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Mineirão

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

66,658

recorded capacity

1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Maracanã Stadium, 73,139

Mineirão in Belo Horizonte is the 4th-largest of the 113 listed stadiums in Brazil. It was a venue of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

It opened in 1965. The nearest listed stadium is Arena Independência, 7.3 km away.

Listed for
Football
Tenants
Cruzeiro, Brazil national football team
Surface
Grass
Position
19.87° S, 43.97° W

Compare with another stadium

Where it stands in Brazil

  1. Maracanã Stadium6,481 more73,139
  2. Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha3,252 more69,910
  3. Estádio do Morumbi137 more66,795
  4. Mineirão66,658
  5. Castelão, Fortaleza8,791 fewer57,867
  6. Arena do Grêmio11,433 fewer55,225
  7. Mangueirão13,013 fewer53,645
  8. 106 more listed stadiums

All 113 listed in Brazil

From the record

Construction began
1959
Owner
State of Minas Gerais
Operator
Minas Arena
Field size
105 m × 68 m
Record attendance
132,834
Opening order in Brazil
joint 35th of 113, earliest first
Share of listed capacity in Brazil
2.2%
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
3.3 times the median capacity of 19,924 across its 113 listed stadiums
Opened in the 1960s in Brazil
15 of the 113 listed stadiums, this one included
Also opened in 1965 in Brazil
Estádio Barão da Serra Negra, Estádio Municipal Professor Dario Rodrigues Leite
Nearest larger listed stadium
Maracanã Stadium, 347 km
Listed stadiums within 10 km
2

Chronology

  1. 1965 Opened
  2. 2011 Renovated
  3. 2013 Renovated
  4. 2014 FIFA World Cup venue
  5. 2016 Summer Olympics venue

Nearest listed stadiums

N12345
  1. Arena Independência · south-east23,018 places, opened 19507.3 km
  2. Arena MRV · south-west44,892 places, opened 20238.5 km
  3. Arena do Jacaré · north-west20,000 places, opened 200650.4 km
  4. Estádio Municipal João Lamego Netto · east22,500 places, opened 1982155.9 km
  5. Estádio Mário Helênio · south31,863 places, opened 1988222.4 km

Source: Wikipedia, Mineirão.