Top 10 Beautiful Stadiums on Planet

In the era of global sport events, stadiums have become the important part of each nation. All over the world, there are lots of beautiful stadiums which best for competitions including outdoor sports, concerts, or other events. A stadium usually consists of a field or a stage best-designed according to national weather condition, culture, architecture, or history. Below are the 10 most beautiful stadiums in the world.

Allianz Arena is a football stadium located in the north of Munich, Germany. It is the first stadium in the world, featuring full of changing color outside. Allianz Arena turns red when Bayern Munich plays, blue when 1860 Munich plays and white when the German National Team plays. This stadium has increased from 66,000 to 69,901 spectators (including standing room). There are a number of fast-food restaurants located around the stadium.

Allianz Arena Stadium

The Beijing National Aquatics Center, also the National Aquatics Center or the Water Cube, is an aquatics center located in Beijing, China. This stadium was completed and taken into practice on January 28, 2008. It was built alongside Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Green and serves for the swimming competitions. The stadium\'s architecture came up with the idea of covering the "cube" with bubbles, symbolizing water.

Beijing National Aquatics Center

Yoyogi National Gymnasium, located in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan is a famous arena for its suspension roof design. The stadium, designed by Kenzo Tange was built between 1961 and 1964. With 13,291 seats including 9,079 stand seats, 4,124 arena seats and 88 "royal box" seats, Yoyogi National Gymnasium is now mainly used for ice hockey and basketball.

Yoyogi National Gymnasium

Beijing National Stadium, also known as the National Stadium or the Bird’s Nest, is a stadium located in the Olympic Green, Beijing, China. The stadium consists of 9,000 seats used for the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. Beijing National Stadium which costs the $423 million is famous for its largest steel structure in the world.

Beijing National Stadium

The Olympiastadion stadium is located in the heart of the Olympiapark München in northern Munich, Germany. With the spacious capacity of 80,000 seats, the stadium is seen to be a best place to host many major football matches including the 1974 World Cup Final, the Euro \'88 Final, the European Cup Finals of 1979, 1993 and 1997. Acrylic glass and steel cables are the main materials to build this stadium.

Olympiastadion Stadium

Nou Mestalla stadium was constructed under the architecture of Valencia, Spain for Valencia CF. The stadium costs between 250 and 300 million Euros. Nou Mestalla stadium, designed by architects Reid Fenwick Asociados and ArupSport consists of 75,000 seats. It is famous for wooden interiors and clad-in-aluminum exteriors.

Nou Mestella

Qi Zhong stadium, also known as the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena is located in Shanghai, People\'s Republic of China. This stadium is primarily used for tennis tournaments, and it is considered as the largest tennis venue in Asia. It features a steel roof with eight moving petal-shaped pieces resembling a blooming magnolia, Shanghai\'s city typical flower. The stadium can accommodate up to 15,000 people.

Qi Zhong stadium

The Yas Marina Circuit is the venue located in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE. It was designed as an Arabian version of Monaco by Hermann Tilke. It takes about 30 minutes from the capital of the UAE, Abu Dhabi. The stadium hosts the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the opening event for the Australian V8 Supercars series, the Yas V8 400, in February 2010.

Yas Marina Circuit

Ōita Stadium, also called Ōita Bank Dome is situated in the city of Ōita in Ōita Prefecture on Kyushu Island in Japan. This is a multi-purpose stadium featured with 43,000 seats. Ōita Stadium was opened in May 2001 and hosted 3 games during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. This stadium was designed with retractable dome roof driven by a wire traction system.

Oita Stadium

Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It can contain up to 56,040 seats which are useful for special events like concerts and commerce shows. The stadium was designed by French architect Roger Tailliber with a retractable roof opened and closed by a huge 175-metre tower.

Olympic Stadium

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