Arena Corinthians
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Arena Corinthians, also known as the Neo Química Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a sports stadium located in São Paulo, Brazil, owned, operated and used by Corinthians. It has a seating capacity of 47,252,[2][17] making it the fifth-largest stadium used by teams in the top tier of the Brazilian League and the fourteenth-largest in Brazil.
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Neo Química Arena | |
Former names | Arena Corinthians (2014–2020) Arena de São Paulo (during the 2014 FIFA World Cup) |
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Location | Avenida Miguel Ignácio Curi, 111 São Paulo, Brazil[1] |
Coordinates | 23°32′42.9″S 46°28′27.4″W |
Public transit | Corinthians-Itaquera |
Owner | Corinthians |
Operator | Corinthians |
Type | Stadium |
Genre(s) | Sporting Events |
Executive suites | 89[1] |
Capacity | 47,252[2][3] 68,727 (FIFA World Cup 2014)[4] |
Record attendance | 63,267 (Netherlands – Argentina, 9 July 2014)[5] |
Field size | 105 by 68 metres (115 by 74 yd)[6] |
Field shape | rectangular |
Surface | Perennial Ryegrass with Artificial Fibres (Desso GrassMaster)[7] |
Scoreboard | Four high-resolution 30 by 7.5 metres (32.8 by 8.2 yd) LED screens[8] |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 30 May 2011[9] |
Built | 30 May 2011 – 15 April 2014[10] |
Opened | 10 May 2014 |
Construction cost | |
Architect | Aníbal Coutinho,[12] Gensler[13] |
Project manager | Andrés Sánchez[14] |
Structural engineer | Werner Sobek[15] |
Services engineer | Frederico Barbosa[16] |
Main contractors | Odebrecht |
Tenants | |
Corinthians (2014–present) Brazil national football team (selected matches) | |
Website | |
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It hosted six matches during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, including the opening match on 12 June 2014.[18] Because of a requirement for it to have at least 65,000 seats for the World Cup opening match, temporary seats were added to the stadium for the tournament.[19][20] The temporary seats started to be removed shortly after its last World Cup match.[21]