Most Intimidating Stadiums in the NFL

No team likes traveling to an opposing team's field, that is why there are such things as home field advantage because teams do not want to be on another field. There are some fields throughout the National Football League that become more intimidating than others, whether it is the conditions on the field, the hostile environment, the rowdy and intense fans, or the small locker room accommodations, these places are simply the hardest places to play in professional football.

10. M&T Bank Stadium, home of the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens are already considered one of the most intimidating teams in the league, add a night game where all of the fans decide to wear black and shout their heads off, it turns Baltimore into one scary place.

9. Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs. Although they are not one of the best teams in the NFL, the Chiefs fans are loyal and loud none the less. Their stadium gets up to around 120 decibels, enough to damage your eardrums.

8. Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots. Once an invincible stomping ground for Tom Brady and company, the Patriots under his command were undefeated in their new stadium until this last season, add late winter New England weather and you have got a tough place to even think about going.

7. Invesco Field at Mile High, home of the Denver Broncos. Not only are Denver fans the most loyal in sports, but the fact that the stadium rests in the Rocky Mountains and is over a mile up in the air, it makes for conditions that can send players to the hospital, and have before, ask the Steelers.

6. Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers. The Frozen Tundra is a place of horror for visiting teams, there are not many other teams in Wisconsin that can hold the success of that the Packers have had, so when it is game day, the whole town shuts down to go see their Packers in the freezing cold.

5. Heinz Field, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Home of the six time Super Bowl champions and the Terrible Towel, Pittsburgh is no fun place to play, especially late in the season when the cold winds whip off of the river front right through the stadium.

4. Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, home of the Oakland Raiders. Oakland is notorious for their "Black Hole" in one end zone and home to some of the wildest and crazy fans the game has ever seen. Try doing the "Lambeau Leap" into the "Black Hole" if you are an opposing player, you will come out with a black eye.

3. The Super Dome, home of the New Orleans Saints. Who dat nation just won the Super Bowl and they showed through their home field advantage that the stadium can act as an amplifier and make it impossible for opposing teams to get in step with one another.

2. Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles. Often considered one of the hardest cities to play in sports, the City of Brotherly Love has no room in its heart for any other team, or Santa Claus. You will be heckled, you will be cursed at, you will be happy to leave.

1. Qwest Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks. Up in Washington, the Seahawks have found a way to bring 12 men to an 11-man game. With noise levels reaching near deafening levels at around 130 decibels, Qwest Field is not only a daunting place to play, but the fans are smart. They get really quiet when their team has the ball and get loud as they can when opposing teams try to make a play call. Knowledge of the game in this case is deadly.