SoFi Stadium is the NFL’s ‘bougiest,’ study finds

If there was one word to describe your favorite NFL team’s stadium, would it be “bougie?” 

According to Merriam-Webster, “bougie” (pronounced boo-gee and alternatively spelled “boujee”) is defined as “marked by a concern for wealth, possessions and respectability.” 

As it turns out, every professional football stadium has a certain “bougie score,” according to new research by online gaming experts at Casino.org. 

Researchers used several metrics to come to their conclusion on the “bougiest” stadium, including stadium capacity, the number of luxury suites, how many bathrooms and concession stands are in the stadium and the overall cost of construction. Each stadium was given a score between 0 and 100, with 100 being the most “bougie.” 

Based on their findings, L.A.’s very own SoFi Stadium came out with a weighted “bougie score” of 100. 

With a capacity of 70,240 people, the home of the Chargers and Rams has 260 luxury boxes, 26 concession stands and 167 bathrooms. It is the NFL’s most expensive stadium by far, with an overall building cost of $5.5 billion. 

SoFi has a wrap-around screen and employs “digital twinning” technology, making it among the most tech savvy venues to see a football game at in the country.

On the other side of the spectrum, Soldier Field – home of the Chicago Bears – has the lowest “bougie score” of an NFL stadium with a whopping 0, according to data from Casino.org. 

Soldier Field can house 61,500 fans and has 131 suites, 114 bathrooms and 22 concession stands, the latter of which ranks as the fewest in the league. 

The bougiest stadiums in the NFL can be viewed in the table below: 

Rank	Stadium	Team(s)	“Bougie score”	Capacity	# of suites	# of bathrooms	# of food stands	Cost to build
1.	SoFi Stadium	Chargers, Rams	100	70,240	260	167	26	$5.5bn
2.	AT&T Stadium	Cowboys	99	80,000	300	120	95	$1.77bn
3.	Empower Field at Mile High	Broncos	81	76,125	144	N/A	116	$400m
4.	Gillette Stadium	Patriots	74	66,829	92	60	138	$529m
5.	U.S. Bank Stadium	Vikings	73	66,655	141	979	51	$1.1bn
6.	Hard Rock Stadium	Dolphins	64	65,326	216	80	100	$313m
7.	Allegiant Stadium	Raiders	62.4	65,000	128	297	84	$1.9bn
8.	Lambeau Field	Packers	62.1	81,441	168	171	39	$469m
9.	MetLife Stadium	Giants/Jets	61	82,500	217	124	37	$2.15bn
10.	Caesars Super dome	Saints	59	73,208	165	126	72	$7.29m
11.	Levi’s Stadium	49ers	58	68,500	174	103	84	$1.3bn
12.	NRG Stadium	Texans	57	72,220	186	81	69	$360m
13.	FedEx Field	Command ers	56	82,000	243	79	43	$458m
14.	GEHA Field at Arrow head Stadium	Chiefs	48	76,416	128	102	66	$301m
15.	Bank of America Stadium	Panthers	46.4	75,523	158	95	64	$463m
16.	Lincoln Financial Field	Eagles	46.01	69,596	172	88	61	$814m
17.	Mercedes Benz Stadium	Falcons	41	71,000	90	N/A	70	$1.6bn
18.	Nissan Stadium	Titans	40	69,143	143	78	62	$509m
19.	Acrisure Stadium	Steelers	29	68,400	129	56	59	$464m
20.	Cleveland Browns Stadium	Browns	28	67,895	143	71	59	$497m
21.	EverBank Field	Jaguars	27	69,132	39	52	66	$239m
22.	Lucas Oil Stadium	Colts	26.4	67,000	139	113	50	$720m
23.	Raymond James Stadium	Buccaneers	24	65,890	100	98	47	$303m
24.	Lumen Field	Seattle Seahawks	23	69,000	111	63	40	$700m
25.	State Farm Stadium	Cardinals	22	63,400	88	50	40	$455m
26.	Ford Field	Lions	20	65,000	99	106	30	$814m
27.	M&T Bank Stadium	Ravens	13	71,008	70	64	44	$220m
28.	Paycor Stadium	Bengals	1.9	65,515	114	130	56	$773m
29.	Highmark Stadium	Bills	1	71,608	48	86	26	$145m
30.	Soldier Field	Bears	0	61,500	131	114	22	$632m

Does a team’s home venue’s “bougieness” have an effect on their success?

The answer is not a definitive one; of the last five Super Bowl winners (New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs [twice], Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Los Angeles Rams), two of them (Patriots and Rams) have a top four “bougiest” stadium in the league.