Arena Fonte Nova
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Key facts
- Former names
- Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova (2013–2023)
- Location
- Ladeira da Fonte das Pedras, Nazaré, Salvador , Brazil
- Owner
- State of Bahia
- Operator
- Fonte Nova Negócios e Participações S/A
- Capacity
- 47,902
- Surface
- Grass
- Field size
- 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
- Opened
- April 7, 2013
- Construction cost
- R$ 591 million, US$ 267 million
- Architect
- Marc Duwe and Claas Schulitz
- Structural engineer
- Mathias Kutterer, Yu Hui , Jorge Cheveney
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- stadium
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Salvador
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- www.casadeapostasfontenova.com.br
- Image
- Salvador aerea arenafontenova.jpg
- Significant event
- 2014 FIFA World Cup
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- Commons category
- Arena Fonte Nova
- maximum capacity
- 47915
- date of official opening
- 2013-04-07
- social media followers
- 25492
- street address
- Ladeira da Fonte das Pedras, s/n - Nazaré, Salvador - BA, 40050-565
- phone number
- +55-71-3320-2191
- surface played on
- lawn
- inception
- 2013-04-07
- postal code
- 40050-565
- different from
- Estádio Fonte Nova
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Encyclopedic overview
The Casa de Apostas Arena Fonte Nova is a football-specific stadium located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil with a maximum capacity of 47,902 people. The stadium was built in place of the older Estádio Fonte Nova. Its primary tenant is Esporte Clube Bahia.
The stadium was first used for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and the subsequent 2014 FIFA World Cup, including the 5–1 win of The Netherlands over reigning World Champions Spain.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arena Fonte Nova” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.