10 toughest NFL stadiums to play in for road teams

1. Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City Chiefs

The best home-field advantage lies in the very heart of the country, in the home of blues and BBQ, at 1 Arrowhead Drive in Kansas City, MO. Stuffed the brim with 76,000+ fans every home game, every year, Arrowhead Stadium boasts one of the most passionate fan bases, and coolest traditional stadium designs, in the NFL.

And as Bryan Zarpentine notes that “If you want noise, it doesn’t get much better than Arrowhead Stadium. To be fair, there’s some stiff competition in that department, but the folks in Kansas City know how to get rowdy, putting Arrowhead in the Guinness Book of World Records as the loudest outdoor stadium in the world.”

For the longest time, Arrowhead was the unquestioned loudest stadium in football. In 2013, the Chiefs officially set the Guinness Record for the first time by hitting 137.5 decibels. But, weeks later, the Seahawks overtook the mark by hitting 137.6.

Kansas City came back in 2014 full-force and obliterated Seattle’s record, hitting 142.2 decibels according to the fine folks at Guinness World Records. Since that time, no other team has been close enough to go through the hassle of having the sound measured. Chiefs fans also have disputed the Seahawks record due to the nature of Seattle’s partial roof, but that’s neither-here-nor-there.

In addition to the crowd noise, there is a mystique about Arrowhead that often psyches out opponents when the arrive on the field. Maybe it’s the ghosts of Derrick Thomas and Lamar Hunt – but whatever it is, this place is special. Come for the best tailgating (and BBQ) in the country, stay for the ambiance, the noise, and the Chiefs, and enjoy the best home-field advantage in the NFL.