Estádio Beira-Rio
Also known as Estadio Jose Pinheiro Borda, José Pinheiro Borda Stadium, Beira-Rio Stadium, Giant Stadium of Beira-Rio
football stadium in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Key facts
- Full name
- Estádio José Pinheiro Borda
- Location
- Av. Padre Cacique, 621-1571, Praia de Belas, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil
- Owner
- Sport Club Internacional
- Operator
- SPE Holding Beira-Rio S/A
- Capacity
- 50,848
- Surface
- TifGrand
- Record attendance
- 106,554
- Field size
- 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
- Groundbreaking
- September 12, 1956
- Opened
- April 6, 1969
- Renovated
- Autumn 2013
- Construction cost
- R$ 330 million (renovation)
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Estádio José Pinheiro Borda, better known as Estádio Beira-Rio ( Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [esˈtadʒi.u ˈbejɾɐ ˈʁi.u]; "Riverside Stadium"), Gigante da Beira-Rio or simply Beira-Rio, due to its location beside the Guaíba River, is a football stadium in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It serves as the home stadium for Sport Club Internacional, replacing their previous stadium, the Estádio dos Eucaliptos. It is named after José Pinheiro Borda (1897–1965), an elderly Portuguese engineer who supervised the building of the stadium but died before seeing its completion.
Estádio Beira-Rio was one of the 12 venues used for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, hosting five of the matches in the tournament.