Maracanã (stadium)

Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho

Maracanã Stadium
Aerial view of the Maracanã complex in 2014, with the stadium visible at top and the Maracanãzinho at left
Full name	Estádio do Maracanã
Location	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Coordinates	22°54′43.80″S 43°13′48.59″W / 22.9121667°S 43.2301639°W / -22.9121667; -43.2301639Coordinates: 22°54′43.80″S 43°13′48.59″W / 22.9121667°S 43.2301639°W / -22.9121667; -43.2301639
Public transit	Maracanã Station: SuperVia/Rio de Janeiro Metro
Owner	State of Rio de Janeiro
Operator	Complexo Maracanã Entretenimento S.A. (Odebrecht, IMX, AEG)
Capacity	78,838
Record attendance	199,854 (16 July 1950)
Field size	105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	2 August 1948
Opened	16 June 1950
Renovated	2000, 2006, 2013
Architect	Waldir Ramos, Raphael Galvão, Miguel Feldman, Oscar Valdetaro, Pedro Paulo B. Bastos, Orlando Azevedo, Antônio Dias Carneiro
Tenants
Brazil national football team (1950–present) Flamengo (Série A) (1950–present)

The Maracanã Stadium (/mah-ra-ca-Nahn/,^[p] Portuguese: Estádio do Maracanã, standard Brazilian Portuguese: [esˈtadʒi.u du maɾakɐˈnɐ̃], local pronunciation: [iʃˈtadʒu du mɐˌɾakɐˈnɐ̃]), officially Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (IPA: [iʃˈtadʒ(i)u ʒoʁnaˈliʃtɐ ˈmaɾi.u ˈfiʎu]), is a football stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The stadium is part of a complex that includes an arena known by the name of Maracanãzinho, which means "The Little Maracanã" in Portuguese. Owned by the Rio de Janeiro state government, it is, as is the Maracanã neighborhood where it is located, named after the Rio Maracanã, a now canalized river in Rio de Janeiro.

The stadium was opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup, in which Brazil was beaten 2–1 by Uruguay in the deciding game. Since then, it has mainly been used for football matches between the major football clubs in Rio de Janeiro, including Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo and Vasco da Gama. It has also hosted a number of concerts and other sporting events.