List of most expensive stadiums explained

List of the most expensive stadiums in the world.

Rank	Stadium	Sport	Main tenant(s)	League	Country	City	Current owner(s)	Broke ground	Opened	data-sort-type="currency"	Total construction cost (billion US$)	data-sort-type="currency"	Inflation-adjusted cost (billion US$) in	Capacity
1	SoFi Stadium	American football	Los Angeles Rams		United States	Inglewood	Kroenke Sports & Entertainment	2016	2020	$5.5 billion^[1] ^[2]	$ billion	70,000 (expandable to 100,000)
			Los Angeles Chargers
2	Allegiant Stadium	American football	Las Vegas Raiders		United States	Paradise	Las Vegas Stadium Authority	2017	2020	$1.9 billion^[3]	$ billion	65,000
			UNLV Rebels
3	MetLife Stadium	American football	New York Jets		United States	East Rutherford	New York Jets (50%) New York Giants (50%)	2007	2010	$1.7 billion^[4]	$ billion	82,500
			New York Giants
4	Mercedes-Benz Stadium	American football	Atlanta Falcons			United States	Atlanta	Georgia World Congress Center	2014	2017	$1.5 billion^[5]	$ billion	75,000
Association football
5	Wembley Stadium	Association football	England National Team	UEFA	United Kingdom	London	The FA	2003	2007	$1.5 billion = £1.1 billion^[6]	$ billion	90,000
			England Women's National Team
6	Yankee Stadium	Baseball			United States	New York City	New York City	2006	2009	$2.3 billion^[7]	$ billion	54,251
Association football		New York City FC
	AT&T Stadium	American football	Dallas Cowboys		United States	Arlington	City of Arlington			$1.48 billion^[8]	$ billion	80,000 (expandable to 105,000)
	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	Association football	Tottenham Hotspur		United Kingdom	London	Tottenham Hotspur			$1.33 billion = £1 billion	$ billion	62,850
	Singapore National Stadium	Association football	Singapore national football team		Singapore	Kallang				$1.31 billion = S$1.87 billion	$ billion	55,000
10	Levi's Stadium	American football	San Francisco 49ers	NFL	United States	Santa Clara	City of Santa Clara	2012	2014	$ 1.3 billion		$ billion	68,500
11	Optus Stadium	Cricket	Australia national cricket team		Australia	Perth		2014	2017	$1.2 billion^[9]	$ billion	61,244
Western Australia cricket team
Perth Scorchers
Perth Scorchers Women
Australian rules football		West Coast Eagles
		Fremantle Dockers
12	Olympic Stadium (Montreal)	multi-purpose stadium	CF Montréal	MLS	Canada	Montréal	Régie des Installations Olympiques (Government of Quebec)	1973	1976	$1.1 billion [14]	$ 8.95 billion	61,004
	Krestovsky Stadium	Association football			Russia	Saint Petersburg				$1.1 billion^[10]	$ billion	68,000
	U.S. Bank Stadium	American football			United States	Minneapolis	Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority			$1.1 billion^[11]	$ billion	73,000
	Globe Life Field	Baseball	Texas Rangers		United States	Arlington	City of Arlington			$1.1 billion^[12]	$ billion	40,300
	Citi Field	Baseball	New York Mets	MLB	United States	New York	New York Mets	2006	2009	$0.9 billion	$ billion	41,922
	Estádio Nacional	Association football	Brasília FC		Brazil	Brasília	Terracap			$0.8 billion^[13]	$ billion	72,788

See also

• List of most expensive buildings

Notes and References

1. News: Brinson. Will. NFL Reportedly Raising Debt Limit on Rams Stadium after L.A. Project nears $5B Price Tag. March 27, 2018. March 27, 2018.
2. News: Dasilva. Cameron. NFL owners approve additional $500M in funding for SoFi Stadium. May 19, 2020. July 24, 2020.
3. Web site: Las Vegas Raiders' Allegiant Stadium, by the numbers. Barrabi. Thomas. 2020-01-06. FOXBusiness. en-US. 2020-01-12.
4. Web site: About Us. www.metlifestadium.com. en. 2020-01-12.
5. How much did it cost to build Mercedes-Benz Stadium?. Rollins. Khadrice. Sports Illustrated. 3 February 2019 . en-us. 2020-01-12.
6. News: Staggering cost of Wembley to break the billion barrier. Bose. Mihir. Daily Telegraph. 2006-08-02. 2020-01-12. en-GB. 0307-1235.
7. Web site: Private/public cost breakdown for new Yankees/Mets stadiums . Field of Schemes . Neil . Demause . January 2009 . 2021-03-23.
8. News: Mosley . Matt . Jones building a legacy with $1.3 billion Cowboys stadium . September 15, 2008 . November 28, 2008 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20081030014350/http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=mosley_matt&page=hotread1%2Fmosley . October 30, 2008.
9. News: Optus sold Perth Stadium naming rights, but how does the deal stack up? . ABC News . November 8, 2017 . September 28, 2020.
10. Web site: El Gazprom Arena será el estadio de fútbol más caro del mundo. https://archive.today/20140611112635/http://es.rbth.com/deportes/2014/01/15/el_gazprom_arena_sera_el_estadio_de_futbol_mas_caro_del_mundo_36355.html. dead. 11 June 2014. Russia Beyond The Headlines. Russia Beyond The Headlines. 15 January 2014. 28 October 2014.
11. News: Wilfs pledge $19.5M more to stadium. ESPN. March 26, 2015. March 27, 2015.
12. News: 10 Things to Know About the New Rangers Ballpark, Including Where It Will Be and How Much It Will Cost. The Dallas Morning News. May 22, 2016. August 28, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20190601091127/https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/texas-rangers/rangers/2016/05/22/10-things-know-new-rangers-ballpark-including-will-much-will-cost. June 1, 2019. dead.
13. News: High cost, corruption claims mar Brazil World Cup. https://web.archive.org/web/20140521094348/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/high-cost-corruption-claims-mar-brazil-world-cup/2014/05/12/3c4bd444-d996-11e3-a837-8835df6c12c4_story.html. dead. May 21, 2014. Washington Post. May 12, 2014. May 12, 2014. This is the second-most expensive football stadium in the world. The original budget was $300 million.