Estádio Fonte Nova
Full name | Estádio Octávio Mangabeira |
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Location | R. Lions Club, 217-547, Nazaré, Salvador, Brazil |
Owner | Bahia State Government |
Capacity | 60,000 |
Field size | 105 x 68m |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | January 28, 1951 |
Built | 1951 |
Opened | 1951 |
Expanded | 1969-1971 |
Closed | November 26, 2007 |
Demolished | June-October 2010 |
Tenants | |
Esporte Clube Bahia Esporte Clube Vitória |
The Estádio Fonte Nova, also known as Estádio Octávio Mangabeira, was a
After part of the upper terraces collapsed in 2007, killing 7 people and injuring several others, the government of Bahia announced the demolition of Fonte Nova and the construction of a new stadium, the
The stadium was nicknamed Fonte Nova because it was located at Ladeira das Fontes das Pedras.[2]
History
The stadium construction ended in 1951. On March 4, 1971, the stadium was reinaugurated, after a great reformation involving the addition of a second tier, which expanded the maximum stadium capacity from 35,000 to 110,000. In the reinauguration day, two matches were played: Bahia against
The inaugural match was played on January 28, 1951, when Guarany and Botafogo, both local Bahia state teams, drew 2-1. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Guarany's Nélson.[1]
The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 110,438, set on February 12, 1989 when Bahia beat
On November 25, 2007, when the
Demolition of the Octavio Mangabeira Stadium began in June 2010 and is expected to be finished by August - the upper tier was demolished using explosives on August 29, 2010. After the implosion, a portion of the upper tier was left standing, which was dismantled manually until October. The
References
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- ^ "Tragédia anunciada". Jornal Hoje. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- ^ "Futebol-Torcida do Bahia vê fim do casamento com Fonte Nova". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- ^ "Nove pessoas morrem após partida do Bahia na Série C". Estadão. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- ^ "Brazil Stadium Bleacher Collapses, 8 Die". Daily Comet. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- ^ "Seven Brazil football fans killed". BBC News. November 26, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- ^ "Governador da Bahia diz que a Fonte Nova pode ser demolida". Folha Online. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- ^ "Governo da Bahia anuncia demolição da Fonte Nova". CorreioWeb. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
- ^ Ayres, Nelson (2008-09-28). "Sem demolição - Fonte ficará de pé". Lance! (3969): 21.
- ^ Rio2016.org.br bid package. Archived 2010-11-12 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. p. 23.