Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
| Maracanãzinho | |
Exterior view of the Maracanãzinho, November 2007
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| Full name | Ginásio Gilberto Cardoso |
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| Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 22°54′50.08″S 43°13′45.60″W / 22.9139111°S 43.2293333°WCoordinates: 22°54′50.08″S 43°13′45.60″W / 22.9139111°S 43.2293333°W |
| Owner | Superintendência de Desportos do Estado do Rio de Janeiro |
| Capacity | 11,800 (Futsal) |
| Record attendance | 35,000 (1954 FIBA World Championship Medal Round match: USA – Brazil 62–41) |
| Field size | 40x20 m |
| Surface | 800m² |
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| Broke ground | April 1954 |
| Opened | September 24, 1954 |
| Renovated | October 2003 – June 30, 2004 2007 |
| Closed | October 2003 |
| Reopened | June 30, 2004 |
| Construction cost | 97 million R$ (2003 renovations) |
| Architect | Galvão, Bastos, Azevedo and Carneiro, Herzog & de Meuron (restoration) |
| Main contractors | Prolar S.A. Odebrecht (restoration) |
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Brazil women's national volleyball team Flamengo Basketball (NBB) (2008–2009) |
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Ginásio Gilberto Cardoso (Portuguese: Ginásio do Maracanãzinho), sometimes called just Maracanãzinho ("Little Maracanã" or "Mini Maracanã"), is an indoor arena located in Maracanã in the north zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is used mostly for volleyball. Its formal name, Ginásio Gilberto Cardoso, honors a former Clube de Regatas do Flamengo president. The capacity of the arena is 11,800 and it was opened in 1954. It stands next to the Maracanã Stadium.
Maracanãzinho's construction started on April 13, 1954 and lasted for only five months. It was built by Construtora Prolar S.A. The architects were Rafael Galvão, Pedro Paulo Bernardes Bastos, Orlando Azevedo and Antônio Dias Carneiro, the engineer was Joaquim Cardoso.
The gymnasium was inaugurated on September 24, 1954, with that year's Men's Basketball World Championship, for which it had a capacity for 25,000 spectators. The arena also hosted the 1963 event of the same competition, with the home team, coached by Kanela taking the gold medal, its second Men's Basketball World Championship in a row.
During the 1950s and the 1960s, the Miss Guanabara and Miss Brasil beauty pageants were held in Maracanãzinho.
During the 1960s and the 1970s several national and international music festivals were held in the gymnasium.
The 1960 and 1990 Men's Volleyball World Championship was held in Maracanãzinho.
At the age of 32, Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira became the first female singer to fill the Maracanãzinho Gymnasium in 1981.
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