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Estádio Olímpico Regional Arnaldo Busatto, Cascavel, Brazil

June 26th, 2006 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Estádio Olímpico Regional Arnaldo Busatto, sometimes nickhamed Ninho das Cobras (meaning Snake Nest) is a multi-use stadium in Cascavel, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Cascavel Esporte Clube. The stadium is able to hold 34,000 people and was built in 1982.

The stadium is owned by the Cascavel City Hall. The stadium is named after Arnaldo Busatto, who was an alderman (vereador, in Portuguese language), state deputy and federal deputy.

In 1982, the works on the stadium were completed. The inaugural match was played on November 10 of that year, when São Paulo beat Cascavel 1-0. The first goal of the stadium was scored by São Paulo's Paulo César. The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 35,000, set in the inaugural match.

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Estádio Governador Ernami Satiro (O Amigão), Campina Grande, Brazil

June 26th, 2006 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Seats: 45,000

Inauguration: 1975

Clubs: GR Serrano, Campinese Lube

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Olímpico Edgard Proença (Mangueirão), Belem, Brazil

June 26th, 2006 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

The Mangueirão stadium, also known as Estádio Estadual Jornalista Edgar Augusto Proença (State Stadium Edgar Augusto Proença, in English) is a football stadium inaugurated on March 4, 1978 in Belém, Pará, with a maximum capacity of 54,600 people. The stadium is owned by the Pará State Government, and is the home ground of Paysandu Sport Club and Clube do Remo. Its formal name honors Edgar Proença, a journalist and sport announcer of Pará state, and the founder of Rádio Paraense, the first Pará radio station.

The Mangueirão stadium architectonical project is from August of 1969. The Pará State Governor of that time, Alacid Nunes ordered a 120,000 people football stadium construction project. The works started in 1970, when were built the ditch, the field and the general bleachers. A year later, the project was changed, and the stadium maximum capacity was reduced from 120,000 to 70,000. In 1971 the construction works restarted, with the construction of the first structural module.

In 2002, 24 years after the stadium inauguration, Mangueirão was reinaugurated as an olympic stadium. R$ 30 million were spent by the government of Pará state.

Mangueirão's most important match was the first leg of Copa dos Campeões final, played on July 31, 2002, when Cruzeiro beat Paysandu 2-1.

The inaugural match was played on March 4, 1978, when a Pará State all-stars team beat a Youngsters Uruguay national team 4-0. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Pará's Mesquita.

The reinaugural match was played on May 1, 2002, when Remo and Paysandu drew 2-2. The first goal of the stadium after the reinauguration was scored by Remo's Balão.

The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 65,000, set on July 11, 1999 Remo vs. Paysandu match.

The stadium's attendance record after the reinauguration currently stands at 57,248, when Boca Juniors beat Paysandu 4-2.

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Estádio Dr. Ronaldo Junqueira (Ronaldão), Pocos Caldas, Brasil

June 26th, 2006 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Estádio Dr. Ronaldo Junqueira in Pocos

Club: AA Caldense

Seats: 20,000

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Estadio Gino Rossi, Pouso Alegre, Brasil

June 26th, 2006 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Seats: 25,000

Inauguration: 1987

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Estádio da Universidade de Lavras, Lavras, Brasil

June 26th, 2006 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Estádio da Universidade de Lavras, sometimes called Estádio Universitário, is a multi-use stadium in Lavras, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000. It is owned by the Lavras Federal University

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Estádio Municipal Radialista Mario Helênio, Juiz de Fora, Brasil

June 26th, 2006 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Estádio Municipal Radialista Mário Helênio, also known as Estádio Mário Helênio, is a multi-use stadium in Juiz de Fora, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 35,000 people. It was built in 1988.

The stadium is owned by the Juiz de Fora City Hall. The stadium is named after the Juiz de Fora radio broadcaster Mário Helênio.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the stadium was used by the big clubs of Rio de Janeiro, Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense, and Vasco da Gama, due to the great number of supporters in the city.

In 1988, the works on the stadium were completed. The inaugural match was played on October 30 of that year, when Sport of Minas Gerais beat Tupi 2-0. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Sport's André.

The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 20,508, set on July 22, 1996 when Flamengo and Palmeiras drew 0-0.

On December 2, 1989, at Estádio Radialista Mário Helênio, Zico played his last official match for Flamengo. Flamengo beat Fluminense 5-0.

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Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia

June 26th, 2006 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne

Seats: 130,000

Inauguration: 1927

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