home of Kentucky Wildcats football on the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington, and it’s the largest stadium in the state. It opened in 1973 as Commonwealth Stadium, went through a major renovation in 2015 that traded some bleacher capacity…
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/ September 25, 2026
Mountain America Stadium is the home of Arizona State Sun Devils football, on the university’s campus in Tempe, Arizona. It opened on October 4, 1958, as Sun Devil Stadium, with about 30,000 seats. Arizona State beat West Texas State 16-13 in the first game there.
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/ September 25, 2026
Lane Stadium, officially Lane Stadium/Worsham Field, is the home of Virginia Tech Hokies football in Blacksburg, Virginia, and one of the loudest, most intimidating venues in college sports. It’s the place where Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” turns 65,000-plus fans into a single jumping, roaring mass right…
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/ September 24, 2026
Salt Lake Stadium — officially Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) — is Kolkata’s colossal home of Indian football, a ground so large that when it opened in January 1984 it briefly ranked as the second-biggest football stadium on the planet, trailing only Brazil’s Maracanã. Decades…
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/ September 24, 2026
Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri, is the home of the Missouri Tigers football team. It opened on October 2, 1926, and is dedicated to the 112 University of Missouri students and alumni who died in World War I. The playing surface has…
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/ September 24, 2026
Razorback Stadium’s official capacity is 76,212, making Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium the home of Arkansas football one of the largest venues in the Southeastern Conference. On a sellout Saturday that number can get even bigger — the stadium’s all-time attendance record is 76,808, set…
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/ September 23, 2026
Edgbaston Cricket Ground sits in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England, and has served as the home of Warwickshire County Cricket Club since 1894. The Cricket Ground Company acquired the site in 1885, and the ground staged its first match, against the MCC, in June…
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/ September 23, 2026
The Oval is a cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth, that has served as the home of Surrey County Cricket Club since it opened in 1845. Built on what had once been a market garden, the ground was laid out after…
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/ September 22, 2026
The Hockenheimring is a motorsport circuit near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, that opened on May 29, 1932. Originally a long triangular course cut through the surrounding forest, part of the layout had to be reworked in the mid-1960s when construction of the…
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/ September 22, 2026
The Imola Circuit, officially known as the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, opened in 1953 near the town of Imola in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, just 40 kilometers east of Bologna. Built through the countryside surrounding the Santerno river, the track quickly became one of…
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/ September 21, 2026
Martinsville Speedway opened in September 1947 in Ridgeway, Virginia, making it the oldest track still on the NASCAR schedule. Built by local businessman H. Clay Earles, the track hosted its first NASCAR-sanctioned race on July 4, 1948, won by Fonty Flock, and later became the…
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/ September 21, 2026
Darlington Raceway opened on August 19, 1950, as the first paved superspeedway built specifically for NASCAR stock car racing. Tucked into the small town of Darlington, South Carolina, the track hosted its inaugural Southern 500 that September, a grueling 500-mile race won by Californian Johnny…
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/ September 21, 2026
Road America is a permanent road racing circuit near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, that opened on September 10, 1955, after safety concerns ended the open public-road races the town had hosted since 1950. Built by local civil engineer Clif Tufte, the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit was carved…
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