Casa de Apostas Arena Fonte Nova
Football stadium in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Casa de Apostas Arena Fonte Nova,[3] also known as Complexo Esportivo Cultural Professor Octávio Mangabeira, is a football-specific stadium located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, and has a maximum capacity of 47,915 people.[1] The stadium was built in place of the older Estádio Fonte Nova.
Fonte Nova | |
Full name | Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova |
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Location | Ladeira da Fonte das Pedras, Nazaré, Salvador, Brazil |
Coordinates | 12°58′43″S 38°30′15″W |
Owner | State of Bahia |
Operator | Fonte Nova Negócios e Participações S/A |
Capacity | 47,915[1][2] |
Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 2010 |
Opened | April 7, 2013 |
Construction cost | R$ 591 million US$ 267 million |
Architect | Marc Duwe and Claas Schulitz |
Structural engineer | Mathias Kutterer, Yu Hui , Jorge Cheveney |
Tenants | |
Bahia Vitória (some matches) |
The stadium was first used for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and the subsequent 2014 FIFA World Cup, including the 5–1 win of The Netherlands over reigning World Champions Spain.[4] It was used as one of the venues for the football competition of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5][6]
A group of architects from Brunswick, Germany, which also redesigned the old Hanover stadium into a modern arena for the 2006 Cup, was selected after bidding. Since 2013, the brewery Itaipava from Grupo Petrópolis has the naming rights of the arena "Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova" under a sponsorship agreement until the year 2023, amounting to $100m. This was the first naming rights agreement signed for the 2014 World Cup stadiums.
The stadium was inaugurated on April 7, 2013, with a Campeonato Baiano game in which Vitória defeated Bahia 5–1. The first player to score a goal in the stadium was Vitória's Renato Cajá. During this match, some supporters were unable to see the game completely due to some blind spots.[7] The stadium had excessive dust and some puddles.[7] The company responsible for the stadium, owned by Grupo OAS and Odebrecht, said it was aware of the problems.[7]
On May 27, 2013, a section of the roof collapsed after heavy rain.[8]