The 30 Most Architecturally Impressive Sports Stadiums in the World

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The 30 Most Architecturally Impressive Sports Stadiums in the World

From soccer to sumo wrestling, baseball to bobsleigh, sport is one of the great unifiers in contemporary society – with the occasional great divide thrown in for good measure. Few activities elicit such a fervent response from people, and the passion exhibited by those playing is often at least matched by the excitement of fans and spectators. It’s perhaps no surprise, then, that the worldwide sporting industry has been estimated to be worth as much as a staggering $620 billion by management consultancy A.T. Kearney. With that kind of money circulating, the arenas in which sporting dramas play out at the highest level are bound to be impressive structures. Still, in terms of architecture at least, some are even more remarkable than others. Here we take a look at 30 of the best.

Full list:
30. Century Lotus Stadium, Foshan, China
29. PGE Arena, Gdansk, Poland
28. Rungnado May Day Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea
27. Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
26. Donbass Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine
25. AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
24. Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China
23. Municipal Stadium, Wrocław, Poland
22. Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, England
21. AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia
20. Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada
19. Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
18. Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan
17. Emirates Stadium, London, England
16. NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kiev, Ukraine
15. MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
14. Universiade Sports Center, Shenzhen, China
13. Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
12. Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia
11. Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena, Shanghai, China
10. Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa
9. Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany
8. Wembley Stadium, London, England
7. Beijing National Aquatics Center, Beijing, China
6. National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland
5. Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada
4. FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
3. Kaohsiung National Stadium, Zuoying District, Taiwan
2. Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
1. Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, China