Which U.S. Stadium is More Iconic for Concerts in 2023?

[iconiclegend]

MetLife Stadium (New Jersey/New York City):

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MetLife Stadium is part of the Meadowlands complex (American Dream Mall, Nickelodeon Theme Park, DreamWorks Water Park, Big Snow, Dream Wheel)

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SoFi Stadium (Inglewood/Los Angeles, California):

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SoFi Stadium is part of the Hollywood Park complex (Movie Theater, Luxury Hotel, Casino, Food, Retail)

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Notable Stadium Concert Tours in 2023:

 

After Hours til Dawn Tour - The Weeknd

• MetLife Stadium: 2022 July 16, 2022

• SoFi Stadium: 2022 November 26 & 27

Renaissance World Tour - Beyoncé

• MetLife Stadium: 2023 July 29 & 30

• SoFi Stadium: 2023 September 1, 2, 4

The Eras Tour - Taylor Swift

• MetLife Stadium: 2023 May 26, 27, 28

• SoFi Stadium: 2023 August 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9

 

Halftime Shows Previously:

MetLife Stadium in 2014:

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SoFi Stadium in 2022:

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Which U.S. Stadium is More Iconic?

Edited July 24, 2023 by iconiclegend

[RobynYoBank]

SoFi is the premiere stadium in the US right now. It's brand new, gorgeous, and cost like 3x as much money to build as any other stadium.

 

I actually think AT&T Stadium in Dallas is probably the second nicest stadium in the US.

Edited July 23, 2023 by RobynYoBank

[Steve Johnson]

SoFi easily.

Taylor playing 6 shows in SoFi next month 

[PoisonedIvy]

6 minutes ago, RobynYoBank said:

SoFi is the premiere stadium in the US right now. It's brand new, gorgeous, and cost like 3x as much money to build as any other stadium.

 

I actually think AT&T Stadium in Dallas is probably the second nicest stadium in the US.

Yeah AT&T is gorgeous. what a marvel to be inside of

[slik]

Sofi is the nicest stadium in the U.S.

 

After that it's probably Allegiant Stadium in Vegas followed by AT&T  Stadium in Dallas and then probably U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. I'm not sure Met Life is honestly even a top 5 stadium.

[Feanor]

SoFi is the shiny new, state of the art stadium so that one.

And Taylor picked it as the finale of her US leg with 6 (!!!!!!) shows, so that alone elevates it as the stadium of the US as well, in addition to all the other stuff.

[Devin]

MetLife Stadium > SoFi Stadium

 

Edit: Not Swifties saying SoFi bc Taylor doing 6 shows there ijbol.

Edited July 23, 2023 by Devin

[dyktatuob]

27 minutes ago, Devin said:

MetLife Stadium > SoFi Stadium

 

Edit: Not Swifties saying SoFi bc Taylor doing 6 shows there ijbol.

you hive are really are the dumbest fanbase 

[Ms. Togekiss]

SoFi is the IT stadium right now. MetLife is iconic and legendary but it got overshadowed after SoFi opened tbh

[LatinFreak]

SoFi in LA and Mercedes Benz in ATL

[byzantium]

I would say neither.  I think the rose bowl is a more iconic concert venue.  MetLife is outside the city in a swamp and Sofi, is too new.  

[The Music Industry]

1 hour ago, Devin said:

Not Swifties saying SoFi bc Taylor doing 6 shows there ijbol.

I know you're always bothered by Taylor for a reason but let's put our thinking caps on. Taylor deciding to end her tour at SoFi and doubling the amount of shows she's doing there compared to MetLife is indeed an example of the fact that SoFi is more iconic/a more important stadium. Why would Swifties not point it out...? They're using a tangible example to respond to the OP. Like...

[Hunter_13]

Sofi! 

[Blue Rose]

SoFi is not iconic just because your fave is performing there  

It’s just new. The Rose Bowl is still more iconic than all of them. Yankees stadium probably second. 

[Walk_Away21]

Sofi is like 2 years old. It is not iconic.

[Elusive Chanteuse]

Neither of these are really iconic like Madison Square Garden.

 

Sofi despite being from NYC because it looks so new and advanced.

 

[Mirtilo]

Neither lol. Iconic venues would be Rose Bowl, Carnegie Hall, Wembley Stadium, Stade de France, Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall...

[toxicgenie]

SoFi is THE stadium right now.

[umich]

MetLife since I work there

[Popboi.]

6 hours ago, Blue Rose said:

SoFi is not iconic just because your fave is performing there  

It’s just new. The Rose Bowl is still more iconic than all of them. Yankees stadium probably second. 

Reading the OP is fundamental, most iconic in 2023. No one relevant has had a show at Rose Bowl since 2019 and only Coldplay are scheduled to perform there only cause they couldn't do SoFi. It's very much done so and relegated to the go to venue for artists that can't sell out SoFi (and even then, they just might do Levi Stadium instead). Yankee Stadium is even more so left in the shadows for nearly a decade now and was never an "iconic" venue for concerts.

 

SoFi, Allegiant, MetLife, Mercedes-Benz, AT&T and Gillette are clearly the US stadiums artists rush to book since 2020, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

 

In 2023 SoFi has been the home for stadium shows for acts from tons of genres, latin pop (Romeo Santos, Grupo Firme), rock (Stevie Nicks, Billy Joel), rap (Playboi Carti, Travis, Future and Lil Wayne), Kpop (TWICE), etc. and still has tons of huge shows from Taylor (most likely will end up becoming the biggest single boxscore reported ever for any venue), Bey, Metallica, P!nk and Ed Sheeran. It wins easily for this year.

Edited July 24, 2023 by Popboi.

[Heartbreak Prince]

The iconic US leg of The Eras Tour concludes with 6(!) dates at The SoFi Stadium, so it’s that by default.

[Feanor]

7 hours ago, The Music Industry said:

I know you're always bothered by Taylor for a reason but let's put our thinking caps on. Taylor deciding to end her tour at SoFi and doubling the amount of shows she's doing there compared to MetLife is indeed an example of the fact that SoFi is more iconic/a more important stadium. Why would Swifties not point it out...? They're using a tangible example to respond to the OP. Like...

And the stadium isn't even so important because of Taylor alone.

Bad Bunny's finale of his 2022 US tour was at SoFi, The Weeknd concluded his US leg there as well with three shows when no other city even got a second show & he also filmed his tour movie there, BTS picked SoFi for their first ever live concert post-pandemic, it was also the only stadium with multiple dates for The Rolling Stones' 2021 US leg and even for Beyoncé herself, SoFi is one of only two stops at her US leg with three shows.

 

Taylor is just on top of the list of other artists treating SoFi Stadium/LA as a special stop at their concert tours and all of this is from just the last 2 years. Many more will join these names in the years to come.

 

Edited July 24, 2023 by Feanor

[Embustera]

None. Stade de France >>>>>>>

[Blue Rose]

7 hours ago, Popboi. said:

Reading the OP is fundamental, most iconic in 2023. No one relevant has had a show at Rose Bowl since 2019 and only Coldplay are scheduled to perform there only cause they couldn't do SoFi. It's very much done so and relegated to the go to venue for artists that can't sell out SoFi (and even then, they just might do Levi Stadium instead). Yankee Stadium is even more so left in the shadows for nearly a decade now and was never an "iconic" venue for concerts.

 

SoFi, Allegiant, MetLife, Mercedes-Benz, AT&T and Gillette are clearly the US stadiums artists rush to book since 2020, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

 

In 2023 SoFi has been the home for stadium shows for acts from tons of genres, latin pop (Romeo Santos, Grupo Firme), rock (Stevie Nicks, Billy Joel), rap (Playboi Carti, Travis, Future and Lil Wayne), Kpop (TWICE), etc. and still has tons of huge shows from Taylor (most likely will end up becoming the biggest single boxscore reported ever for any venue), Bey, Metallica, P!nk and Ed Sheeran. It wins easily for this year.

And yet SoFi is still not an iconic stadium. It’s just new, shiny and in a big city so of course it will have a ton of shows. Once again commercial success doesn’t make anything iconic or legendary. Same with the Metlife stadium, it might be getting more shows than City Field but that will remain more iconic than Metlife in New York.

[chosensparkles]

MetLife is HUGE like in terms of weight it holds

SoFi is def the new shiny one

I also agree AT&T looks amazing

in terms of iconic cultural impact, you can't forget about Dodger Stadium, THE Elton concert was there