Top 10 Premier League Stadiums
Top 10 Biggest Premier League stadiums
Which clubs have the biggest capacities in the Premier League? With Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United all making changes to their ground, whether it be renovation or moving completely, we thought we would take a look into the current biggest stadiums in the Premier League. Watch & Bet Football Here =>
The Biggest stadiums in the Premier League
So we all know the biggest stadium in the Premier League as it’s fairly obvious, but what stadiums make the top-10 list? Lets find out!
10. Goodison Park – 39,572 Capacity: Premier League Stadiums
Goodison Park is home of Everton Football Club and the stadium has a capacity of 39,572 seats after several changes over the years.
The stadium is only 3 kilometres away from the Liverpool city centre and was formerly known as the ‘Mere Green field’.
Goodison Park was opened on 24 August 1892.
9. Stamford Bridge – 41,837 Capacity: Premier League Stadiums
One of the oldest stadiums in the Premier League is Stamford Bridge which opened back in 1877.
Formerly used by London Athletic Club, it was then later used by Chelsea Football Club in 1905.
Over the years Stamford Bridge, commonly known as “The Bridge”, has gone under many changes and it now has a sitting capacity of 41,837.
Despite their massive fan-base, Chelsea do not have plans on expanding their stadium in order to compete with the bigger grounds in England.
8. Villa Park – 42,657 Capacity: Premier League Stadiums
The Aston Villa stadium is next on our list of biggest grounds in the Premier League. Having a 42,657 seating capacity, for now it is the Seventh largest.
The club however does have plans of redeveloping the stadium to approxiamtely 50,000 capacity by developing the North stand.
Villa Park is the stadium which has hosted the most FA Cup semi-finals having hosted 55 matches in total.
7. St James’ Park – 52,305 Capacity: Premier League Stadiums
The all seater stadium has got a seating space of 52,305, meaning it just beats it’s local-rivals to the fourth largest stadium in the Premier League.
St James’ Park has been home for Newcastle United since 1892 and was expanded between 1998 to 2000.
The Magpies’ biggest home attendance was 68,386 during a match against Chelsea F.C back in 1930 when standing was allowed in the terraces.
6. Anfield – 53,394 Capacity: Premier League Stadiums
Anfield was opened in 1884 and it was originally home of Everton F.C until rent disputes meant that The Toffees had to leave the stadium to go to the Goodison Park.
Liverpool F.C are now the tenants of Anfield which has been their home ground since Everton had to give it up back in the 1800s.
Anfield stadium currently has a capacity of 53,394, but the club are undergoing an expansion on one of the stands which will increase the capacity by roughly 3,000.
5. Etihad Stadium – 53,400 Capacity: Premier League Stadiums
The City of Manchester Stadium, which has recently changed to The Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is currently being expanded to a 55,000 seater.
Once this development has finished, the Etihad Stadium will be third in this list with 55,000, but as for now the stadium holds a 46,000, which would put them down to 6th.
The Etihad Stadium hosted the 2008 UEFA Cup finals.
4. Emirates Stadium – 60,260 Capacity: Premier League Stadiums
Since it was opened in July 2006, Arsenal Football Club have been the tenants of the second largest club ground in English Football.
The Emirates Stadium has a seating capacity of 60,260, and has been the home of Arsenal since they decided to leave their historic ground of Highbury.
The Gunners wanted the new ground in order to compete financially, and since the move to the new stadium, Arsenal’s season tickets have gone from 20,000 to 50,000.
The Emirates Stadium has hosted seven international friendly matches all featuring the Brazil National Team.
3. London Stadium – 62,500 Capacity: Premier League Stadiums
West Ham’s home field is the London Stadium. It was formerly referred to as the Olympic Stadium. The Olympic and Paralympic Games were held there in 2012 after the arena’s construction. The Hummers relocated from their original home field, Upton Park, to the present one in August 2016.
2. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – 62,850 Capacity: Premier League Stadiums
White Hart Lane, which had 36,284 seats, was replaced by the new stadium when it opened in 2019 for Tottenham. The construction of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium cost about $1.08 billion. Modern facilities with cutting-edge technology are present. The arena also has the first retractable, splitting pitch in history, which opens to expose a synthetic turf pitch for concerts and NFL games.
1. Old Trafford – 74,310 Capacity: Premier League Stadiums
The largest stadium in the Premier League is Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United and it has a all seater capacity of 74,310.
This makes it the second largest football stadium in the United Kingdom only behind Wembley Stadium in London.
Manchester United legend and all-time top goal scorer Sir Bobby Charlton nicknamed the stadium as the “Theatre of Dreams”.
Old Trafford was opened in February 1910, and since then, the stadium’s highest record attendance has been of 76,962 which came during the FA Cup semi final clash between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Grimsby Town on 25 March 1939. This was before the ground was converted to an all-seater stadium due to safety reasons.
Their best after it was changed to an all seater is 76,098 capacity.
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