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| Full name | Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho |
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| Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 22°54′43.80″S 43°13′48.59″W / 22.9121667°S 43.2301639°W |
| Owner | State of Rio de Janeiro |
| Operator | Complexo Maracanã Entretenimento S.A. (Odebrecht, IMX, AEG) |
| Capacity | 78,838[1] |
| Record attendance | 199,854 (Brazil–Uruguay, July 16, 1950) |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Started | August 2, 1948 |
| Opened | June 16, 1950 |
| Renovated | 2000, 2006, 2013 |
| Architect | Waldir Ramos Raphael Galvão Miguel Feldman Oscar Valdetaro Pedro Paulo B. Bastos Orlando Azevedo Antônio Dias Carneiro |
| Tenants | |
| Fluminense Flamengo | |
Maracanã Stadium, (Portuguese: Estádio do Maracanã) standard Brazilian Portuguese: [esˈtad͡ʒju du maɾakɐˈnɐ̃], local pronunciation: [iʃˈtad͡ʒu du mɐˌɾakɐˈnɐ̃]), officially Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, is a multi purpose (used for different events) stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It can hold around 78,838 people.
Sources
[change | change source]- ↑ "Maracanã fica mais moderno sem abrir mão de sua história" (in Portuguese). Estado de S. Paulo. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
