Maracanã Stadium
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
73,139
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 places
Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro is the largest of the 113 listed stadiums in Brazil. It was a venue of the FIFA World Cup in 1950 and 2014 and of the 2016 Summer Olympics, and it is counted among the Olympic stadiums.
It opened in 1950. The nearest listed stadium is São Januário, 2.4 km away.
- Listed for
- American football and football
- Tenants
- Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco, Brazil national football team
- Surface
- Grass
- Position
- 22.91° S, 43.23° W
Where it stands in Brazil
- Maracanã Stadium73,139
- Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha3,229 fewer69,910
- Estádio do Morumbi6,344 fewer66,795
- Mineirão6,481 fewer66,658
- 109 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Construction began
- 1948
- Owner
- Rio de Janeiro State Government
- Field size
- 105 m × 68 m
- Record attendance
- 173,850
- Opening order in Brazil
- joint 20th of 113, earliest first
- Share of listed capacity in Brazil
- 2.5%
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 2013, more recent than 19 of the other 40 listed stadiums in Brazil with such a year
- Compared with the median in Brazil
- 3.7 times the median capacity of 19,924 across its 113 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1950s in Brazil
- 11 of the 113 listed stadiums, this one included
- Also opened in 1950 in Brazil
- Arena Independência
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Estadio Monumental, 1,964 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 2
Chronology
- 1950 FIFA World Cup venue, Opened
- 2000 Renovated
- 2006 Renovated
- 2013 Renovated
- 2014 FIFA World Cup venue
- 2016 Summer Olympics venue
Nearest listed stadiums
- São Januário · north24,584 places, opened 19272.4 km
- Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos · west46,931 places, opened 20076.7 km
- Estádio Giulite Coutinho · north-west13,544 places, opened 200023.4 km
- Estádio Raulino de Oliveira · north-west18,230 places, opened 197699.6 km
- Estádio Mário Helênio · north31,863 places, opened 1988126.0 km
Source: Wikipedia, Maracanã Stadium.