Many countries have anational sport stadium, which typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a country'snational representative sports teams. The term is most often used in reference to anassociation football stadium. Usually, a national stadium will be in or very near a country'scapital city orlargest city. It is generally (but not always) the country's largest and most lavish sports venue with a rich history of hosting a major moment in sports (e.g.FIFA World Cup,Olympics, etc.). In many, but not all cases, it is also used by a local team. Many countries, including Spain and the United States, do not have a national stadium designated as such; instead matches are rotated throughout the country. The lack of a national stadium can be seen as advantageous as designating a single stadium would limit the fan base capable of realistically attending matches as well as the concern of the cost of transportation, especially in the case of the United States due to its geographical size and high population.
Brazil does not have anofficial national stadium. Mostly (football) matches are commonly held in alternate venues. However, during reconstruction for the2014 FIFA World Cup and as thecapital city's and country's greatest stadium, the nameEstádio Nacional (Portuguese for National Stadium) was added to the old Mané Garrincha stadium, leaving its official name asEstádio Nacional de Brasília Mané Garrincha, even though it doesn't act as a solo national stadium. The largest and most well known stadium in Brazil isEstádio do Maracanã located atRio de Janeiro. TheBrazil national football team have most of their high-profile matches in the Maracanã and the venue has hosted multipleWorld Cup andCopa America matches throughout its history including the two World Cup finals that Brazil has hosted (1950 and 2014).
BC Place (soccer andrugby union). Although a 2007 report fromFIFA referred to BMO Field as Canada's national stadium,[2] due to BC Place's indoor field being playable year-round and its higher capacity, many major soccer events are held there instead, such as the final match of the2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Similarly, while thenational rugby team has no official stadium, most of their matches are split between BC Place and BMO Field
In the case of rugby, thenational team plays Test matches throughout the country, but it uses Stade de France exclusively for its fixtures in theSix Nations Championship.
The Germany national football team usually plays at different stadiums throughout the country. However, the venue for theGerman Cup final is theOlympiastadion in Berlin. As a multipurpose stadium, the Berlin Olympiastadion also hosts international athletic competitions and other events. However, theMunich Olympiastadion was used for the finals of international football competitions held during the later West German era, such in the1974 FIFA World Cup andUEFA Euro 1988.
Notes The following venues are "designated national sporting arenas" for the purposes of Section 21 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 (which regulates sale of alcohol at sports venues):[5] National Stadium,[6]Croke Park,[7]Semple Stadium,[8]Royal Dublin Society,[9]Aviva Stadium,[10]Thomond Park.[11]
In the case of rugby union, thenational team plays matches throughout the country, but since 2012 has used Stadio Olimpico for all of its homeSix Nations matches. Previously,Stadio Flaminio served the same purpose.
Team sports in the United Kingdom are oftengoverned by bodies representing theHome Nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – with some sports organised on anAll-Ireland basis. In international sporting events these sports are contested not by a team representing the United Kingdom, but by teams representing the separate home nations, and as a result there are separate national stadiums for many sports.
Most of the most popular sports in the United States do not rely on a single national stadium, instead rotating the highest profile contests among various neutral sites.
Augusta National Golf Club (men's golf)—Augusta is home of The Masters, the only one of the three U.S.-based men's major golf tournaments to be held at a constant venue year after year; theU.S. Open andPGA Championship are both held at rotating venues.
Mission Hills Country Club (women's golf)—Mission Hills hosts the ANA Inspiration, only one of the three U.S.-based women's major golf tournaments to be held at a constant venue year after year; theU.S. Women's Open andWomen's PGA Championship are both held at rotating venues.
Like Spain, Brazil, Australia, Germany, and Italy, theUS national soccer team has no dedicated stadium or arena. They play at different venues throughout the country for exhibition or tournament purposes. However, 21 games were held inRFK Stadium in the country's capital,Washington, D.C., more than any other venue in the country, which led to suggestions that RFK Memorial was thede facto national stadium prior to its 2019 closure.[14][15] Thewomen's soccer team also has no dedicated venue.
Stadio Petriana (football)—because the Vatican City does not have enough territory to house a sports stadium, Stadio Petriana is in fact situated within the bounds ofItaly.
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