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Arena da Baixada
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football stadium in Curitiba, Paraná
Key facts
- Full name
- Estádio Mario Celso Petraglia
- Former names
- Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães (1997–2005; 2008–2023), Kyocera Arena (2005–2008), Ligga Arena (2023–2025)
- Location
- Curitiba, Paraná , Brazil
- Owner
- Club Athletico Paranaense
- Operator
- G3 United
- Capacity
- 42,372
- Roof
- Retractable
- Surface
- Artificial grass
- Record attendance
- Non-football : 45,925 (religious event, 27 July 2019) , Football : 42,177 ( Athletico Paranaense vs. Atlético Goianiense , 20 November 2024 )
- Field size
- 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
- Groundbreaking
- December 1, 1997
- Opened
- June 24, 1999
- Renovated
- 2009, 2012–2014
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- stadium
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Curitiba
- Owned by
- Club Athletico Paranaense
- Operator
- Club Athletico Paranaense
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- www.arenacap.com.br
- Image
- Arena - Vista da Basílio Itiberê.jpg
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- Commons category
- Arena da Baixada
- maximum capacity
- 28413
- architect
- Club Athletico Paranaense
- date of official opening
- 1914-00-00
- inception
- 1999-06-24
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Encyclopedic overview
Estádio Mario Celso Petraglia (Formerly named Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães) locally known as Arena da Baixada, is a stadium located in Curitiba, the state capital of Paraná, Brazil. It is the home stadium of Club Athletico Paranaense, and has a capacity of 42,372 people. The stadium was the first in Brazil to sell its naming rights; it was known as Kyocera Arena between 2005 and 1 April 2008 and Ligga Arena between June 2023 and August 2025. It was the first retractable roof stadium built in South America.
With Curitiba selected as one of the host cities of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the stadium was rebuilt from 2012 to 2014. Its capacity was expanded to 42,372 seats.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arena da Baixada” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.