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Estádio José Pinheiro Borda, better known as Estádio Beira-Rio, 😗 or Gigante da Beira-Rio or simply Beira-Rio, (Portuguese pronunciation: [esˈtadʒiu ˈbejɾɐ ˈʁiu], Riverside Stadium) 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.
General information [ edit 😗 ]Grass: TifGrand
TifGrand Box offices: 4, with 68 booths
4, with 68 booths Toilets: 81
81 Capacity 50,128 (7,500 VIP seats)
50,128 (7,500 VIP 😗 seats) Executive suites 125 (70 suites + 55 skyboxes)
125 (70 suites + 55 skyboxes) Video screens 2 (100 m 2 😗 (1,100 sq ft) each)
2 (100 m (1,100 sq ft) each) Parking 5,500
5,500 Record Attendance 106,554 (Rio Grande do Sul All-Stars 😗 3–3 Brazil national football team, on June 17, 1972)History [ edit ]
In 1956, councilman Ephraim Pinheiro Cabral presented a document 😗 to the government that included a donation of part of the Guaíba, to be reclaimed for Sport Club Internacional.
Estádio Beira-Rio 😗 was constructed with the help of the club's enthusiasts and supporters.
They contributed by bringing bricks, concrete and iron.
During the 1960s, 😗 Estádio Beira-Rio was called "Bóia Cativa", since it seemed that it would never be completed, especially since those were difficult 😗 times for Internacional on the field.
The stadium's debut was played on April 6, 1969, when Internacional beat Portugal's Benfica 2–1.
The 😗 first goal ever scored in the stadium was done by Internacional's Claudiomiro.
Current situation [ edit ]
Beira-Rio is the second biggest 😗 stadium in the Rio Grande do Sul state and also South Brazil.
The stadium has recently been renovated to host the 😗 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The Beira-Rio complex also houses a chapel, an events center, bars, stores and a parking building for 😗 3,000 cars.
Parque Gigante, featuring pools, gyms, football fields, and tennis courts, is located next to it.
The first test event after 😗 the stadium's renovation was hosted on February 15, 2014 in a match between Internacional and Caxias, a local club, for 😗 the Campeonato Gaúcho.
Improvement and restoration [ edit ]
The stadium has gone through restoration and developments that makes it fit to 😗 host matches during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Internacional has a project of restoration and improvement of Beira-Rio complex 😗 named 'Gigante Para Sempre' (Giant Forever).
The stadium has been adapted to an international standard, ready to host any national or 😗 international game.
Beira-Rio is one of the only 2014 FIFA World Cup stadiums to be privately owned.[citation needed]
The first test event 😗 for the new stadium was on February 15, 2014.
Internacional beat SER Caxias and won 4-0.
The first official game was played 😗 on April 6, 2014.
Internacional played against Peñarol of Uruguay and beat them 2-1.
2014 FIFA World Cup [ edit ]Concerts [ 😗 edit ]References [ edit ]
