Major League Ballparks: Largest to Smallest
Sometimes you look at a stadium filled to capacity, and you wonder why they didn’t build it just a bit larger so it could accommodate more people. On the other hand, you could go to a Mets game at Citi Field in August, and wonder why they didn’t build it half as large, so it wouldn’t look quite so empty.
Here, then, is a complete list (largest to smallest) of each MLB stadium, along with their officially listed seating capacity:
1) Dodger Stadium – 56,000
2) Coors Field – 50,480
3) Yankee Stadium – 50,291
4) Turner Field – 49,586
5) Rogers Centre – 49,282
6) Chase Field – 48,633
7) Rangers Ballpark – 48,114
8) Safeco Field – 47,476
9) Camden Yards – 45,971
10) Angel Stadium – 45,483
11) Busch Stadium – 43,975
12) Citizens Bank Park – 43,651
13) Petco Park – 42,524
14) Great American Ballpark – 42,319
15) Progressive Field – 42,241
16) Minute Maid Park – 42,060
17) Citi Field – 41,922
18) AT&T Park – 41,915
19) Miller Park – 41,900
20) Nationals Park – 41,418
21) Comerica Park – 41,255
22) Wrigley Field – 41,019
23) U.S. Cellular Field – 40,615
24) Target Field – 39,021
25) PNC Park – 38,362
26) Kauffman Stadium – 37,903
27) Fenway Park – 37,499
28) Marlins Park – 36,742
29) O.co Coliseum – 35,067
30) Tropicana Field – 34,078
You can also call this list, the Incredible Shrinking Ballpark. Ballpark construction certainly is headed down as far as seating capacity is concerned. During the last boom of construction in the 1960’s and ’70’s, stadiums regularly topped 50,000 seats. For many years, Wrigley Field and Fenway Park were normally the two “coziest” parks in baseball. Now, about half the parks seat 42,000 or fewer folks, while 23% of MLB parks now seat fewer than 40,000 fans.