Maracana, Rio de Janeiro

The Maracana hosted the 1950 World Cup final before 199,854 spectators — the largest crowd ever to attend a football match. Renovated for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, it remains the iconic home of Brazilian football and one of the world's great sporting arenas, capable of holding 78,000 spectators and featuring one of sport's most passionate atmospheres.