The World's 15 Most Amazing Stadiums. The World Cup: the planet's finest gladiators (footballers) gathering to do battle (play football) inside purpose-built theatres of duel (stadiums).And the stadiums are often truly jaw-dropping.he stadium was built as the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics and has also hosted the 1974 World Cup Final and the Euro '88 Final. It hosted the European Cup Finals of 1979, 1993 and 1997. The stadium was built by Bilfinger Berger between 1968 to 1972 in a pit made by bombs dropped on Munich during World War II.