Which NFL stadium has the highest seating capacity?

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MetLife Stadium has the highest standard seating capacity among NFL stadiums, with room for 82,500 spectators. It is located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and serves as the home field for both the New York Giants and New York Jets.

Opened in 2010, MetLife Stadium replaced Giants Stadium and became the first NFL venue built specifically to serve two teams. Its capacity is greater than Lambeau Field's roughly 81,441 seats and AT&T Stadium's standard configuration of about 80,000 seats.

A common mix-up involves expandable capacity. AT&T Stadium can be configured to hold more than 100,000 people for certain events, while MetLife's published football seating capacity is 82,500. Trivia questions normally compare regular listed seating capacity, which makes MetLife the canonical answer.

MetLife Stadium also hosted Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014, the first Super Bowl played in an open-air stadium in a cold-weather region.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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