The TOP-10 Largest MLB Baseball Stadiums In The USA

What Is The Biggest MLB Stadium?

The Dodger Stadium is the largest baseball stadium by capacity in the United States. The stadium is designed for 56,000 seats but on April 13, 2009, an absolute attendance record of 57,099 fans was recorded during the Dodgers Home Opener.

10 Larges MLB Baseball Stadiums

Since baseball is extremely popular in the US, a lot of large stadiums for this game have been built there. By 1857 there were already 16 baseball clubs. Some of the stadiums were quite small before, however, they have been extended. However, some fields that had a huge size from the beginning. This list includes 10 largest baseball stadiums in the US and interesting facts about each one. 

10. Busch Stadium

Some call this place Busch Stadium III as it was built as a replacement for Busch Memorial Stadium which had an unofficial name  Busch Stadium II. The new building took most of the territory of the last one. The rest of the space is used as a commercial area. A very first name of the baseball field was Sportsman’s Park, renaming to Busch Stadium happened in 1953. 

The field is home of the St. Louis Cardinals. The place was officially opened on April 4, 2006, and the first game occurred on April 10, 2006. The record of attendance is 48 556 people. Generally, the capacity of the stadium is 44 494 plus 3 706 club seats and 61 luxury ones.

9. Angel Stadium of Anaheim

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Angel Stadium of Anaheim is a convenient stadium situated in Los Angeles. There was a quite big issue while choosing the size of the field. The main goal was to find the right balance between hitter, pitcher, and weather conditions. Now the field area 396 feet (120 701 m).

When the construction of the building was finished in 1966. About 14 years this field was hosting the National Football League. This place has an unofficial name The Big A, a sign with these words can be seen around the entrance. Not only baseball is played there. School and college football games were held in this field as well. 

Once the stadium was host to the 1967 MLB All-Star Game, which is the first All-Star Game shown on prime-time television. 

8. Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Usually, people call this place just Oriole Park or Camden Yards. This is the place where Major League Baseball has its matches. The stadium is located close to the center of Baltimore. The construction of the building took 33 months. 

In the period from 1992 and 2000, an average number of  Oriole Park visitors was around 40 000. At the moment the highest attendance of this place happened in 2005 — 49 828 came to watch a match.  

7. Oakland Coliseum

The name of the stadium is commercial. Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum is its fifth name since its construction in 1966. The construction of the building lasted two and a half years and cost 25,5 million. In 1996, the Auckland Coliseum was substantially renewed, giving it that specific form and increasing the number of seats.

From 2008 to 2009, they played not only baseball here, but also soccer. The stadium hosted the MLS League football club San Jose Earthquakes.

6. Coors Field

A huge baseball stadium which is located not far from Union Station. The rights for naming the place were bought by Coors Brewing Company. To build the Coors Field approximately 300 million dollars. Nowadays it has 63 luxury seats and 4 526 club ones. There are special seats in the twenties row, as they have a blue color. It reflecting the location of the stadium above sea level.  This also means that Coors Field is the highest place in this rating.

5. Yankee Stadium

Yankee Stadium serves as a home arena not only for baseball players but also for representatives of another sport — soccer. This is a multifunctional stadium in South Bronx (New York), home arena of FC “New York City”. It`s easy to get there by subway — 50 meters from the stadium is 161 Street — Yankee Stadium station. 

To make such a building cost 1.5 billion dollars. The field takes  97 000 square meters of space. The first Yankees baseball game took place on April, 2. Interestingly, a normal capacity of the stadium is 33 444 people, however, it there is a need, it can be extended to 49 642 seats. 

4. T-Mobile Park

This is an impressive stadium with a sliding roof. The stadium is owned and managed by the Washington-King County Stadium Authority. The place is the home arena of the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team and can accommodate 47 476 people.

In addition to the Mariners, there were amateur baseball competitions at the Safeco Field, including a championship among state school teams, and here, each season, the Washington Huskies baseball team plays one game a season. In addition to baseball, in 2001 and 2002 American football matches were held here: Seattle Bowl and WrestleMania XIX in 2003, which gathered a record number of spectators for the stadium — 54 097 people.

3. Globe Life Park in Arlington

The construction was completed in April 1994. Ameriquest became an owner of the field on May 7, 2004, and gave it another name – Ameriquest Field in Arlington. However, three years later Rangers stopped the contract with Ameriquest and renamed the place into Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. The field hosted Big 12 Baseball Tournament twice. 

The biggest amount of those who came to this place for a baseball game was 52 419 people. The building is designed in a retro-style. This place has 5 704 club seats and 126 luxury suites.

2. Chase Field

This stadium is home of Arizona Diamondbacks. The cost of the building was 354 million, at the moment Maricopa County is an owner of Chase Field. The stadium includes even a swimming-pool. A previous name of the place was Bank One Ballpark as Bank One of Chicago was sponsoring the construction. The building can accommodate 48 569 baseball fans.

Comfortable seats and modern design make this stadium a dreamy place to visit for all sports lovers. This field has natural grass which always has great conditions because of the climate control system. A modern huge information board there is 14 meters high and 41 meters wide. 

1. Dodger Stadium

It is the largest baseball stadium in the world and it is the only stadium whose capacity has never changed. From the moment of construction to this day, it is 56,000 spectators.

A distinctive feature of the stadium, which was opened in 1962, is the wavy roofs on top of each pavilion. And from the stands, if you look to the north of the mountains, you can see the inscription “Think Blue”.

The stadium is designed and built so that the entire stadium structure can withstand earthquakes —  this is a priority factor in California. Although the maximum capacity of the audience is 56 000 people, in 2009, the record of fans of the stadium came to the match between LA Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates — 57 099 people.

Full List Of MLB Stadiums By Capacity As Of 2020