Beijing National Stadium Beijing, China Cost: $500 million Capacity: 91,000 (approximately 80,000 post-Olympics) Opens: April 2008
Landsdowne Road Stadium Dublin, Ireland Irish National Soccer Team Cost: 365 million euros ($576 million) Opens: 2009 Capacity: 50,000 Luxury suites/amenities: 110 luxury suites; 10,000 premium club seats
Dallas Cowboys New Stadium (Naming Rights TBD) Arlington, Texas Dallas Cowboys, NFL Cost: $1 billion Capacity: 80,000 Opens: 2009 Luxury suites/other amenities: 200 suites; 1,500 club seats; eight video boards; 286 concessionaires
Yankee Stadium Bronx, N.Y. Host Team New York Yankees Cost: $1.3 billion Capacity: 51,800 Opens: 2009 Mega Suits - 67 total suites. Most expensive Legends Suite is $2,500 a game per person and must be purchased in three- to 10-year packages; Other suites cost $650,000 to $800,000 a year.Construction began: August 17, 2006 Opening: April 2009 Style: Open air Surface: GrassCost: Approximately $1.3 billion Public financing: $220 million from New York City for parking facilities ($75 million), parkland along the waterfront ($135 million) and other work related to the stadium Private financing: Approximately $1.1 billion from the Yankees
Jet Stadium Host Team: NFL’s New York Jets Football Organization Cost: $1.3 billion stadium Opening: 2012 Capacity: over 80,000, Club seats: 9,200 Luxury suites: 117 Style: Open air Surface: Grass Financing: obtained a loan of $300 million from the league’s G-3 stadium financing program that must be repaid over 15 years from club seat revenues.