Largest Stadium Floor

[rmnldr]

I've always wondered what the biggest floor Monster Jam or any monster truck organization runs on. I don't mean race tracks or airfields, but actual stadiums. I think monster trucks have gotten so fast and out of control that they have "outgrown" certain arenas (cough Sam Boyd cough).

So for the largest stadium floor, I'd have to go with the Superdome in New Orleans.

I took this from the highest section with my phone earlier this year. Just look at all the unused floor space.

[RobbieMilburn]

I had always heard Montreal Olympic Stadium, New Orleans Superdome, and Orlando's stadiums were largest floor space wise.

[Roli Christinson]

I think Arlington or New Orleans.

[runt9]

Yeah, I was going to say Arlington as well. I haven't been in there for an actual MT event, but I know how huge the floor space really is down there.

[Roli Christinson]

OH MY GOODNESS, how could i forget about Ford Field and Edward Jones?! Believe me, they don't seem that big, but i have driven past them, and seen plenty of footage from football games and such. THEY'RE HUGE.

[JackMProductions]

I think St Louis is the literal biggest.

[rmnldr]

Okay well I've been doing some YouTube research since there's so many stadiums you've guys listed and I think I've ranked them by size pretty well. 

 

1. Mercedes Benz Superdome (New Orleans)

 

2. Olympic Stadium (Montreal)

 

3. Edward Jones Dome (St. Louis)

 

4. Citrus Bowl (Orlando)

 

5. Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego)

 

6. Ford Field (Detroit)

 

7. Cowboy Stadium (Arlington)

 

I'm not very good at judging distances, I'm just making assumptions based on how the trucks compared to the floor and how they maneuver in the stadium. I also compared each stadium's seating charts, but it was very inconclusive because some stadiums use different sized football field diagrams. :c

 

Feel free to critique my findings and make some of your own. xP

[mdemko]

The Astrodome was pretty big....

[RobbieMilburn]

Ford Field really isn't much bigger than most domes. Ironically, Vegas is one of the smallest stadiums MJ runs in.

[rmnldr]

Ford Field really isn't much bigger than most domes. Ironically, Vegas is one of the smallest stadiums MJ runs in.

 

That's what really concerns me. After I saw Koehler's crash at WF7 and Blackwell's crash at WF10 I wondered just how safe the audience is when they have such high speeds and such large obstacles. There will soon be a point where these trucks just won't be able to be contained within such floor space.

[DDT]

Chase Field is probably one of the smallest as well that they run stadium wise.....and i cant really see the finals being anywhere else but Sam Boyd due to it being in Vegas and no where else besides Cardinals Stadium and orlando could they do Thunder alley racing

[AuzGrams]

I know this is sorta random, but every time I see the Indy MJ, the floor space at Lucas Oil Stadium looks really small for a stadium, anyone who's worked it or been to an Indy MJ show agree? Just looks small to me.

[prmikee9]

Indy is pretty big, the dumpsters make it look smaller. I worked the 2011 show. Also anyone forget Gothenburg? That floor space is huge, although they dont use all of it

[RobbieMilburn]

The actual floor space in Indy is pretty big it's just the actual floor is kind of rounded by the stands on the side lines and dumpsters go on both sides to protect that. I was there last year and the dumpsters seem to be 10-12 feet out on either side. Pure estimates though

 

 

 

http://s4.evcdn.com/images/block250/I0-001/003/983/671-4.jpeg_/lucas-oil-stadium-71.jpeg  You can see the slight shape on the sidelines.

 

 

And how the dumpsters are a little bit out here. 

[rmnldr]

So do you guys think that the World Finals should be moved to any of these other great venues? The "Thunder Alley" style racing wouldn't be available everywhere but it would mean larger crowds, larger space for freestyle obstacles, and overall safer conditions for the audience and also the drivers.