Estádio dos Eucaliptos
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For the Angolan stadium, see Estádio dos Eucaliptos (Angola).
The Estádio Ildo Meneghetti, familiarly known as Estádio dos Eucaliptos, was a football stadium located in the neighborhood of Menino Deus, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The stadium was built in 1931 had a maximum seating capacity of 20,000 people.
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Estádio dos Eucaliptos | |
Full name | Estádio Ildo Meneghetti |
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Location | Porto Alegre, Brazil |
Owner | Sport Club Internacional |
Capacity | 20,000 |
Construction | |
Built | 1931 |
Opened | March 15, 1931 |
Closed | 1969 |
Demolished | 2012 |
Tenants | |
Sport Club Americano Sport Club Internacional |
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Estádio dos Eucaliptos was owned by Sport Club Internacional. The stadium was nicknamed after Chácara dos Eucaliptos (meaning Eucalyptus' Ranch), the site of the stadium. Its formal name honors Ildo Meneghetti, who was a president of Internacional and an engineer.
There are within the stadium football fields made of synthetic turf available for use.