What is the Largest Stadium POSSIBLE?

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[@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide]

Thanks zennie62

[@SamBrickell]

Why are American youtubers saying "football" instead of soccer? What are you, an effing commie?

[@TheJasonBigdaddy]

If Dan Snyder built the world's largest stadium it'd fall over,leak sewage like a geyser, destroy athletes knees faster than you can say Theisman, and still parade Sean Taylors corpse to try and hide from the IRS

[@gohawks3571]

They could call it the UnGrateful😉

[@Selyn301]

Hey wait a second

[@lo-fiFromChicago]

Good joke if it was 2014

[@musyarofah1]

@@lo-fiFromChicago have you seen any improvement since?

[@Alexander_Jaelan_Cummings]

Hey this sounds… familiar

[@TippiGordon]

I'd like to see a million-seat stadium just so Ticketmaster would crash and go up in flames when tickets go on sale.

[@Chatta-Ortega]

Death ☠️ to Ticketmaster.

[@mpetersen6]

If the various lotteries can handle the volume I think Ticketmaster could.

[@mdoerty13]

There has already been a 200,000 capacity stadium. Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janerio had that capacity in its original configuration. And it was built for the 1950 Word Cup. It has since been rebuilt (and renamed) with a more realistic 78,000+ capacity. It’s record crowd was 210,000. It could reach these high numbers because it used grandstands (benches) rather than sat backs. Also, the capacity listed for the 1st of May Stadium in North Korea listed as is 150,000 from some sources.

[@herrerasauro7429]

Came here to say this It goes to show what you can accomplish without amenities and some lack of safety foresights

[@MyNameishidden-l2f]

the North Korean Stadium became all seater and also all there seats were counted...dropping it back to 115,000

[@jerrymyphone5849]

Hampden Park in Glasgow had a capacity of 150,000 , record attendance 149,000+

[@User31129]

I live in Metro Detroit and am a 3rd generation graduate of Michigan. Their football stadium has the 110,000 capacity that it does because it has benches. Wouldn't have it any other way. The 4 times I've been to Lions games, compared to probably 30+ Michigan games, setbacks are a luxury.

[@adanalyst6925]

You could fit everyone on earth into an area the size of Rhode Island so really a lot is possible

[@David_Drums]

This was a fun video, especially as an engineer who has helped design parts of stadiums in the USA! Your comment on the bathrooms is on point too! The Mall of America in Minnesota has a scaling issue where they put in too few bathrooms probably to maximize stores.

[@101FIRE101]

really? it was a little off putting for me because the way the expert is talked about the logistics of building massive stadiums sounds like he’s not an engineer at all, just a guy with a talent for design

[@dcb99filmz]

"Where'd the assholes who built this place put the bathrooms!?" - Danny the Tourettes Guy

[@mrterp04]

From a practicality standpoint I *could* see an SEC or B1G football stadium getting to the 150k mark in this century, assuming football stays popular. Depending on the location you could also use it for international soccer and mega-concerts, and possibly have a temporary race track like the LA Coliseum does.

[@darthandeddeu]

Track becomes " premium Feild level seating"

[@kentfrederick8929]

The foundation for Michigan Stadium is strong enough to either install a second deck or extend the bowl, so that total seating comes to 200,000. But, parking becomes an issue, as well as traffic control before and after games

[@SCIFIguy64]

I think it’ll peak at 100k, 150k is stretching the limits of logistics and the premium a team can charge.

[@filanfyretracker]

The joke about a line to the bathroom while just for a chuckle does reflect the other issue of a mega stadium. The logistics of supporting that many people for a few hours. I feel like we would have hit 200k seaters if the cities were still trying to cram those multi-use monstrosities down the necks of sports fans though.

[@jayschafer1760]

Yeah, at a certain point you almost need to build a stadium as a separate city itself in BFE, given that it will create such a huge (and temporary) localized demand for power, water treatment, etc... But then, don't forget about getting all the attendees in and out of the stadium, and hotels/bars/restaurants for them to go to before and after the game, not to mention nearby housing and required amenities for all those workers (assuming that the giant stadium is used for more than a few times a year), and... At that point you've basically re-created Las Vegas.

[@joermnyc]

Digging down would also require a LOT of drainage, especially if ground water is not that deep. (The NYC subway relies on a massive number of pumps to keep ground water out of the tunnels and stations.)

[@laurenmp7486]

It's wild seeing Srahov Stadium in Prague and how the field is big enough for 6 full size soccer fields with space left over. One thing about it is that it was built to host an annual display of synchronized gymnastics, it was never meant as say a soccer stadium. It would be absolutely awesome as a motocross stadium. But yeah it's an odd duck among stadiums, and not just because it's so freaking huge and with a capacity for 250,000 people.

[@romiarkan450]

It's now mainly Sparta Prague's training facility though

[@gohawks3571]

Lol, the bathroom situation could be and entrance/exit stratagy😁 Since trying to get to your seat would be a hike anyway, you have people enter only from certain points & they have to stop at the bathrooms for rest stops. If they all have tickets for certain bathrooms, then people could flow to the seats in a decent manor, be relieved, and not die on the way to the seat. Probably have to start the day before just to get to the seats on time🤔

[@coryshannon3815]

Worst part about a million seat stadium: the tickets would still be upwards of $50 for the nose bleed seats....

[@User31129]

I've been in the nosebleeds for NBA. Coulda been my Dad playing down there, I'd have no idea. Basically it's Jumbotron only. That alone wouldn't be a stopping point, that you can't see the action with the naked eye.

[@Mr.E723]

What about Deutsches Stadion? I’m surprised you didn’t mention it. It was Hitler’s proposed stadium where it envisioned would be the new permanent home of the Olympics, it was supposed seat 405,000. They even built a small segment of it, pieces of the foundation of which can be found to this day (or so I’ve heard, don’t quote me on that)

[@darrenporsch]

Yeah I seen it on history of the science channel there's a section of it they cut into the hill for the seating It's still there like you said

[@svenjorgensenn8418]

I've been there. It exists, it was also supposed to be a museum of an extinct race of humans

[@thegrayman69]

You’re on drugs if you don’t consider Bristol speedway a stadium . It’s completely enclosed . They’ve literally played football games there with next to zero modification. Your argument that it’s a racetrack is 100% arbitrary

[@MikeyKaos716]

I agree with this argument that Bristol can be counted as a stadium. It'll be neat to see what a feasible seating capacity there is if they put seating on the banking for a football game.

[@JackDanaher2001]

I know it's not humanly possible to create a stadium for a million people, but it would be a dream come true.

[@patrickvolk7031]

One of the things which may be difficult to implement, would be trying to limit the distance and maximizing density. People stacking, like just making sure their head can see the action. That would mean seating at different angles, and conceivably you could have people lying down. Picture Max Mad:Thunderdome, with a really large dome, and people stacked on the rungs. For large-area stadiums, people movers are a must. I would hate to think of the traffic of disgorging a million people (where the heck is Gate 673?). It would have to have a transportation system bigger than any airport. You would need multiple layers of gates, a section might be 1000 people (say 25x40), which would mean 1000 sections. From the outside, you'd probably want to have at least 100 entrances, which would mean 10,000 people handing in tickets, more like 500 with 2,000 people entering at each. Another thing to look at would be the Hajj at Mecca. They get over 3 million people in a month (100,000 a day average, probably 250k+ realistically). 10,000 people (or much less) can be a critical mass, where moving will kill anything that trips, stops, or is constrained. If you look at crushing at events, you can see the risks associated. A superstadium would have to keep people separated, even in an emergency situation. Finally, it would definitely create a new level of tailgate culture. People instead of leaving the stadium because it may take days end up occupying the parking lots, and being fed by people embracing the culture. Of course that was probably what they thought at Woodstock (the near-disaster one, or the one with the riot, pick one). We kind of had a super stadium, Olympic Stadium in Montreal, which I don't think they still don't know what to do with it (and it had a capacity of 73,000, Montreal isn't that small of a town).

[@roflcopter117]

There is also such a thing as mass transit. I would have no parking lots and tons of rail connections, probably build it near the ocean so you could have ships carrying tons of people at a time.

[@booksteer7057]

A more practical solution for the future would be to broadcast one event in 3-D in multiple stadiums. Play the Superbowl in New Orleans, but show holographic productions of it in all the other NFL stadiums. Imagine the ticket sales.

[@dominiccarranza2184]

Easy bathroom situation. Each seat is a toilet. No lines and can save money on building an actual facility. All you need is retractable privacy walls and you're set.

[@davidwesley2525]

Worst case scenario what if they run out of toilet paper & the plumbing backs up. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@filbao8113]

What

[@wesleywildcat84]

I'd argue the Bristol racetrack is a "stadium," as it is enclosed and continous, and did host a college football game, which was more novelty than likely a pleasing experience. I mean, L.A. Colesseium has been a temporary race track twice.

[@LennyisFast]

I agree

[@scott9269]

Digging into the ground is what they do in New Mexico. The Pit, which is a surprisingly good arena to watch basketball games at, was originally built at a cost of $1.4 million in 1975, and according to their wiki it was 1/5th the cost of a typical arena. The only way to get a 150k+ stadium and have it cost-effective is to do just that.

[@christaylor9656]

When the Etihad was converted into a football stadium from an athletics stadium, they dug down. I think any super stadium would have to dig down. It makes it financially more viable.

[@theawesomer8587]

I'd hate to imagine the traffic after 1 million spectators leaving the venue at once.

[@ccmgoalie35]

And train stations would need mile long trains

[@Gordonzolar]

the bigger problem with building such a stadium would be the escape routes. how do you get 1 million people out of the stadium quickly in case of emergency? also there would be traffic jams for days

[@thattimestampguy]

1:39 Narendra Modi Stadium, India 3:26 Take Labor, Take Concrete and Steal, Deep Bedrock, Each Level Gets HEAVIER AND HEAVIER 4:35 Deep Foundation 5:37 Shift and Stretch 6:10 DIG THAT STADIUM INTO THE EARTH More Hole, More Problems. 8:27 Frank Lloyd Wright's WORLD STADIUM

[@austinreed5805]

0:26 Imagine a fully filled stadium like that.

[@coconutade111]

One million spectators in a stadium with two fields to watch two games would be amazing

[@Labyrinth6000]

Why 2? Why not 4 at the same time?

[@diogoprager5060]

What a beautiful Beira-Rio Stadium in 2:56 !!!

[@j.mieses8139]

Well done..However, I think now days owners and programs are focused more on the experience rather that cramming people in. We are currently working on a few College stadiums where they are reducing capacity in order to add premium seating and luxury areas. That's where the money is!

[@joshcooper7755]

That Pfeiffer 1 mill stadium model reminds me a little too much of the Senate chamber in the Star Wars prequels.

[@hommie789]

Bathrooms? Can you imagine the logistics of getting people to and from the stadium? I mean it already takes a week to get into FedEx field on game day, what about adding 12-15 times the people? Better make it condos as you will not be leaving anytime soon.

[@Labyrinth6000]

Let alone the logistics of the plumbing pipes and where all the waste goes that won’t get clogged up. 😂

[@BainesMkII]

You're forgetting all that area above the field. Combine the design of a closed roof stadium with the concept of a glass-bottom boat in order to create real skybox seating.

[@VoxVeritas1776]

The BigHouse in Ann Arbor has a foundation that was meant for 200000 seat stadium

[@AbuOmar-n9w]

So, what is the largest reasonable (comfy seats, logical distance between seats and sections and level, cafeterias, restrooms....etc) capacity of a soccer stadium?

[@nicholassharp5094]

Hampden park in Glasgow used to have a capacity of around 178,000. Largest attendances were 2 x 150,00 matches within the space of a week in 1937 (Scotland v England, Celtic v Aberdeen Scottish Cup final) The Marecana in Rio De Janero had a capacity of over 200,000. The 1950 World Cup final official attendance was 199,845. A match between Flamenco and Flumanese had an attendance of over 177,000

[@nightsurvivor3673]

Finally, a video on all of my (unfinished) Minecraft stadiums!

[@RedRaiderLobo20]

Can you imagine getting in and out of such a place? The traffic alone makes this one a nightmare.

[@Labyrinth6000]

How about a video on the largest possible Dome building that host a stadium? There was a concept for a post wwii German victory concept where a building was so huge it had its own weather climate due to the people breathing inside

[@joermnyc]

The current largest dome is in Singapore and holds 55,000, interestingly that’s only 3,000 more than the never built dome Buckminster Fuller wanted to build for the Brooklyn Dodgers back in the 1950s. (It would have been across the street from where they built the Barclays Center.)

[@jayschafer1760]

The largest "building" in the state of KY is a former mine that has been converted into warehouse space, adventure courses (zip lines, etc), and more. It routinely snows at the entrance to the place when the humid air from inside meets cold air outside.

[@thenumberquelve158]

As a claustrophobic introvert, the only good part about this is that the whole video is implausible. xD Still a very interesting watch, as usual. Wonder what it'd be like to be an employee for a million-seat stadium. They'll be more tired than the athletes by the end of the day! I'd love to see that lotus stadium come to fruition, the concept pictures are absolutely GORGEOUS.

[@mlbjmaur]

Stadium content let’s gooooo

[@GlodelaniaChannel]

The Titanic Stadium from Inazuma Eleven has 160,000 seats, if that was in real life, then nothing can surpass it.

[@jamesmarsh9888]

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway seats 350,000. This stadium would easily fit inside the track. Kinda puts things in perspective.

[@hiimemily]

Yeah, race tracks are on another level entirely. Comparatively, Daytona seats "only" 140,000 people, and that's still a good 30% more than Michigan Stadium's official capacity - the largest stadium in the Western Hemisphere.

[@princekamoro3869]

One big constraint of the multiple upper decks model is sightlines. Every upper deck has to be steeper than the one below it or else people won't be able to see the field. But you can only build stairs so steep before it becomes uncomfortable if not dangerous. To fit the most seats within a given distance, you would want to set the front seats back a comical distance from the field. This reduces the necessary steepness for the whole stadium. While you lose real estate in the front, you gain far more in leeway to overhang upper decks.

[@fabiantaveras8458]

That Indian cricket ground would sell out in the US if it was a major college football team playing. There are several college football programs with 100,000+ seating capacities that routinely sell out.

[@TheNewChevyRoll48]

Just think about it. There's a universe out there where Hitler completed his 450,000 seat stadium before unaliving himself near the end of the war. Then again there's many universes where Hitler either continues his career as an artist until he dies and many universes where Hitler sees the error of his ways one way or another.

[@GamePro0012]

31,000 seats is nearly the size of _2_ NBA arenas, not just 1.

[@JasonTzzz]

You can use a mining hole to place the million seat stadium in.

[@deemariedubois4916]

There is no event, no sporting contest, no concert, nothing, I want to see bad enough that I would get together with a million people. I don’t like crowds, I don’t do crowds…nope, if this is ever accomplished, count me out. My husband and I, are totally happy with out flatscreen, comfy seats, snd each other’s company.

[@FerdinandCesarano]

0:24: "...it **RAISES** the question..."

[@castlewhite1577]

The largest stadium ever would be one of the moon's craters if we ever get to colonizing it.

[@Crzysquirrel124thst]

Just fill up the interior of Talladega Super Speedway with a bunch of bench seats and boom 1 million + capacity easy.

[@stanyamish3996]

Another big question before thinking about building this stadium is : what kind of events can fill a million people? Ideally, you build a stadium with the intention to put a regular home team on a yearly basis. Which team in the world can fill a million seats regularly? A concert is a great opportunity. However, I don't see stadiums hosting 30 concerts per year right now.

[@mcheehaw9679]

So cool to see jack in this! I love his concepts. Nice to have a fix of new and realistic ideas on the reg ❤

[@Gladiator6]

2:13 I went to Bristol to watch a football game Tennessee vs Virginia tech and the stands were full so you should be able to count Bristol.

[@richardlong172]

The Stadium from the end of the Coneheads Movie was huge

[@droa87]

The old Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro had many games close to 200,000 people and everybody could see the game fine. I've been to some games over 150,000 there. It was awesome. A shame a video like that doesnt even mention Maracana.

[@tdrxy]

This is the american side of youtube, it's because they live in their world, don't know shit about anything.

[@CoffeeInMorningDetroiter]

If a building is tall enough it’s eventually just all elevators

[@LCSteeler16]

i could see a 200,000+ seat stadium in the future

[@Riley_Mundt]

The next JerryWorld.

[@JD-qt2yi]

Having been to many games at The Big House and overseeing construction sites as my day job, I just can't wrap my mind around the idea of stacking another stadium ontop of The Big House just as big. The fan experience would be hell for those in the nose bleeds and can only imagine the hell it would be for those who actually work events at the stadium. Logistically it would be hell to build and opperate.

[@Yeen125]

The only practical use I can see is a permanent Olympic stadium/venue.

[@AlesRatzka]

The stadium in the Czech Republic (Strahovský stadion) was able to seat up to 250,000 people, but it wasn't built for soccer or any game like that. Its purpose was to host a special event where thousands of people would perform basically massive synchronized gymnastics.

[@lkrnpk]

was mentioned in the video

[@EvanEscher]

9:55 build a stadium at the Richat Structure challenge

[@tweezerjam]

I want to know which stadium has the worst bathroom-to-seat ratio. 👍🏼 And not as fun, but I guess the best ratio too.

[@St.Salem1412]

Glass ceiling roof deck on an indoor stadium. Make it all standing with a bar on top and some tables

[@g.williams2047]

This is one of your greatest videos ever. Very interesting.

[@FivePointsVids]

Wow, thanks!

[@RCT1963]

Michigan Stadium doesn’t have any tiers. How many could it hold if it had one? Or two?

[@darkhawk4863]

With your constant nerding over stadiums, this video was inevitable... Still kinda loving the simple physics of the question, being a nerd, myself. ;) ...and you might be able to fill a million-seat stadium in, say, Jersey... just with people who want to watch the Cowboys lose. ;)

[@danielfisher8539]

Start with the Meteor Crater near the Grand Canyon. It's a massive freaking hole already

[@ccmgoalie35]

Then add a few buildings the size of 1 world trade or half the size to make floors bigger and hold 300-500 per floor

[@zoom1312]

Gonna have to bring a telescope to games

[@BRNOOB_]

Randomly found this video in my recommendation and it was cool. And I also love stadiums... Now I gotta watch all of you stadium videos...

[@stuarttupp3541]

They should hold the College Football final in Bristol Motor Speedway just one time. We know it's possible, because they've done it before. Finding enough accommodation for everyone would be tricky though.

[@TheCamsaw]

This whole video I had the thought, “If you had a 1 million seat stadium that’d be a great place to hold the Summer Olympics”

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

A certain mustached leader who spoke German had plans to build a 400,000 seat stadium built into a hill. It was 10% built but a war ended plans.

[@scheck006]

31,000 seats is much MORE than a full NBA arena! Most NBA facilities top out around 20k capacity

[@alansmith3984]

Bristol did have a playing field in 2016. Tennessee vs Virginia Tech. 160,000 people were there.

[@y11971alex]

You haven't considered the option of standing room only! The Colosseum had standing room only sections, and surely that ccommodates more people!

[@User31129]

In theory, couldn't you have two games going simultaneously inside the same structure. Imagine a regular football stadium, but doubly long. Two, 100 yard fields end to end. You got half the building with 80,000 team A fans, and 20,000 team B fans. And you got half the building with 80,000 team C fans, and 20,000 team D fans. 200,000 people watching two simultaneously ran games. You know, Chargers-Chiefs and Rams-49ers. You'd have to do without vocalized play by play, but that doesn't happen in MLB, NHL, and NBA anyway.

If one day flying broomstick is invented one day for a Quidditch stadium will have a capacity of more than 250k people.

[@zenokada2278]

It’s worth remembering that stadiums with standing would increase capacity

[@filipek6401]

2:55 What a beautiful stadium 🙂

[@elfofcourage]

A million seat stadium would have the inner most deck 1 50 yard line seats would cost you $500K.

[@carterhealy]

Watching this during halftime of the game!!

[@TheSonicsean]

It's interesting but I think the biggest reason stadiums that large don't exist is the economics. Would a million people buy a ticket to technically be at one event? Maybe. Would they do it for enough events to make the building feasible? No. You aren't selling 900,000 tickets for a preseason Chargers game.

[@hayleyb1981]

fix to the poles: add a roof to the stadium and add a truss

[@mrterp04]

6:10 The Duggan Stadium would have to be built with 2x4s

[@Cmb8909]

HOOOOOOOOO

[@elonmusksellssnakeoil1744]

The DPRK does not force anyone to attend events at the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium. That is utter nonsense.

[@SnowmanTF2]

It seems like inventing a holographic playing field is more viable than a million seat stadium, and potentially make all of them be more profitable. With away game high fidelity broadcast likely the easiest sell at team's stadium, cities with more migration from rest of US probably could get enough of the larger fan bases in area to have a showing as well, and some games with more interest/relevance.

[@anthonychristopher9972]

Had it not been for WW2 a stadium under construction in Nurenburg would have seated 400,000 btw Bristol Motor Speedway did host a few football games in which attendance topped 150,000

[@ImGoingSupersonic]

Mommy still says hello 5☆

[@TheSwanlake2009]

I sat and stayed in before I’m never gonna do that again bro I sat in the midsection in the middle level and I couldn’t see anything all it was very noisy and loud. I’m never doing that again.

[@erikrenner]

The best view of any sporting event is at home on your TV. And the cost is much less.

[@MA-ck4wu]

The Taylor Swift concert reference at the end was very accurate lol. People just go there to watch the 100 yard screen with her on it.

[@brq99]

Next up: the champions league stadium, please do a video about it and if it could be done

[@kevinjabroni1554]

I never imagined my mom would be so prolific. Tbh I’m kind of proud.

[@BIGGUY0683]

I was thinking of building a 1,000,000 seat stadium using a Russian Nesting Doll as the inspiration. You dig a pit and build essentially a roofless New Orleans Superdome in said pit (73,208 Capacity), then build Michigan Stadium AKA The Big House (107,601 Capacity). Next connect two Bristol Motor Speedway as the third tier (153,000 Capacity for one track, 306,000 for two). That’s 486,809 seats in total. Can he render it?

[@last8478]

great idea, i saw your tweet btw

[@BIGGUY0683]

@@last8478 cool!

[@zenokada2278]

Another potential thing they could do is dig down and potentially have one side next to a hill or natural bank

[@jayschafer1760]

Or re-purpose a former quarry or strip mine.

[@js8805]

Nearly the size of a full NBA arena? 31,000?? That's a big arena.

[@falloutfan6649]

I wish the million seat stadium was a realistic option economically and they just put the Super Bowl there every year so that way because of the massive size tickets won’t cost $10,000 because there simply isn’t enough people that rich who are willing to spend that kind of money to fill a stadium that big so they’d lower the prices because optics are everything and they wouldn’t want massive empty sections

[@unk8371]

Mayday in North Korea is the largest stadium in the world. 150,000 capacity.

[@sunilp019]

The Narendra modi stadium is booked fully for the first match of ipl 2023 march 31st

[@legoshimadsen]

A perfect hunger games arena

[@AaaronI]

Join five for next episode where we see what the first moon stadium is going to look like

[@fluffly3606]

Stadiums larger than ~150k might work if you gave everyone in the nosebleeds cyborg eyes. And you could circumvent the space issue entirely by having the majority of spectators "attend" in VR like a live version of Google Street View, making bandwidth your main limiting factor, but that's kind of cheating unless you stream it directly to their brains in which case you could argue it's basically astral projection

[@tevster1316]

Have you read Ballpark by Paul Goldberger? It’s a history of baseball parks in the US (as the title would suggest lol). Great read.

[@petertrudelljr]

"The only place I can probably see a huge stadium is..." my mind finished it "in Texas". 100k for UT, 112k for Texas A&M...