Most people think that around 130 to 135 decibels is the point where noise starts to hurt your hearing. So, what would we call someone who knowingly pays a lot of money to listen to that kind of noise for a long time?

Everyone knows them as sports fans, and the more noise they make, the better their team is generally doing.

There is no one country, sport, or type of sports fan that has the loudest venues in the world. They cover the whole world, and when there’s a home game, they’re sure to break your eardrums. Here are some of the most noisy sports grounds from all over the world.

Minute Maid Park

Minute Maid Park is in Houston, Texas, and it opened in the year 2000.

Capacity: 41,168 people.

Houston Astros is the main point.

Bottom line: I don’t like giving the Houston Astros credit for anything, especially for winning two World Series in the last six years, but you can’t deny how crazy Minute Maid Park gets when they play there. It’s crazy, and no list of the world’s loudest venues would be complete without this one.

It’s important to note that Minute Maid Park replaced the Astrodome, which was one of the most famous stadiums of all time. I would also put the Astrodome near the top of any list of the best stadiums ever.

Hampden Park

Hampden Park is in Glasgow, Scotland, and it has been open since 1903.

Capacity: 51,866 people.

Scotland National Football Team is the main point.

Bottom line: If you had a time machine and could go back to the loudest game ever played at Hampden Park, you would have to go back to 1937 and get tickets to a game between Scotland and England when a whopping 149,415 people showed up to the pitch. We think it was louder than the 115 decibels that Hampden Park reached during a match in 2018.

Since the field opened in 1903, Hampden Park has been the home of Queen’s Park F.C. Before that, the same club played at a nearby venue also called Hampden Park as early as 1873.

Allen Fieldhouse

Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.© AP Photo

Lawrence, Kansas is where

Opened: 1955

Capacity: 16,300 people.

Men’s basketball at the University of Kansas is the main focus.

Bottom line: This is one of the things I’ve added to the list that I can defend both from an objective and an emotional point of view. In 2017, when the crowd at Allen Fieldhouse reached 130.4 decibels, it was the biggest crowd ever at an indoor sports event. And from what I’ve heard in my living room and from watching games there for more than 30 years.

“The Phog” is such a scary place to play that Kansas won every men’s basketball regular-season title from 2005 to 2018, and then again in 2020, 2022, and 2023. In 2022, Kansas won its second NCAA title under longtime head coach Bill Self. It’s the only basketball stadium on this list, and there’s a good reason for that.

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