Rungrado 1st of May Stadium

Location: Pyongyang, North Korea

One of the largest stadiums on our list, the Rungrado 1^st of May Stadium is also known as the ‘May Day Stadium’. Completed on 1^st May 1989, it is a multi-purpose stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. An expansive space, the stadium contains training halls, recreation rooms, an indoor swimming pool, an ultrasonic bath and more.

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The roof of the main building has sixteen arches, which are arranged in the form of a ring. The design resembles a magnolia blossom, with the sixteen roof arches linking to form flower petals on the outside,  when the stadium is looked at from above. Inside the stadium, there are around 150,000 seats and a floor area of more than 207,000 square metres!