Estádio do Morumbi
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The Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo, popularly known as Estádio do Morumbi (Morumbi Stadium), and currently known as MorumBIS because of the sponsorship with the Lacta chocolate brand BIS, is a football stadium located in the eponymous district in São Paulo, Brazil. It is the home of São Paulo FC and its formal name honors Cícero Pompeu de Toledo, who was São Paulo Futebol Clube's chairman during most of the stadium construction and died before its inauguration. Morumbi is the largest privately owned stadium in Brazil. The stadium was designed by the architect João Batista Vilanova Artigas.[3]
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Morumbi | |
Location | Praça Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, 1, São Paulo, SP, Brazil |
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Coordinates | 23°36′0″S 46°43′13″W |
Public transit | São Paulo-Morumbi |
Owner | São Paulo FC |
Operator | São Paulo FC |
Capacity | 66,795[1] |
Record attendance | 146,082 (Corinthians 1–2 Ponte Preta, 9 October 1977) |
Field size | 105 by 68 metres (114.8 yd × 74.4 yd)[2] |
Surface | Natural grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 15 August 1952 |
Built | 17 September 1953 to 25 January 1970 |
Opened | 2 October 1960 |
Renovated | 1994−1996, 2000, 2009 and 2016 |
Architect | João Batista Vilanova Artigas |
Tenants | |
São Paulo FC (1960–present) Brazil national football team (selected matches) |
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