World's Most Expensive Stadiums

Design, innovation and capacity are just some of the key elements when building a stadium. We have been featuring some great stadiums in ArchDaily like Herzog & de Meuron’s Bird’s Nest, for the Beijing Olympics.

However, as impressive as it may be, the Bird’s Nest cost was ‘just’ 500 millions dollars, a lot less than the ones who made Forbes top 10 list of most expensive stadiums.

Check the complete list, after the break.

10. ANZ Stadium / Sydney Australia / $624 million

9. Lucas Oil Stadium / Indianapolis, USA / $675 million

8. Safeco Field / Seattle, USA / $656 million

7. Soldier Field / Chicago, USA / $714 million

6. The Emirates Stadium / London, England / $770 million

5. Rogers Centre / Toronto, Canada / $930 million

4. Stade de France / Paris, France / $974 million

3. Madison Square Garden / New York, USA / $1.1 billion

2. Olympic Stadium / Montreal, Canada / $1.4 billion

1. Wembley Stadium / London, England / $1.5 billion

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Cite: Sebastian Jordana. "World's Most Expensive Stadiums" 18 Sep 2009. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/35274/worlds-most-expensive-stadiums> ISSN 0719-8884

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