The first sports stadium to break the $1 billion barrier was London's Wembley Stadium. Now, Tokyo's planned National Stadium for the 2020 Olympics will be the first to reach $2 billion, according to the latest cost estimate. The world's billion-dollar stadiums:
$2 billion: National Stadium (construction to begin in October), 2019, Tokyo, Olympics
$1.6 billion: MetLife Stadium, 2010, East Rutherford, N.J., New York Giants and Jets, football
$1.3 billion: Yankee Stadium 2009, Bronx, N.Y., New York Yankees, baseball
$1.2 billion: Wembley Stadium, 2007, London, soccer
$1.2 billion: Levi's Stadium, 2014, Santa Clara, Calif., San Francisco 49ers, football
$1.15 billion: AT&T Stadium, 2009, Arlington, Texas, Dallas Cowboys, football
$1.0 billion: U.S. Bank Stadium (under construction), 2016, Minneapolis, Minn., Minnesota Vikings, football
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Sources: Victor Matheson, Levi's Stadium, U.S. Bank Stadium
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