Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
46,931
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Maracanã Stadium, 73,139
Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro was a venue of the 2016 Summer Olympics, and it is counted among the Olympic stadiums. It is one of 8 with artificial turf among the 96 stadiums in Brazil with a recorded surface.
It opened in 2007. The nearest listed stadium is São Januário, 6.5 km away.
- Listed for
- Athletics and football
- Tenants
- Botafogo, Brazil national football team
- Surface
- Artificial turf
- Position
- 22.89° S, 43.29° W
Where it stands in Brazil
- Maracanã Stadium26,208 more73,139
- 7 more listed stadiums
- Estádio do Arruda3,069 more50,000
- Arena Corinthians1,974 more48,905
- Arena Fonte Nova971 more47,902
- Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos46,931
- Estádio Prudentão977 fewer45,954
- Arena Pernambuco1,491 fewer45,440
- Morenão1,931 fewer45,000
- 98 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Owner
- Rio de Janeiro City Hall
- Field size
- 105 m × 68 m
- Recorded construction cost
- R$380 million
- Opening order in Brazil
- joint 102nd of 113, earliest first
- Share of listed capacity in Brazil
- 1.6%
- Compared with the median in Brazil
- 2.4 times the median capacity of 19,924 across its 113 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 2000s in Brazil
- 8 of the 113 listed stadiums, this one included
- Also opened in 2007 in Brazil
- Arena Barueri
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Maracanã Stadium, 6.7 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 2
Chronology
- 2007 Opened
- 2016 Summer Olympics venue
Nearest listed stadiums
- São Januário · east24,584 places, opened 19276.5 km
- Maracanã Stadium · east73,139 places, opened 19506.7 km
- Estádio Giulite Coutinho · north-west13,544 places, opened 200017.0 km
- Estádio Raulino de Oliveira · north-west18,230 places, opened 197693.0 km
- Estádio Mário Helênio · north31,863 places, opened 1988123.2 km
Source: Wikipedia, Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos.