Current stadium · Fortaleza ECArena Castelão
- Popular name
- Castelão
- Location
- Castelão, Fortaleza
- Capacity
- 63,903 spectators
- Opened
- 1973
- The club plays here
- Since 1973
- Former names
- Estádio Governador Plácido Castelo, conocido como Castelão (1973-2012; sigue siendo el nombre oficial). Desde la reapertura de diciembre de 2012 se lo llama Arena Castelão.
Stadium owned and run by the Ceará State Government; it does not belong to Fortaleza, which uses it as its main home ground, as does Ceará. It opened on 11 November 1973 with a Clássico-Rei between the two clubs that ended 0-0, and in 1980 it drew some 120,000 people for the National Eucharistic Congress, during the visit of Pope John Paul II. It was renovated in 2002 and almost entirely rebuilt for the 2014 World Cup: it closed in March 2011 and reopened on 16 December 2012 as the Arena Castelão. It hosted the 2013 Confederations Cup and six matches of the 2014 World Cup, including the Brazil-Colombia quarter-final.
Stadium photos
Vista aérea del Castelão en marzo de 2014, ya remodelado para el Mundial.
Photo: Governo do Brasil (Portal da Copa) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 BR · CC BY 3.0 · Source
Interior del Castelão con sus tribunas vacías, en marzo de 2018.
Photo: Jade Queiroz / MTur Destinos (Ministério do Turismo) / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source
Fortaleza EC stadiums
- Estádio Alcides Santos · Since 1962
- Estádio Presidente Vargas · Undocumented date
Sources
- Website. pt.wikipedia.org View source
- Website. stadiumguide.com View source
- Website. diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br View source
- Website. Wikipedia (English) View source
- Website. diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br View source
- Website. itatiaia.com.br View source