Estádio Fonte Nova
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The Estádio Fonte Nova, also known as Estádio Octávio Mangabeira, was a football stadium inaugurated on January 28, 1951 in Salvador, Bahia,[1] with a maximum capacity of 66,080 people.[2] The stadium was owned by the Bahia government, and was the home stadium of Esporte Clube Bahia and Esporte Clube Vitória.[1] Its formal name honors Octávio Cavalcanti Mangabeira (1886–1960), a civil engineer, journalist, and former Bahia state governor from 1947 to 1954.[2]
Full name | Estádio Octávio Mangabeira |
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Location | R. Lions Club, 217-547, Nazaré, Salvador, Brazil |
Owner | Bahia State Government |
Capacity | 60,000 |
Field size | 105 x 68m |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | January 28, 1951 |
Built | 1951 |
Opened | 1951 |
Expanded | 1969-1971 |
Closed | November 26, 2007 |
Demolished | June-October 2010 |
Tenants | |
Esporte Clube Bahia Esporte Clube Vitória |
After part of the upper terraces collapsed in 2007, killing 7 people and injuring several others, the government of Bahia announced the demolition of Fonte Nova and the construction of a new stadium, the Arena Fonte Nova, in the same place.
The stadium was nicknamed Fonte Nova because it was located at Ladeira das Fontes das Pedras.[2]