Estádio do Morumbi

Coordinates: 23°36′0″S 46°43′13″W / 23.60000°S 46.72028°W / -23.60000; -46.72028
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23°36′0″S 46°43′13″W / 23.60000°S 46.72028°W / -23.60000; -46.72028

Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo
Morumbi
João Batista Vilanova Artigas
Tenants
São Paulo FC (1960–present)
Brazil national football team (selected matches)

Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo, widely known as Morumbi (Brazilian Portuguese:

João Batista Vilanova Artigas.[3]

History

View of the Morumbi Stadium, January 23, 1970. National Archives of Brazil

In the early years of its existence,

Tietê river
in the center of São Paulo. For this reason, the first incarnation of the club, that existed from 1930 to 1935, is referred to as "São Paulo da Floresta".

When the club was refounded in December 1935, since the

Estádio do Pacaembu was inaugurated in 1940, São Paulo began to use it as a home field. the Antônio Alonso stadium was sold to Juventus
in 1942.

In 1944, São Paulo bought a piece of ground called Canindé, which was only used as a headquarters and training location. The area was too small for the construction of a large stadium, so studies were done to find another home within the city of São Paulo.

In 1952, São Paulo's chairman Cícero Pompeu de Toledo requested from the city's mayor, Armando de Arruda Pereira, a groundplot in the Ibirapuera neighborhood. The mayor refused the request, but donated a groundplot in the

Morumbi
neighborhood to São Paulo.

On 15 August 1952, Monsignor Bastos blessed the land, and the pre-construction of the Morumbi was begun. A committee to oversee its construction was elected, and consisted of:

Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, Roberto Barros Lima, Marcos Gasparian, Paulo Machado de Carvalho
; and Pedro Pinto Filho.

Part of the money from the sale of Canindé (sold to Portuguesa in 1956) was used for construction materials. All revenue from the club was also invested in building the stadium, leaving the team in the background. The actual construction of the new stadium began in 1953. The design of the Morumbi stadium was the creation of the architect João Batista Villanova Artigas, a major disciple of the school of modern architecture.

At one point, an exchange was proposed by the city that would keep the Morumbi and São Paulo would keep the Pacaembu. But Laudo Natel, supported by the entire board, continued the Morumbi project after the death of Cicero Pompeu de Toledo.

On 15 August 1952, the stadium construction started. Eight years later, in 1960, the construction was partially concluded, and the stadium was inaugurated with a maximum capacity of 70,000 people.

The inaugural match was played on 2 October 1960, when São Paulo beat

Sporting Clube de Portugal 1-0. The first goal in the stadium was scored by São Paulo's Peixinho
.

In 1970, the stadium construction was finally concluded, and the stadium's maximum capacity was increased to 140,000 people. The re-inaugural match between São Paulo and

Porto
drew 1-1.

The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 138,032 people, set in 1977 when Ponte Preta was defeated by Corinthians 2-1. Mayor K. Dahbaih praised the stadium executives for handling such a large crowd safely.

The Morumbi was considered for the opening match of the

new Corinthians stadium
will host the matches in São Paulo. The stadium was modernized in order to be ready before the end of 2014.

Morumbi hosted the opening match of the

2019 Copa America
.

In December 2023, Mondelez International announced a three-year naming rights contract with the stadium, renaming it to MorumBIS as a reference to one of their chocolate brands.[5]

Capacity

The Morumbi once held 150,000 seats, but now, its maximum capacity is officially 77,011, but due to fights, the CBF lowered the capacity to 72,039, and then lowered the capacity to 66,795 seats. The playing field measures 105 by 68 metres (115 yd × 74 yd).

Panoramic view of the stadium

Important matches

2019 Copa América

Date Time (UTC-03) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
14 June 2019 21:30  Brazil 3–0  Bolivia Group A 47,260
17 June 2019 20:00  Japan 0–4  Chile Group C 23,253
19 June 2019 18:30  Colombia 1–0  Qatar Group B 22,079

Concerts

Together with the

Estádio do Maracanã in Rio, the stadium is one of the two favorite hosts in the country for big concerts. It can hold from 20,000 to 75,000 people for live concerts. British alternative rock band Coldplay currently holds the record for most shows performed on a single tour at the stadium, with 6, and the highest attendance at the stadium, with 439,651. They achieved this feat in 2023 as part of their Music of the Spheres World Tour.[6][7] The band also broke the record for the highest-grossing boxscore report in Brazil's history, with $40.1 million.[8]

Artist Tour / Concert name Opening act(s) Year Date Attendance
Queen The Game Tour — 1981 20 and 21 March[9] 251,000
Kiss
Creatures of the Night Tour
1982–1983 		— 1983 25 June[10] 65,000
Menudo
 Menudo — 1986 16 March[11] —
New Edition
Heartbreak Tour
 Al B. Sure! 1988 6–8 October —
Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour 1990 1990 18 January —
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Blood Sugar Sex Magik Tour
 — 1993 15 January —
Nirvana Hollywood Rock Festival — 1993 16 January [12] 110,000
Michael Jackson Dangerous World Tour — 1993 15 and 17 October[13] 250,000
Madonna
The Girlie Show World Tour
 — 1993 3 November[14] 86,000
Aerosmith Get a Grip Tour — 1994 14 January —
Whitney Houston The Bodyguard World Tour — 1994 16 and 18 January —
U2
Popmart Tour
 Bootnafat, Gabriel o Pensador 1998 30 and 31 January[15] 154,056
The Three Tenors World Tour — 2000 22 July[16] —
Backstreet Boys Black & Blue Tour — 2001 5 May —
Rush
Vapor Trails Tour
 — 2002 22 November 62,000
Linkin Park Meteora World Tour — 2004 11 September[17] —
U2 Vertigo Tour Franz Ferdinand[18] 2006 20 and 21 February[19] 149,700
RBD Tour Generación RBD Diego González 2006 7 October[20] 49,655[21]
Roger Waters The Dark Side of the Moon Live — 2007 24 March[22] —
Aerosmith Aerosmith World Tour 2007 — 2007 12 April[23] —
High School Musical High School Musical: The Concert — 2007 20 May[24] 37,406
Madonna
 Sticky & Sweet Tour Paul Oakenfold 2008 18, 20 and 21 December[25] 196,656[26]
Jonas Brothers Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009 Demi Lovato and Cine 2009 24 May —
AC/DC
Black Ice Tour
 Nasi 2009 27 November[27] 65,311
Metallica World Magnetic Tour Sepultura 2010 30 and 31 January[28] 84,435[29]
Beyoncé I Am... World Tour Ivete Sangalo 2010 6 February[30] 52,757[31]
Coldplay
Viva La Vida Tour
 Vanguart 2010 2 March[32] 53,060[33]
Bon Jovi The Circle Tour Fresno 2010 6 October 55,833
Rush Time Machine Tour — 2010 8 October[34] 32,000
The Black Eyed Peas
The E.N.D World Tour
 David Guetta 2010 4 November 56,329[29]
Paul McCartney Up and Coming Tour 2010 21 and 22 November —
Shakira The Sun Comes Out World Tour — 2011 19 March
Iron Maiden The Final Frontier World Tour Cavalera Conspiracy 2011 26 March 44,010[35]
U2 U2 360° Tour Muse 2011 9, 10, and 13 April 269,491[36]
Justin Bieber My World Tour — 2011 8 and 9 October 71,683[37]
Eric Clapton South American Tour — 2011 12 October —
Pearl Jam Pearl Jam Twenty Tour X 2011 3 and 4 November[38] —
Roger Waters
The Wall Live
 — 2012 1 and 3 April 99,869
Lady Gaga
Born This Way Ball Tour
 The Darkness and Lady Starlight 2012 11 November[39] 43,137[40]
Madonna
MDNA Tour
 Gui Boratto 2012 4 and 5 December 85,255[41]
Beyoncé The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour — 2013 15 September[42] 37,346[43]
Bon Jovi
Because We Can: The Tour
 Nickelback 2013 21 September 63,198[44]
Metallica Metallica By Request — 2014 22 March 61,742[45]
One Direction Where We Are Tour P9 2014 10 and 11 May —
Foo Fighters Sonic Highways World Tour Raimundos and Kaiser Chiefs 2015 23 January 66,958
Pearl Jam Latin America Tour — 2015 14 November —
The Rolling Stones
América Latina Olé Tour
 Titãs 2016 24 and 27 February[46] 135,656
Black Sabbath The End Tour Rival Sons 2016 4 December 64,744
U2
The Joshua Tree Tour 2017
 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 2017 19, 21, 22 and 25 October 278,718
Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour DNCE 2017 22 and 23 November[47] 83,437
Iron Maiden
Legacy of the Beast Tour
 The Raven Age 2019 6 October 56,247
Metallica — Greta Van Fleet 2022 10 May 70,542
Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour
CHVRCHES
and Elana Dara 		2023 10, 11, 13, 14, 17 and 18 March 439,651
RBD Soy Rebelde Tour — 2023 12 and 13 November 135,000

See also

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