Arena Corinthians

Arena Corinthians
Data
place	São Paulo , Brazil
Coordinates	23 ° 32 '43.9 "  S , 46 ° 28' 24.1"  W Coordinates: 23 ° 32 '43.9 "  S , 46 ° 28' 24.1"  W.
owner	Corinthians São Paulo
operator	Corinthians São Paulo
start of building	May 30, 2011
opening	April 10, 2014
First game	May 18, 2014 Corinthians Sao Paulo - Figueirense FC 0-1
surface	Natural grass
architect	Aníbal Coutinho
capacity	48,000 seats
playing area	105 m × 68 m
Societies)
Corinthians São Paulo
Events
Football World Cup 2014 2016 Summer Olympics Copa America 2019

The Arena Corinthians (referred to as Arena de São Paulo in FIFA tournaments ) is a football stadium built for the 2014 World Cup in Itaquera , a district of the Brazilian metropolis of São Paulo . It had a capacity of around 68,000 spectators for the World Cup. The largest video wall in the world was installed on the facade (the largest screen to date was in the AT&T Stadium in Arlington , the home of the Dallas Cowboys ). After the dismantling of the additional grandstands specially built for the World Cup, the arena has 48,000 seats.

The World Cup arena in São Paulo was the venue for the opening game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 12, 2014 and has served as the home stadium of the Corinthians São Paulo club since the end of the World Cup .

Establishment

In the spring of 2013, the building owners threatened an immediate construction stop if the financing was not secured as soon as possible. The delay would have made a timely completion impossible.

In November 2013, an accident occurred during construction work on the roof of the stadium. An inadequately founded construction crane fell on the roof structure and tore off parts of it. Two people died in the incident. In March 2014 another worker died in the construction of the arena, he fell from a great height while he was assembling an additional grandstand.

On May 18, 2014, around a month before the first World Cup match, the stadium underwent its first official test when the league match between Corinthians São Paulo and Figueirense FC took place in front of 36,123 spectators . At this point in time, the arena was not yet completely finished; work still had to be done on the additional grandstands.

Games of the 2014 World Cup in São Paulo

Interior view of the stadium during the World Cup match between South Korea and Belgium

The following games took place in the stadium during the World Cup :

Thursday, June 12, 2014, 5:00 p.m. (10:00 p.m. CEST) - Group A
Brazil	-	Croatia	3: 1 (1: 1)
Sun., June 19, 2014, 4:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) - Group D
Uruguay	-	England	2: 1 (1: 0)
Mon., June 23, 2014, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) - Group B
Netherlands	-	Chile	2: 0 (0: 0)
Thursday, June 26, 2014, 5:00 p.m. (10:00 p.m. CEST) - Group H.
South Korea	-	Belgium	0: 1 (0: 0)
Tue., July 1, 2014, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) - round of 16 7
Argentina	-	Switzerland	1: 0 a.d.
Wed., July 9, 2014, 5:00 p.m. (10:00 p.m. CEST) - semi-finals 2
Netherlands	-	Argentina	0: 0 a.d., 2: 4 i. E.

Temporary extension

A special feature of the stadium is the temporary expansion of the stadium's capacity for the World Cup, which increased the capacity from 48,000 to 68,000. For this purpose, additional uncovered stands were built at the front of the stadium.

Front side without additional grandstand

Stadium with additional grandstand

Football games of the 2016 Summer Olympics in São Paulo

During the 2016 Summer Olympics , the following football games for women and men took place in the stadium:

Women

Group games

Wed., August 3, 2016, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CEST ), Group F
Canada	-	Australia	2: 0 (1: 0)
Wed., August 3, 2016, 6:00 p.m. (11:00 p.m. CEST), Group F
Zimbabwe	-	Germany	1: 6 (0: 2)
Sat., August 6, 2016, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CEST), Group F
Canada	-	Zimbabwe	3: 1 (3: 0)
Sat., August 6, 2016, 6:00 p.m. (11:00 p.m. CEST), Group F
Germany	-	Australia	2: 2 (1: 2)

Bronze game

Friday, August 19, 2016, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST)
Brazil	-	Canada	1: 2 (0: 1)

Men

Group games

Wed., August 10, 2016, 7:00 p.m. (Thu., 00:00 a.m. CEST), Group B
Colombia	-	Nigeria	2: 0 (1: 0)
Wed., August 10, 2016, 10:00 p.m. (Thu., 3:00 a.m. CEST), group A
South Africa	-	Iraq	1: 1 (1: 1)

Quarter finals

Sat., August 13, 2016, 10:00 p.m. (Sun., 3:00 a.m. CEST)
Brazil	-	Colombia	2: 0 (1: 0)

Semifinals

Wed., August 17, 2016, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST)
Nigeria	-	Germany	0: 2 (0: 1)

Web links

Commons : Arena Corinthians  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• arenacorinthians.com.br - Arena Corinthians website (Portuguese)
• Arena Corinthians in Brazil 2014 World Cup Portal (English, etc.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Sao Paulo: Temporary stands dismantling begins Article from July 12, 2014 (English)
2. ↑ Portrait: 2014 World Cup Stadium Arena de São Paulo . In: WM2014-Infos.de
3. ↑ Construction stop alarm or bluff? . ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: derstandard.at 
4. ^ The roof structure of the World Cup stadium in São Paulo collapsed . In: derstandard.at
5. ↑ World Cup opening stadium successfully tested , 20 minutes from May 19, 2014