Highest capacity Olympic stadium

Stadium Australia is the largest Olympic stadium ever built, with an over-capacity 112,524 spectators descending on the venue to watch the track and field final of the Sydney Summer Olympic Games in 2000. Completed in March 1999 at a cost of Aus $690 million (then £266 million; US$427 million), Stadium Australia (also known as the ANZ Stadium) was constructed to temporarily accommodate approximately 110,000 people for the 2000 Summer Olympics, but since reconfiguration work was completed in October 2003 the stadium can boast a capacity of 83,500 for sporting events and rock concerts. Stadium Australia was twice over-capacity at the Sydney Olympics; while the opening ceremony attracted a capacity 110,000 crowd, both the athletics (track and field) sessions on 25 September 2000, when home favourite Cathy Freeman won the 400 m final, and the closing ceremony attracted a record number of spectators - 112,524 and 114,714 respectively. These can both be considered all-time records for Olympic-related events (respectively a sporting event and entertainment) in an Olympic stadium. * Stadium Australia is home to a number of Sydney’s sports teams, including those who take part in the National Rugby League and the Australian Football League. Several rugby union and cricket teams also play their home matches at Stadium Australia. * Stadium Australia is located in the Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay, New South Wales, Australia. At full capacity (110,000), it was the largest stadium in Australia. Today, with a capacity of 83,500, it is the second largest stadium in the country behind the Melbourne Cricket Ground (capacity 100,000). * Four other Summer Olympic stadiums had capacities exceeding 100,000: Olympiastadion (Olympic Stadium), Berlin, Germany (110,000 for the 1936 Olympics); Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union (103,000 for the 1980 Olympics); Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, USA (101,574 for the 1932 Olympics); Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia (100,000 for the 1956 Olympics). * London’s Olympic Stadium has a capacity of 80,000 (60,000 after the Games). *