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Largest stadium in the world
132,000 seats
- Record holder
- Narendra Modi Stadium
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What to remember
In Motera, a part of Ahmedabad in the Indian state of Gujarat, a cricket ground can hold 132,000 spectators. Narendra Modi Stadium is both the largest cricket stadium and the largest stadium in the world by capacity. It is owned by the Gujarat Cricket Association and hosts domestic and international matches.
It replaced Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, demolished in 2015 after hosting the 1987, 1996 and 2011 Cricket World Cups. In 2020 its capacity was given as 110,000; in 2021 it was raised to 132,000. Built over five years near the Sabarmati River, the new ground hosted the 2023 Cricket World Cup final and the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup final.
Capacity is counted under the ISBC convention, without seating added temporarily. Only stadiums still used for sport count, motor racing excluded: neither the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with 400,000 spectators, nor Prague's Strahov Stadium, with its 220,000 places, is included.
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- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of stadiums by capacity” (revision used 1379509912). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: A Cricket Premi, Photo licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
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