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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/ June 18, 2026
The Johan Cruyff Arena — officially the Johan Cruijff ArenA — is the largest stadium in the Netherlands and the home of AFC Ajax in Amsterdam. Opened on 14 August 1996 at a cost equivalent to €140 million, it seats 55,865 for football matches and
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/ June 18, 2026
Raymond James Stadium stands at 4201 North Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, Florida, serving as the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers since its opening on September 20, 1998. Built at a cost of $168.5 million as a replacement for the aging Tampa Stadium, the
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/ June 17, 2026
The National Stadium, Cardiff — affectionately known to generations of Welsh sports fans simply as Cardiff Arms Park — was Wales’s most revered sporting arena from the early 1970s until 1997. Built in phases on the historic Cardiff Arms Park site in the heart of
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/ June 17, 2026
Filbert Street was a football ground in Leicester, England, that served as the home of Leicester City F.C. from 1891 to 2002. The club, founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse, played their first match at the ground on 7 November 1891 and remained there for
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/ June 17, 2026
Roker Park was the home of Sunderland A.F.C. for 99 years — from its opening on 10 September 1898 until the club’s final match there in May 1997. One of England’s most celebrated and atmospheric football grounds, the stadium in the Roker district of Sunderland
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/ June 17, 2026
Maine Road was a football stadium in the Moss Side district of Manchester, England — Manchester City’s home ground from its opening on 25 August 1923 until the club’s final match there on 11 May 2003. For 80 years it stood as one of English
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/ June 17, 2026
Estadio Azteca opened on May 29, 1966, in the Coyoacán district of Mexico City, designed by architects Pedro Ramírez Vázquez and Rafael Mijares Alcérreca. Perched at an altitude of 2,200 meters (7,200 feet) above sea level, it holds 87,523 spectators — the largest capacity of
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/ June 17, 2026
Ford Field is a domed NFL stadium located at 2000 Brush Street in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Opened on August 24, 2002, it serves as the home of the Detroit Lions and replaced the aging Pontiac Silverdome as the franchise’s primary venue. The $500 million facility
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/ June 17, 2026
Citi Field opened on April 13, 2009, in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City, replacing the long-serving Shea Stadium next door. Designed by Populous (then known as HOK Sport) at a cost of around $900 million, the ballpark became the permanent home of Major
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/ June 17, 2026
Scotiabank Arena stands at 40 Bay Street in the heart of downtown Toronto, serving as the home of two of Canada’s most storied professional sports franchises: the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL and the Toronto Raptors of the NBA. Originally opened on February 19,
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/ June 16, 2026
Cobo Arena stood at the foot of the Detroit River for five decades as one of the Midwest’s defining indoor venues. Part of the sprawling Cobo Hall convention complex, the 12,191-seat arena hosted NBA basketball, rock’s greatest live albums, championship boxing, and one of the
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/ June 16, 2026
M&T Bank Stadium opened on August 8, 1998, and has served as the home of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League ever since. Designed by HOK Sport (now Populous) at a cost of approximately $220 million, the five-level venue on Russell Street in
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/ June 16, 2026
Sportsman’s Park stood at the corner of Grand Boulevard and Dodier Street on the north side of St. Louis, Missouri, serving as one of baseball’s most storied addresses for more than six decades. The modern steel-and-concrete structure opened on April 23, 1902, as home to
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/ June 16, 2026
Crosley Field stood at the corner of Findlay Street and Western Avenue in Cincinnati’s Queensgate neighborhood for nearly six decades, serving as the home of the Cincinnati Reds from its opening on April 11, 1912, until the club relocated to Riverfront Stadium in 1970. Originally
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/ June 16, 2026
Lincoln Financial Field — known to fans as ‘The Linc’ — is a 67,594-seat NFL stadium in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, home to the Philadelphia Eagles since its opening on August 3, 2003. Built at a cost of $512 million, the venue replaced the aging Veterans
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/ June 16, 2026
White Hart Lane was the cherished home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club for 118 years, from its opening on 4 September 1899 until its final match on 14 May 2017. Located in Tottenham, North London, the ground grew from a modest venue on a former
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/ June 16, 2026
Highbury — officially Arsenal Stadium — was the home of Arsenal Football Club for 93 years, from its opening on 6 September 1913 until the club’s final match there on 7 May 2006. Designed originally by Archibald Leitch and set in the North London district
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/ June 16, 2026
The original Wembley Stadium — officially named the Empire Stadium — opened on 28 April 1923 after just 300 days of construction and stood as England’s most iconic sporting arena for 77 years. Built by Sir Robert McAlpine at a cost of £750,000, and designed
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/ June 16, 2026
For 66 years, the Colisée de Québec was the loudest room in Quebec hockey — a barrel-vaulted arena on Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel that shook with noise every time the Nordiques took the ice. It opened in 1949, said goodbye to the NHL in 1995, and closed
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/ June 16, 2026
Cincinnati Gardens was an indoor arena located at 2250 Seymour Avenue in the Bond Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Built for approximately $3 million, it opened on February 22, 1949, and its original seating capacity of more than 11,000 ranked it the seventh-largest indoor arena
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