Five worst rugby stadiums in the world includes TWO Six Nations venues

Monday, 31 January 2022 at 16:36

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byRugby Rucker

LiveRugbyTickets discovered the worst rugby stadiums in the world by analysing more than 15,000 TripAdvisor reviews for 40 different grounds.

They created their very own index looking into the following four variables across these reviews and gave each a score out of 10:

Atmosphere
Cleanliness
Affordability
Food

From this, they gave each stadium an overall fan satisfaction score out of 10 before ranking them to identify the best (and worst) rugby stadiums around the world.

Bristol Bears home Ashton Gate was rated the tenth WORST stadium in the world according to these rankings.

Below, we look at the FIVE worst rugby stadiums in the world.

Worst rugby stadiums in the world

#5. Stade de France (Paris, France)

Capacity: 80,698
Opened: 1998
Home to: France
Cost: €364 million
DID YOU KNOW? It will host the opening and closing ceremonies and the athletics events at the 2024 Summer Olympics

#4. Allianz Riviera (Nice, France)

Capacity: 35,169
Opened: 2013
Home to: Toulon (Occasional)
Cost: €250 million
DID YOU KNOW? The stadium will be one of the venues for the 2023 Rugby World Cup

#3. Stadio Olimpico (Rome, Italy)

Capacity: 70,624
Opened: 1932
Home to: Italy
DID YOU KNOW? Rated an UEFA category four stadium, it has also hosted four European Cup/Champions League finals, the most recent being the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final

#2. National Stadium (Singapore)

Capacity: 55,000
Opened: 2010
Home to: Singapore Rugby Sevens
Cost: S$1.87 billion
DID YOU KNOW? The National Stadium currently holds the record of the largest dome structure in the world

#1. Estadio Ciudad de La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Capacity: 53,000
Opened: 2003
Home to: Argentina
Cost: AR$100 million
DID YOU KNOW? After the passing of Diego Maradona in November 2020, the stadium was named "Estadio Único Diego Maradona" to honor the idol