Q: What are the 10 largest college football stadiums and the 10 largest non-college football stadiums?
L. A. Baarcke, Dahlonega
A: Michigan Stadium is the biggest college football stadium in the country, with a capacity of 109,901. It's followed by Penn State's Beaver Stadium (107,282), Tennessee's Neyland Stadium (102,455), Ohio Stadium (102,329), Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium (101,821), Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (100,119), Southern California's Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (93,607), Georgia's Sanford Stadium (92,746), LSU's Tiger Stadium (92,400) and UCLA's Rose Bowl (91,136 according to the school, 92,542 according to the Rose Bowl). The largest NFL stadiums are the Washington Redskins' FedEx Field (91,704), New Meadowlands Stadium (82,566), which is used by both the New York Jets and Giants, Cowboys Stadium (80,000, but expandable to more than 100,000), Kansas City Chiefs' Arrowhead Stadium (79,451), the Denver Broncos' Invesco Field at Mile High (76,125), the Miami Dolphins' Sun Life Stadium (75,192), the Buffalo Bills' Ralph Wilson Stadium (73,967), the Carolina Panthers' Bank of America Stadium (73,504), Cleveland Browns Stadium (73,300) and the Green Bay Packers' Lambeau Field (72,928). All college figures are from official websites; NFL figures are from The Official NFL Record and Fact Book 2010.
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