10 Most Expensive Stadiums in the World

SoFi Stadium is the most expensive stadium in the world. The Inglewood venue is generally reported at about $5.5 billion, comfortably ahead of the $1.97 billion Allegiant Stadium.

That simple answer needs one warning: stadium “cost” is not a standardized statistic. One source may include finance and site work; another may quote only the construction contract. International lists also depend on exchange rates. The ranking below uses reported nominal project costs near completion and labels the important scope problems.

Most expensive stadiums in the world ranked

Rank	Stadium	Location	Opened	Commonly reported cost	Main sports
1	SoFi Stadium	Inglewood, US	2020	About $5.5 billion	American football
2	Allegiant Stadium	Las Vegas, US	2020	$1.97 billion	American football
3	MetLife Stadium	East Rutherford, US	2010	About $1.6 billion	American football
4=	Mercedes-Benz Stadium	Atlanta, US	2017	About $1.5 billion	American football, soccer
4=	Yankee Stadium	New York City, US	2009	About $1.5 billion	Baseball, soccer
6	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	London, UK	2019	£1.2 billion invested in stadium and surrounding area	Soccer, American football
7	Levi’s Stadium	Santa Clara, US	2014	About $1.3 billion	American football
8	Singapore National Stadium / Sports Hub	Singapore	2014	About S$1.33 billion for the integrated hub	Soccer, rugby, cricket, athletics
9	AT&T Stadium	Arlington, US	2009	About $1.15–$1.3 billion	American football
10	Wembley Stadium	London, UK	2007	£757 million project estimate	Soccer

The order below SoFi and Allegiant is approximate. A pound or Singapore-dollar project moves when converted at a different date, and a wider precinct is not equivalent to one stadium building. A table that pretends otherwise looks precise but is not more accurate.

1. SoFi Stadium: about $5.5 billion

SoFi Stadium opened in 2020 as the home of the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers. Guinness World Records recognizes it as the most expensive sporting venue, and the figure most often attached to the project is about $5.5 billion.

Much of the cost is visible. The field and seating bowl were excavated well below ground, partly because the site lies near Los Angeles International Airport. A separate translucent canopy spans the stadium, an outdoor plaza and the YouTube Theater. Inside, a double-sided oval video board hangs above the field.

The difficult comparison is scope. SoFi anchors the 298-acre Hollywood Park development, which also includes homes, offices, retail and public space. Stadium reports ranging from roughly $5 billion to $5.5 billion can be using different boundaries; neither should be confused with the value of the entire district.

Its standard football capacity is 70,240, so it is not among the very largest grounds by seats. It is expensive because of land, engineering, premium space and its Los Angeles setting—not because it holds the most spectators. Our SoFi Stadium capacity guide examines its event configurations separately.

2. Allegiant Stadium: $1.97 billion

The Raiders reported a completed cost of $1.97 billion for Allegiant Stadium. It opened in 2020 near the Las Vegas Strip with a 65,000-seat football setup, an enclosed roof and a natural-grass field tray that rolls outdoors.

Its financing also makes the project notable. A hotel-room tax backed $750 million of the cost, while the Raiders, NFL financing, seat licenses and debt covered the balance. That was a record public stadium contribution at approval, though later US proposals have moved the benchmark again.

Allegiant is a clear second in a nominal completed-build ranking. It is expensive, but SoFi cost roughly two and a half times as much.

3. MetLife Stadium: about $1.6 billion

MetLife Stadium cost about $1.6 billion when it opened in New Jersey in 2010. The Giants and Jets financed the building through their joint stadium company, making it one of the rare venues serving two full NFL home schedules.

It lacks the retractable roof and giant canopy associated with newer projects, yet it contains 82,500 standard seats, extensive premium areas and the infrastructure for major events. It is also the largest active NFL stadium by regular capacity.

4. Mercedes-Benz Stadium: about $1.5 billion

Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium opened in 2017 at a cost commonly reported near $1.5 billion. Its eight moving roof panels were designed to create a camera-aperture effect, while a continuous oval video board rings the roof opening.

The venue was designed for the NFL’s Falcons and MLS’s Atlanta United. Retractable lower seating changes the field geometry for soccer, one example of why modern multipurpose buildings cost more than a conventional fixed bowl.

5. Yankee Stadium: about $1.5 billion

The current Yankee Stadium opened in the Bronx in 2009. Its widely cited stadium cost is about $1.5 billion, before separately counting every public infrastructure and park-replacement expense connected with the development.

The building deliberately echoes the old stadium’s limestone exterior and frieze while adding far more concourse, hospitality and retail space. It is primarily a baseball park but has also staged soccer, college football and concerts. For a size comparison, see our ranking of the largest baseball stadiums.

6. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: £1.2 billion with a scope caveat

Tottenham Hotspur says it has invested £1.2 billion in the stadium and surrounding area. That wording matters. It covers more than the 62,850-seat bowl, so presenting the whole figure as a clean building-only contract would overstate what can be compared directly.

The 2019 stadium has two pitches: a grass soccer surface slides beneath the south stand, exposing an artificial field used for NFL games and other events. Its steep single-tier south stand, brewery, hospitality areas and conversion machinery made it one of Europe’s most complex club projects.

7. Levi’s Stadium: about $1.3 billion

Levi’s Stadium opened in Santa Clara in 2014 for approximately $1.3 billion. The open-air design is visually simpler than SoFi or Allegiant, but Silicon Valley labor and land conditions, premium areas, technology and financing still produced a billion-dollar project.

Later work for the 2026 World Cup and Super Bowl LX should not be added to the original build and then compared with untouched completion figures elsewhere.

8. Singapore National Stadium: a sports-hub total

Singapore National Stadium is the centerpiece of a 35-hectare integrated Sports Hub. The frequently cited S$1.33 billion belongs to that broader public-private project, which also delivered an indoor arena, aquatic center, water-sports facilities, retail and public spaces.

The stadium itself has a 55,000-seat maximum, movable seating and a vast free-spanning dome with a retractable roof. It belongs in a discussion of exceptionally costly stadium developments, but the hub-wide scope keeps it from being a like-for-like building comparison.

9. AT&T Stadium: about $1.15–$1.3 billion

AT&T Stadium opened in Arlington in 2009. Sources commonly place its cost between $1.15 billion and $1.3 billion, reflecting final additions and different definitions of the completed project.

Its retractable roof, huge center-hung screens, end-zone doors and expandable decks helped establish the event-first model later stadiums followed. The Cowboys’ home seats about 80,000 for football and can exceed 100,000 with temporary and standing-room configurations.

10. Wembley Stadium: £757 million project estimate

The rebuilt Wembley opened in 2007. UK parliamentary records put the expected total project cost at £757 million during delivery. Later evidence described £695 million spent on building it, including £131 million of capitalized financing, plus £97 million for land.

Those official breakdowns show exactly why a single converted dollar figure can mislead. Depending on whether a list includes land, financing and the exchange rate at completion, Wembley may appear much higher or lower. What is clear is that the 90,000-seat national stadium was among the most expensive sports projects of its era.

Why published stadium-cost rankings differ

Four choices can reorder almost every place after the top two:

Choice	What changes
Nominal or inflation-adjusted dollars	Older stadiums rise when all costs are converted into today’s purchasing power
Building or whole development	Sports hubs, plazas, theaters, parking and mixed-use districts can inflate the apparent stadium total
Exchange-rate date	A £1 billion project can produce very different dollar values across construction years
Original build or later renovation	Adding decades of upgrades favors older venues and stops being a construction-cost ranking

This page uses nominal completion-era figures because readers can trace them back to the project. An inflation-adjusted study answers a useful but different question. It must convert every entry with one index and one base date, not adjust only the older stadiums that happen to suit the list.

Most expensive stadium outside the United States

There is no perfectly clean single answer because the leading non-US totals have different boundaries. Tottenham reports £1.2 billion invested in its stadium and surrounding area. Singapore’s often quoted S$1.33 billion covers an integrated Sports Hub. Wembley has unusually detailed records separating building, financing and land.

For a purpose-built club soccer venue, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is the strongest current answer, with the scope label attached. For an official national-stadium project with a documented completion-era breakdown, Wembley is the easier figure to audit.

Future stadiums could change the list

Announced projects in Kansas City, Cleveland and Nashville carry estimates above $2 billion. Costs can rise, fall or change scope before opening, so none belongs in a completed ranking yet. The new NFL stadium tracker follows those projects without treating estimates as final bills.

SoFi remains in a class of its own. Even when analysts adjust older venues for inflation, its enormous lead and unusual engineering keep it at the top. For a league-only comparison with financing detail, see the most expensive NFL stadiums; for scale rather than price, use our world’s largest stadiums guide.