Arena da Baixada
| Arena da Baixada | |
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| Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães | |
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| Earlier names | |
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Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães |
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| Data | |
| place |
 Curitiba , Paraná , Brazil
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| Coordinates | 25 ° 26 '54 " S , 49 ° 16' 37" W |
| owner | Athletico Paranaense |
| opening |
Old stadium : September 6, 1914 New construction : June 24, 1999 |
| First game |
Old stadium : Internacional FC - Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 1: 7 New construction : Athletico Paranaense - Club Cerro Porteño 2: 1 |
| Renovations | 1994, 1997–1999 (new building) |
| demolition | 1995-1996 |
| surface | artificial grass |
| costs | 30 million US dollars (first section of the new building) |
| capacity | 41,456 seats |
| playing area | 105 × 68 m |
| Societies) | |
| Events | |
The Arena da Baixada (formerly Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães and Kyocera Arena ) in the Brazilian city of Curitiba in the state of Paraná is the club's own football stadium of the Athletico Paranaense and currently offers 41,456 spectators.
history
The old stadium
Construction of the stadium began in 1912. The stadium was named after Joaquim Américo Guimarães, then president of Internacional Futebol Clube . This was Atlético's predecessor . In 1934 the sports facility was given its current name, Arena da Baixada . The opening took place two years later on September 6, 1914. At the inauguration, SC Internacional played against Flamengo Rio de Janeiro , the guests of honor from Rio de Janeiro clearly defeated the hosts 7-1. Between 1970 and 1984 the stadium lay fallow. The stadium was then demolished from 1995 to 1996.
The new stadium
Construction work on the new Paranaense stadium began on December 1, 1997 and ran until June 20, 1999. On June 24, 1999, the current structure was opened with a game between Atlético and Club Cerro Porteño from Paraguay, which the hosts won with 2 : Won 1. The cost of this first phase of construction amounted to 30 million US dollars. From March 2005 to April 1, 2008, the stadium carried the name of the Japanese conglomerate Kyocera as Kyocera Arena .
On December 16, 2001, 31,740 spectators attended the first leg of the championship final between Athletico Paranaense and AD São Caetano , in which Atlético prepared for their ultimate success that year with a 4-2 victory. The attendance record still exists today.
Conversion for the 2014 World Cup
On May 31, 2009, the world football association FIFA announced the twelve venues planned for the 2014 World Cup . After the stadium had been criticized for a long time due to construction delays, the renovation work was finally completed on time for the World Cup tournament, so that the modernized arena has a good 41,000 spectator seats when the open side of the stadium is closed.
2014 World Cup matches
The following games took place in the stadium during the World Cup:
| Mon., June 16, 2014, 4:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) - Group F | |||
 Iran
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 Nigeria
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0: 0 (0: 0) |
| Fri., June 20, 2014, 7:00 p.m. (Sat., June 21, 2014, 00:00 a.m. CEST) - Group E | |||
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 Ecuador
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1: 2 (1: 1) |
| Mon., June 23, 2014, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) - Group B | |||
 Australia
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 Spain
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0: 3 (0: 1) |
| Thursday, June 26, 2014, 5:00 p.m. (10:00 p.m. CEST) - Group H. | |||
 Algeria
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 Russia
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1: 1 (0: 1) |
gallery
Exterior view of the former Kyocera Arena (2006)
The Brasílio Itiberê grandstand, inaugurated in August 2009
View from the Brasílio Itiberê grandstand into the stadium
Athletico Paranaense - Sport Recife in September 2009
The stadium under renovation in 2012
Web links
- Homepage of the new building
- Information about the stadium on the club's homepage
- Images of the future stadium (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information about the stadium
- ↑ furacao.com: History of the stadium ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2014 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. (Portuguese)
- ↑ de.fifa.com: The venues have been determined ( Memento from June 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ worldstadiums.com: List of future stadiums (English)
- ↑ Photo gallery - Image 6 - Football World Cup 2014 in Brazil: an overview of all stadiums. In: Spiegel Online photo gallery. June 12, 2014, accessed June 9, 2018 .
