Curated playlist
NFL venues
- Allegiant StadiumAllegiant Stadium keeps a natural grass field on a tray that rolls outside. The Las Vegas Raiders' home opened in 2020.
- Levi's StadiumLevi's Stadium has a working farm on its roof. The Faithful Farm opened in July 2016 and grows 40 rotational crops.
- Acrisure StadiumA Steelers game in 2007 ended 3-0 on a muddy, rain-soaked field. It was the NFL's first 3-0 final since 1993.
- MetLife StadiumMetLife Stadium had to look right to two rival NFL teams. The Giants wanted stone and steel, the Jets glass.
- Lincoln Financial FieldLincoln Financial Field opened with a soccer match, not a football game. Manchester United beat Barcelona 3-1.
- NRG StadiumHouston's NRG Stadium has a fabric roof that opens or closes in as little as seven minutes.
- Empower Field at Mile HighEmpower Field at Mile High sits exactly one mile above sea level in Denver. Visiting teams struggle in the thin air.
- Gillette StadiumRobert Kraft paid the whole bill for Gillette Stadium himself. That is a rare move for an NFL owner.
- Hard Rock StadiumA 1976 plan to quadruple the Dolphins' rent pushed Joe Robbie to build his own stadium.
- Highmark StadiumBuffalo fans turned a man's fall into a construction pit into a ritual. They called the hole "The Pit."
- M&T Bank StadiumM&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore was built where a piano factory once stood. A sidewalk keyboard mosaic marks the spot.
- Northwest StadiumThe man who built Northwest Stadium died months before it opened. Jack Kent Cooke's name went on the 1997 building.
- Paycor StadiumPaycor Stadium's 2022 naming deal left Lambeau Field as the last NFL stadium named for a person.
- Arrowhead StadiumArrowhead Stadium's crowd once hit 142.2 decibels, a Guinness record. That was in 2014, against the Patriots.
- Lumen FieldFans at Seattle's Lumen Field cheered a 2011 Marshawn Lynch run so hard that instruments recorded shaking.
- Caesars SuperdomeA 1966 Astrodome tour led Louisiana's governor to demand a bigger dome, which became the Superdome.
- Ford FieldFord Field is lopsided because a 1920s Hudson's warehouse forms part of its south side.
- Lucas Oil StadiumA bolt fell from the Lucas Oil Stadium roof in 2015 and injured three fans.
- Raymond James StadiumTampa's Raymond James Stadium was built entirely at public expense. The owners had promised to pay half.
- Wembley StadiumDiggers building Wembley Stadium hit the foundations of a Victorian rival to the Eiffel Tower.
- Huntington Bank FieldCleveland sank its old stadium's rubble into Lake Erie. Today the debris serves as an artificial reef.
- Lambeau FieldLambeau Field was named for a man who had died two months earlier.
- Soldier FieldCrews at Chicago's Soldier Field removed 24,000 seats in 36 hours, a speed record that has never been broken since.
- U.S. Bank StadiumElectronic pull-tab gambling was meant to pay Minnesota's share of U.S. Bank Stadium. The 2013 forecast later fell 95%.
- AT&T StadiumAT&T Stadium's first NFL game drew 105,121 fans to a venue with 80,000 seats. That set a regular-season record.
- Mercedes-Benz StadiumAtlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium delayed its opening three times because of its pinwheel roof.
- State Farm StadiumState Farm Stadium's grass field rolls out of the building on rails to stay in the sun. It opened in 2006.
- Tom Benson Hall of Fame StadiumA Hall of Fame Game in Canton was cancelled an hour before kickoff because of paint.
- EverBank StadiumEverBank Stadium was built to keep a college football game from leaving Jacksonville. The NFL team came later.
- Nissan Stadium (Nashville)A tornado destroyed several cranes at the Nashville stadium now called Nissan Stadium in April 1998.
- Estadio AztecaEstadio Azteca is the only stadium to host two World Cup finals. Brazil won there in 1970, Argentina in 1986.
- Bank of America StadiumBank of America Stadium was mostly paid for by fans buying seat rights. The method surprised NFL owners.