Estádio Palestra Itália

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Estádio Palestra Itália
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Estádio Palestra Itália
Estádio Palestra Itália
Data
place BrazilBrazil São Paulo , Brazil
Coordinates 23 ° 31 '39.2 "  S , 46 ° 40' 42.3"  W Coordinates: 23 ° 31 '39.2 "  S , 46 ° 40' 42.3"  W.
owner Palmeiras
opening May 3, 1902
Renovations 1950, 2008
demolition 2010
surface Natural grass
capacity 27,650 seats
playing area 110 × 75 m
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The Estádio Palestra Itália was a football stadium in the Brazilian metropolis of São Paulo . It last had space for 27,650 spectators and was the home of the Palmeiras São Paulo club . It was demolished in 2010.

history

The Estádio Palestra Itália in São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil in the south of the country, was built between 1900 and 1901 and opened on May 3, 1902. This made it one of the oldest stadiums in all of Brazil. From 1917 to 2010, the local club Palmeiras São Paulo played its home games in the Estádio Palestra Itália. To date, Palmeiras has been the Brazilian soccer champion ten times, the last title was won in 2018. In addition, the Brazilian Cup was won three times. Palmeiras was also successful on an international level. The club reached four times the final of the Copa Libertadores , the most important football competition for club teams in South America, and won the final once, in 1999 against Deportivo Cali from Colombia . For the Copa Libertadores games, however, Palmeiras mostly moved to the larger Estádio do Morumbi of city rivals FC São Paulo , as the home stadium was too small for a final.

After the demolition of the Estádio Palestra Itália in 2010, Palmeiras played its home games in the Estádio do Pacaembu , which can accommodate 38,000 spectators. The club currently plays in the first Brazilian league, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol .

The Estádio Palestra Itália in São Paulo held 27,650 spectators before the demolition. The stadium once had a capacity of 35,000 spectators. The record setting in the stadium was achieved when on August 18, 1976 Palmeiras had a home game against XV de Piracicaba and 40,283 people came to the Estádio Palestra Itália. The stadium is named after the Palmeiras club. The stadium's users' association was formerly called Palestra Itália Football Clube , which is how the stadium was named.

New building

In 2010, the almost hundred year old Estádio Palestra Itália was closed and torn down shortly afterwards. The Allianz Parque was built in the area for this purpose . It was originally supposed to be inaugurated in April 2013 and was planned as a stadium for the 2014 World Cup . After much deliberation, however, another stadium was selected for the World Cup in São Paulo, the completely newly built Arena Corinthians , which was completed in May 2014.

Allianz Parque finally opened on November 20, 2014 after long delays.

gallery

  • The stadium in 1921

  • View into the stadium (February 2010)

  • The Estádio Palestra Itália shortly before its closure in February 2010

  • Demolition work in February 2011

Web links

Commons : Estádio Palestra Itália  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Sao Paulo: Allianz Parque opening on November 20 Article from October 30, 2014 (English)