TIL that the worst stadium disaster in history was the collapse of a wooden amphitheater in 27 AD that killed 20,000 people.
Just came across a mention of this in the toldinstone video How Dangerous Was the Front Row of the Colosseum?.
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As a percentage of world population that's comparable to like 477,000 people dying at a football game today. Or possibly 1 million people, depending on what population estimate you use.