Estádio do Maracanã

Estádio do Maracanã

Full name	Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho
Location	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Coordinates	22°54′43.80″S 43°13′48.59″W
Awner	State o Rio de Janeiro
Operator	Complexo Maracanã Entretenimento S.A. (Odebrecht, IMX, AEG)
Capacity	78,838
Record attendance	199,854 (Brazil–Uruguay, Julie 16, 1950)
Field size	105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Grass
Construction
Brak grund	August 2, 1948
Appent	Juin 16, 1950
Renovatit	2000, 2006, 2013
Airchitect	Waldir Ramos Raphael Galvão Miguel Feldman Oscar Valdetaro Pedro Paulo B. Bastos Orlando Azevedo Antônio Dias Carneiro
Tenants
1950 FIFA Warld Cup 2007 Pan American Gemmes 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup 2014 FIFA Warld Cup 2016 Simmer Olympics 2016 Simmer Paralympics Flamengo Fluminense

The Estádio do Maracanã (Inglis: Maracanã Stadium, staundart Brazilian Portuguese: [esˈtad͡ʒju du maɾakɐˈnɐ̃], local pronunciation: [iʃˈtad͡ʒu du mɐˌɾakɐˈnɐ̃]), offeecially Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (IPA: [iʃˈtad͡ʒu ʒoɦnaˈliʃtɐ ˈmaɾju ˈfiʎu]), is an open-air stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Ained bi the Rio de Janeiro state government, it is, as is the Maracanã neighborhuid whaur it is locatit, named efter the Rio Maracanã, a nou canalized river in Rio de Janeiro. It wis opened in 1950 tae host the FIFA Warld Cup, in which Brazil were beaten 2–1 bi Uruguay in the final.