Stadium of the month - The Big House!

Our Stadium of the month goes out to Michigan Stadium, nicknamed "The Big House", for obvious reasons. It is the American football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan and is the 2nd largest stadium in the United States, the 4th largest stadium in the world. This month it held a pre-season friendly game against two of the world’s soccer giants, Manchester United and Real Madrid. The scoreboard announced during the game an attendance of 109,318 during the match between the European Giants on Saturday.   In the top 10 largest stadiums in the world, Michigan Stadium comes in at number 4. In fact out of the top 10, 5 places are held by American Colleges/Universities.

1.	Rungrado May Day Stadium	Pyongyang Nth Korea	150,000
2.	Salt Lake Stadium	Kolkata, India	120,000
3.	Beaver Stadium	State College, Pennsylvania, USA	107,282
4.	Michigan Stadium	Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	106,201
5.	Estadio Azteca	Mexico City, Mexico	105,000
6.	Ohio Stadium	Columbus, Ohio, USA	102,329
7.	National Bukit Jalil	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	100,200
8.	Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium	Austin, Texas, USA	100,119
9.	Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	100,018.
10.	Neyland Stadium	Knoxville, Tennessee, USA	100,011

    The crowd of 109,318 at Michigan Stadium broke the previous U.S. mark of 101,799, set at the Rose Bowl for the 1984 Olympic final. American venues have long played host to international soccer clubs, drawn by sizable appearance fees paid by U.S. promoters. In New year 2013/14 traditional NHL's 'The Winter Classic" was played at "the big house" as Toronto Maple Leafs took on Detroit Red Wings. The visiting Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings, 3–2, in a shootout. The game was televised nationally in Canada on CBC and nationally in the United States on NBC. The game set an NHL attendance record of 105,491, surpassing the previous record set during the 2008 NHL Winter Classic.