Why college stadiums are the biggest in the world
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As an Australian, I wish we had college towns like the US, it creates such interesting culture and communities
The Narendra Modi Stadium is the biggest stadium in the world. As a cricket stadium in India, it is a host to the most popular sport in the most populous country on Earth, so the capacity feels about right.
Yet, College Football stadiums make up the majority of the biggest stadiums in the world. Why would a non-professionalised football competition, made up of students, have the biggest stadiums in the world?
Its not really "biggest"
Let’s find out.
Written by Seth Emerson, illustrated by Marco Bevilacqua.
How do total revenues per game compare though with the NFL and European soccer leagues? Probably a lot lower(?)
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Southern CA never built a stadium. They play at the LA Colosseum which is owned by the city.
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College American Futbol stadium, not Futbol. AMERICAN FUTBOL
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As a Michigander I'm slightly offended that you didn't include the great lakes on the map. We have the biggest collage stadium so it would have been nice to accent where Michigan is. But all the other info was interesting.
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College students care less about sight lines and more about being in the whole middle of the experience thing.
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It’s pretty much a professional sport at this point
@Drewbreesusare you kidding me the mcg has 100k and 43
@ChickHickseditsMost college fans have a Special Connection to their Players . Neither have ever been in the school library .
@KaisasDadLong story short there not under strict seating restrictions imposed by fifa most European stadiums in the now 80k range actually hold 100k plus capacity when first built when the regulations weren’t as strict
@the_real_idoit8166THE MCG GOT TO 143 thousand before it was nerfed
@XaviercommentsectionStop using background tracks.
@kjata77You forgot the fact that until 2014, if an NFL stadium wasn’t at least 85% sold out 72 hours before kickoff, the game would be blacked out in the home team’s local market. That’s not an issue for some teams, but for others led to TV stations, radio stations and car dealerships giving away tickets like candy as ad revenue, even on a local level was worth more than risking a local blackout.
Blackout rules didn’t ever really exist in CFB, and of course until the Antitrust lawsuit, there was limited TV showing of games, leading further to the need for larger stadiums.
Or in other words, like always, blame the NCAA.
went to a game in Tuscaloosa a few yrs ago, sheesh , what a smoke show 🔥 no wonder guys go there 👠👗👙
@orangecounty2033Great Strahov Stadium in Prague has definitely seen better days but allegedly holds 250k. It’s basically 9 football fields in 3x3 with seating surrounding it.
@cowardlylion42They have a built in fan base that they pump up. Ticket prices are cheaper and rivalries tend to be closer and in driving distance so will get a higher % of opponent fans.
@rogerahier4750FYI: New York is not the largest metro area in America, it's the largest metro area in The United States
@coasterpimp2Michigan holds up to 112,000 people actually
@untouchedsports8296The Brickyard @ INDY has a seating capacity of 257,325.
@trevorgoodman4895That’s right world. And this is for 7 games a year.
@dmurphy1578no worldcup yet booo! fake fussybal!
@returo7297The only answer is that they don’t generally use individual seating, they have benches and are not fit for convenience. Literally the only reason why.
@trackshunrun an entire sport monopoly under education banner is certainly a choice
@sapk3532We have big stadiums cause we're bloody rich yes money is why we have big stadiums kind of weird
@tufstuff2586No! Simply no! You are not "the best team of sports writers and analysts in the world".
How one would even measure that I don't know. But I will not go along with this ludicrous statement.
Maybe you should deflate your egos a bit and rethink what you proclaim in videos...
It's cheaper
@Shoelessjoe78Interesting that there were no terraced stadiums in the early days of the sport but no one would be willing to stand for the ungodly amount of time it takes to complete each match.
@eccieeccieeccieoioioi4:08 The answer.....
@davejohannes7694The MCG in Melbourne, Australia, has a capacity of 100,024. It's used for cricket and Australian football. There is nothing like the crowd noise in the dying minutes of a final.
@HorizonOfHopeCollege stadiums may have the largest capacity, but they are technically not "the biggest", when you take factors like legroom etc into account.
For example, look at an aerial image of Michigan Stadium (107k) vs an aerial of MetLife Stadium (82.5k). MetLife is clearly the bigger building of the two, with the bigger footprint.
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@matei7622Because many of them are just part of the over all Campus.
@homerdoh-x5k0:23 ??????????
@coolio2000The MCG in Melbourne seats over 100,000
@anduril4Nfl says screw the average fan and cater to rich people
@drewforyou6724American football didn't start in America... It started in Canada at McGill University in Montreal.
@answer_is_42Cricket Stadiums are Huge in size
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Cricket is huge in South Asia ❤
Maybe because the makers of this video are English, but college sports also generate greater passion than pro sports in America.
Sure there are some pro teams with passionate fanbases, but in general you'll find the most intense fan experiences at college football bowls or the NCAA Tournament.
Football (soccer) fans often compare their local allegiances in small towns in England to the cold commercial experience of the pro sports that the yanks play. But that's because they are oblivious to the fierce local allegiances to college (or high school in Texas!) sports in the US.
A pro sports franchise like the Seattle Supersonics can be bought and moved, but the college teams stay where they are, much like football clubs would in Europe. And the money in big college sports is truly massive. The large stadiums reflect that intensity.
Technically as far as sports venues go: Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the biggest sports facility in the world. 250,000 seat capacity, but on the day of the Indianapolis 500, 400,000 people are there
@razormc954Bristol motor speedway is the biggest
@KoenvanLangenlot of them dont have seats just benches
@anthonyd6370Ngl Bro lost all his credibility as a source he said auburn wrong
@2brozNeed more seats because of lower price for college games?
@The-Hermit-HealerCollege football was around and popular before the nfl literally football college games have been sold out since the 1940s
@scs2850You butchered Auburn. It's pronounce AW-burn.
@williamnicks2148The college football stadiums are the biggest but they're not just bleacher seats like you said. They've been modernized and updated they have everything the NFL has. College football is massive . Most NFL teams couldn't get 100,000 people in the stadiums. But there are 10 college teams that have a 100,000 people every game
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