With the re-opening of a gigantic stadium in India during 2020, the world has a new largest sports stadium.

The Ahmedabad venue - used mainly for cricket - has overtaken a venue in a country which may leave you surprised as the world's biggest.

Here are the ten biggest sporting stadiums in the world.

 

  1. Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA

Capacity: 100,077

Sport: American Football

Teams: Alabama Crimson Tide Football

 

  1. Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas, USA

Capacity: 100,119

Sport: American Football

Teams: Texas Longhorns Football

 

  1. Neyland Stadium, Knoxville Tennessee, USA

Capacity: 101,915

Sport: American Football

Teams: Tennesse Volunteers Football

 

  1. Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Capacity: 102,321

Sport: American Football

Teams: LSU Tigers Football

 

  1. Kyle Field, College Station, Texas, USA

Capacity: 102,733

Sport: American Football

Teams: Texas A&M Aggies Football

 

  1. Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Capacity: 102,780

Sport: American Football

Teams: Ohio State Buckeyes Football

 

  1. Beaver Stadium, State College, Pennsylvania, USA

Capacity: 106,572

Sport: American Football

Teams: Penn State Nittany Lions Football

 

  1. Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Capacity: 107,601

Sport: American Football

Teams: Michigan Wolverines Football

 

  1. Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea

Capacity: 114,000

Sport: Football, Athletics, Mulit Sport events, other events

Teams: North Korea national football team

 

  1. Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Capacity: 132,000

Sport: Cricket

Teams: India national cricket team, Gujarat Titans, Gujarat Cricket team

    Scott Pryde
    Scott is the editor of Zero Tackle, and has worked within sports media since 2014. While rugby league is his most heavily covered sport, he spends plenty of time involved in umpiring cricket, and - from the Olympics to baseball, and basketball to cycling - has had a crack at covering just about every sport that exists.