The 30 biggest stadiums in world sports, ranked by crowd capacity by Alan Dawson on Mar 18, 2018, 6:57 AM Advertisement
 The world is home to some truly gigantic sports venues, covering much-loved sports like football, soccer, and rugby. To work out which stadium is king, we have collected official crowd capacity data from the venues to produce a power ranking based on their size as of March 2018. When it comes to game day, it is fair to say these stadiums can become as heavily-populated as small cities. Scroll down for the world's big 30. SEE ALSO: The 24 best footballers on the planet right now DON'T MISS: The 23 richest billionaire NHL franchise owners — and how they made their fortune =29: Twickenham — London, England  Capacity: 82,000. Home team: England national rugby union team. Twickenham has been around since 1907 and has grown into the second-largest stadium in the UK, and the fourth-largest in Europe. It has hosted Rugby World Cup games for the 1991, 1999, and 2015 tournaments. It is also a prime music venue.
=29: FedExField — Landover, Maryland, United States  Capacity: 82,000. Home team: Washington Redskins (NFL). NFL franchise Washington Redskins has played its home games at FedExField since 1997, but the stadium has also hosted concerts for The Rolling Stones, U2, and Taylor Swift.
28: Croke Park — Dublin, Ireland  Capacity: 82,300. Tenant: Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Croke Park is known as the home of gaelic football, the Gaelic games, and hurling.
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