If you are a huge football fan or even if you’re not you may want to visit a football stadium on your travels. You maybe asking yourself, where are some of the best football stadiums around the world.
There are some mind blowing stadiums that are a testament to great architecture, others provide an electric atmosphere that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end.
You never know, if you time your trip right you may even be able to catch a live game at one of these epic stadiums.
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Here are our favourite seven stadiums from around the world:
Estadio Azteca – Mexico City, Mexico
With a capacity of 114,600 the Estadio Azteca is the home to the Mexican team, Club América as well as the Mexican national team. It was also the scene for the controversial “hand of god” goal scored by Diego Maradona for Argentina against England in the 1986 World Cup Semi Final. Estadio Azteca is the fifth largest stadium in the world.
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (Stadio San Siro) – Milan, Italy
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza also known as the Stadio San Siro is the home of both A.C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale Milano. The stadium’s capacity is 85,700 and it was named after Giuseppe Meazza who played for both clubs and lifted the World Cup on two occasions for Italy.
Millennium Stadium – Cardiff, Wales
The Millenium Stadium has a capacity of 74,500 and is the home of both the Welsh National Football Team and the Welsh National Rugby Team. The stadium is relatively new, being built in June 1999 at a cost of £121 million UK pounds.
La Bombonera – La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Often know as La Bombonera or “the chocolate box” this stadium excels due to some amazing acoustics generated from it’s unusual shape. Home of The Boca Juniors the stadium has a capacity of 57,395 and the pitch just sneaks in at the Fifa minimum length.
Westfalenstadion – Dortmund, Germany
The stadium is currently under sponsorship until 2011 and is known as Signal Iduna Park after a insurance company. It’s the home of Bundesliga team, Borussia Dortmund. It has a capacity of 80,552 and is Germany’s largest stadium.
Camp Nou (Nou Camp) – Barcelona, Spain
The Camp Nou is home to FC Barcelona and is often known as the “Nou Camp” in Spanish and English. It has a capacity of 98,772 and cost a massive 1,731 million Euros to develop way back in 1957. It is the largest stadium in Europe and the eleventh largest in the entire world.
Estádio do Maracanã – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Estádio do Maracanã named after the area it resides in Rio de Janeiro and is often known as Estádio do Maracanã or Maracanã stadium. It’s capacity is 88,992 making it the largest stadium in South America. The stadium opened to much fanfare back in 1950 for the World Cup Finals where the attendance was 199,854, nowadays it hosts games for the major football teams of Rio de Janeiro such as Botafogo, Flamengo and Vasco da Gama.
Traveling gives you a great opportunity to visit some interesting places and up there on the top of your list should also be football Stadiums.
It is well worth taking the opportunity to experience the raw passion and enthusiasm of the local fans, it’s part of the local culture and there really is nothing quite like the buzz of the live game.
Photos by Santi L Lobet, the junes, Gordon Plant, DhunbaX, funky1opti, Spiros2004, and lapate.
Have you been to any great Stadiums around the world? Let us know in the comments.
