Bucharest’s main stadium National Arena is 12th most expensive in the world

The main Bucharest stadium, the National Arena, ranks 12th among the most expensive stadiums built in the last ten years in the world. The stadium, with a capacity of 55,000 seats, opened in 2011 after EUR 230 million in investments, which placed it 12th in the study ABlueprint for Successful Stadium Development by KMPG. The stadium in Bucharest had a cost of EUR 4,200 per seat, well above the cost of opening other famous stadiums, such as Juventus Stadium, with a cost of EUR 3,000 per seat, or Estadi Cornellá El-Prat, in Barcelona, with EUR 1,530 per seat. The most expensive arena is Wembley in London, which has 90,000 seats, and a cost of over EUR 10,000 per seat. Second most expensive was another London stadium: Emirates Stadium, 60,300 seats, and a cost of EUR 7,300 per seat. editor@romania-insider.com