List of current NFL stadiums

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List of current NFL stadiums

This list of current National Football League (NFL) stadiums includes their locations, capacities, their first year of usage, and home teams. Although the NFL has 32 teams, there are only 30 full-time NFL stadiums. This is because the New York Giants and New York Jets share MetLife Stadium, and the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers share SoFi Stadium.

Newest Stadiums in the NFL
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SoFi Stadium, opened in 2020, is the home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers.
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Allegiant Stadium, opened in 2020, is the home of the Las Vegas Raiders.

The newest full-time NFL stadiums are SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, and Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, home of the Las Vegas Raiders. Both stadiums opened for the 2020 season. Soldier Field in Chicago is the oldest, having opened in 1924; however, the Bears did not play at Soldier Field until 1971 and did not play there in 2002 while the stadium was under reconstruction, and thus the oldest continuously operating stadium in the NFL is Lambeau Field, hosting the Green Bay Packers since its opening in 1957.

The NFL uses several other stadiums on a regular basis in addition to the teams' designated regular home sites. In England, two London venues – Wembley Stadium and from 2016 to 2018 the Twickenham Stadium then the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – are contracted to host a combined four games per season, as part of the NFL International Series which runs through 2022.[needs update] Estadio Azteca in Mexico City hosted NFL International Series games in 2016, 2017, and 2019, and was under contract to host one game per season through 2021. In addition, Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, is the location of the annual exhibition Pro Football Hall of Fame Game. From the 2022 season, the Allianz Arena in Germany has hosted the Munich Games of the NFL International series.

The majority of current NFL stadiums have sold naming rights to corporations. Only 3 of the league's 30 stadiums — Arrowhead Stadium, Lambeau Field, and Soldier Field — do not currently use a corporate-sponsored name. Though the Chiefs sold naming rights of the football field to GEHA, the team retain stadium branding under the Arrowhead name.[1]

Stadium characteristics

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Stadiums represent a considerable expense to a community, and thus their construction, use, and funding often enter the public discourse.[2] Also, given the perceived advantage a team gets to playing in its home stadium, particular attention is given in the media to the peculiarities of each stadium's environment. Climate, playing surface (either natural or artificial turf), and the type of roof all contribute to giving each team its home-field advantage.

Stadiums are either open, enclosed, or have a retractable roof. For retractable roofs, the home team determines if the roof is to be opened or closed 90 minutes before kickoff. The roof remains open unless precipitation or lightning is within the vicinity of the stadium, the temperature drops below 40 °F (4 °C), or wind gusts are greater than 40 miles per hour (64 km/h), in which case the roof operators will close the roof.[3]

Seating

With a peak capacity of over 100,000 spectators (80,000+ listed seating capacity), AT&T Stadium has the highest capacity of any NFL stadium, while MetLife Stadium has the highest listed seating capacity at 82,500. The smallest stadium is Soldier Field with a capacity of 61,500.

In their normal configurations, all of the league's 30 stadiums have a seating capacity of at least 60,000 spectators; of those, a majority (17) have fewer than 70,000 seats, while 8 have between 70,000 and 80,000, and 5 can seat 80,000 or more. In contrast to college football stadiums, the largest of which can and regularly do accommodate over 100,000 spectators, no stadium in the league currently has a listed seating capacity of more than 82,500. Teams rarely build their stadiums far beyond the 80,000 seat threshold (and even then, only in the largest markets) because of the league's blackout policy, which prohibited the televising of any NFL game within 75 miles of its home market if a game does not sell all of its non-premium seating. The policy has been suspended since 2015; from then until 2019, several teams played in temporary facilities with capacities far larger than a normal stadium. In 2020, social distancing mandates related to the COVID-19 pandemic prohibited teams from selling out their stadiums, and several teams had no fans in attendance all season due to state mandates (for example, the Las Vegas Raiders had no spectators for the entire season in accordance with Nevada policy). The league has a firm minimum on the number of seats an NFL stadium should have; since 1971, the league has generally not allowed any stadium under 50,000 seats to host a full-time NFL team. In normal circumstances, all NFL stadiums are all-seaters.

List of current stadiums

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Some stadiums can be expanded to fit larger crowds for other events such as concerts or conventions. Official seating capacities do not include standing room.

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Image Name Team(s) Location Capacity Surface Roof type Opened Ref(s)
Thumb Acrisure Stadium Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 68,400 Kentucky bluegrass Open 2001 [4]
Thumb Allegiant Stadium Las Vegas Raiders Paradise, Nevada 65,000 Bermuda grass Fixed 2020 [5]
Thumb Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City Chiefs Kansas City, Missouri 76,416 Bermuda grass Open 1972 [6]
Thumb AT&T Stadium Dallas Cowboys Arlington, Texas 80,000 Hellas Matrix Turf Retractable 2009 [7][8]
Thumb Bank of America Stadium Carolina Panthers Charlotte, North Carolina 74,867 FieldTurf Open 1996 [9]
Thumb Caesars Superdome New Orleans Saints New Orleans, Louisiana 73,208 FieldTurf Revolution 360[10] Fixed 1975 [11]
Thumb Empower Field at Mile High Denver Broncos Denver, Colorado 76,125 Kentucky bluegrass Open 2001 [12]
Thumb EverBank Stadium Jacksonville Jaguars Jacksonville, Florida 67,838 Bermuda grass Open 1995 [13]
Thumb Ford Field Detroit Lions Detroit, Michigan 65,000 FieldTurf CORE[14] Fixed 2002 [15]
Thumb Gillette Stadium New England Patriots Foxborough, Massachusetts 66,829 FieldTurf CORE[10] Open 2002 [16]
Thumb Hard Rock Stadium Miami Dolphins Miami Gardens, Florida 65,326 Bermuda grass Open 1987 [17]
Thumb Highmark Stadium Buffalo Bills Orchard Park, New York 71,608 A-Turf Titan 50[18] Open 1973 [18]
Thumb Huntington Bank Field Cleveland Browns Cleveland, Ohio 67,431 Kentucky bluegrass Open 1999 [19][20]
Thumb Lambeau Field Green Bay Packers Green Bay, Wisconsin 81,441 Kentucky bluegrass reinforced with SIS Grass.[21] Open 1957 [22]
Thumb Levi's Stadium San Francisco 49ers Santa Clara, California 68,500 Bermuda grassPerennial Ryegrass mixture Open 2014 [23]
Thumb Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 69,596 GrassMaster[24] Open 2003 [25]
Thumb Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis Colts Indianapolis, Indiana 67,000 Hellas Matrix Turf Retractable 2008 [26]
Thumb Lumen Field Seattle Seahawks Seattle, Washington 69,000 FieldTurf Revolution 360[10] Open 2002 [27]
Thumb M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore Ravens Baltimore, Maryland 71,008 Bermuda grass[28] Open 1998 [29]
Thumb Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta Falcons Atlanta, Georgia 71,000 FieldTurf Revolution[30] Retractable 2017 [31]
Thumb MetLife Stadium New York Giants
New York Jets
East Rutherford, New Jersey 82,500 FieldTurf Core[32] Open 2010 [33]
Thumb Nissan Stadium Tennessee Titans Nashville, Tennessee 69,143 Matrix Helix Turf with organic infill[34] Open 1999 [35]
Thumb Northwest Stadium Washington Commanders Landover, Maryland 62,000 Bermuda grass Open 1997 [36][37]
Thumb NRG Stadium Houston Texans Houston, Texas 72,220 Hellas Matrix Turf[38] Retractable 2002 [39]
Thumb Paycor Stadium Cincinnati Bengals Cincinnati, Ohio 65,515 UBU Speed Series S5-M Synthetic Turf Open 2000 [40]
Thumb Raymond James Stadium Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tampa, Florida 69,218 Bermuda grass Open 1998 [41]
Thumb SoFi Stadium Los Angeles Rams
Los Angeles Chargers
Inglewood, California 70,240 Hellas Matrix Turf Fixed 2020 [42]
Thumb Soldier Field Chicago Bears Chicago, Illinois 61,500 Bermuda grass[43] Open 1924[a] [44]
Thumb State Farm Stadium Arizona Cardinals Glendale, Arizona 63,400 Bermuda grass Retractable 2006 [45]
Thumb U.S. Bank Stadium Minnesota Vikings Minneapolis, Minnesota 66,655 UBU Speed Series S5-M Synthetic Turf[46] Fixed 2016 [47]
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Future stadiums

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Stadium Capacity Location Surface Roof type Team(s) Opening Ref(s)
New Highmark Stadium 62,000 Orchard Park, New York Grass Open Buffalo Bills 2026 [48]
New Nissan Stadium 60,000 Nashville, Tennessee Turf Fixed Tennessee Titans 2027 [49][50][51]
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Proposed
Stadium Capacity Location Surface Roof type Team(s) Opening Ref(s)
New Bears Stadium 65,000 Chicago, Illinois TBD Fixed Chicago Bears 2028 [52][53][54]
New EverBank Stadium 62,000 Jacksonville, Florida TBD Fixed Jacksonville Jaguars 2028 [55][56]
New Browns Stadium TBD Brook Park, Ohio TBD Fixed Cleveland Browns 2029 [57][58][59][60]
New Commanders Stadium TBD Washington, D.C.[b] TBD TBD Washington Commanders 2030 [61]
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Special event stadiums

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Notes

  1. Soldier Field opened in 1924; The Bears became tenants in 1971; The playing field and seating bowl were renovated in 2003, leaving little more than its iconic colonnade.
  2. Team is negotiating with officials from Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia
  3. Renovated in 1917, 1924, 1937, 1949, 1952, 1959, 1988, 1993–1996, 2003, and 2005.
  4. Renovated in 1937, 1953–1955, 1960, 1974, 2002–2005.
  5. Renovated in 1986, 1999, 2013
  6. Renovated in 1861, 1876, 1881, 1884, 1897, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1912, 1927, 1937, 1956, 1967–1968, 1984, 1992, 1994, 2003–2005, and 2011–2013.
  7. Renovated in 1972–1973, 2000–2004
  8. Renovated in 1953–1954, 1982, 1992–1994, 2001–2006, 2019–2024.
  9. Opened as Fawcett Stadium in 1938; rebuilt in 2015–2016
  10. Renovated in 1921, 1927, 1932, 1981, 1990, 1995, 2006, 2014.
  11. Wembley Stadium seating reduced from 90,000 for NFL games

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