What are the 10 Most Haunted Stadiums in the NFL?

You’ve heard of the Sunday scaries, but have you ever wondered which NFL stadiums are more haunted than others? 

Now that question has been answered. 

Just in time for Halloween, here are the pro football homes that are most likely to leave you shaking in your boots if you pay a visit. 

While No. 1 — the Superdowm in Louisiana — might make a lot of sense, the rest of the top 10 includes some surprises. 

No Topping New Orleans 

Picks site Pickswise ran the numbers and determined the scariest place in the NFL is the Superdome in New Orleans. 

That is not only because the Saints might be the worst team in the league this season but for a few other factors. 

No. 1 on the list number of haunted locations per square mile in the state. With its spooky history of spirits and voodoo, Louisiana topped the list with 3.84. That beat second-place Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts by a healthy margin (3.32) while TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore and FedEx Field (now known as Northwest Stadium) in Landover, Md., also had scores above three. 

Proximity to a cemetery was also among the factors studied. According to Google Maps, the 50-year-old Superdome is less than a mile from a one, although that is farther than Highmark Stadium in Buffalo and Ford Field in Detroit. 

Here is the full top 10: 

1. Superdome (New Orleans Saints) 

2. Highmark Stadium (Buffalo Bills) 

3. Huntington Field (Cleveland Browns) 

4. MetLife Stadium (New York Giants and New York Jets) 

5. Ford Field (Detroit Lions) 

6. TIAA Bank Field (Jacksonville Jaguars) 

7. Lambeau Field (Green Bay Packers) 

8. Raymond James Stadium (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) 

9. Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Dolphins) 

10. Acrisure Stadium (Pittsburgh Steelers) 

What about the least-scary stadiums? 

Empower Field at Mile High in Denver came in as the least-scare place. The home state of the Broncos is apparently pretty light on ghost stories and haunted places, and it is relatively far from a cemetery. 

The latter is also true of No. 29: Allegiant Stadium. The home of the Las Vegas Raiders also ranked low on the age scale (it’s only five years old). 

Rounding out the bottom five are Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis Colts), Levi’s Stadium (San Francisco 49ers) and Paycor Stadium (Cincinnati Bengals). 

The big disparity between Ohio’s NFL stadiums is interesting since the Buckeye State has more than one haunted location per 1,000 miles and neither stadium is that old. 

The home state of Goosebumps author R.L. Stine also ranks high on the ghost stories list, but the big difference is team success. 

While the Bengals went to the Super Bowl four years ago (their third trip), the Browns are one of four teams in the NFL to never advance all the way to the big game at the end of the rainbow.