Arena da Amazônia

• Football World Cup 2014

The Arena da Amazônia is a football stadium in the Brazilian city of Manaus, State of Amazonas. The stadium has 44,310 seats and is provided as a venue for four matches of the Football World Cup in 2014.

History

The arena was designed by the German architects gmp 2009. The stadium in Manaus is due to its sustainability in the criticism. For the use according to the FIFA World Cup 2014 there are no plans yet, as the World Cup host city in Brazil does not have a professional football team has. The club is höchstklassige São Raimundo Esporte Clube, who plays in the Série C, the third Brazilian league. In the infrastructure was minimal (as in a new airport ) invested until the World Cup in 2014, as the other projects had to be postponed due to lack of time. At the protests during the Confederations Cup 2013, it also came in Manaus demonstrations against the stadium. Even with the coaches of the World Cup teams, such as Ottmar Hitzfeld, the venue is criticized because of the tropical climate is the players demand a extreme physical effort.

By early February 2014 four workers died during the construction of the arena, which is why employees stopped work. This could not be complied with completion by mid-February.

After nearly four years of construction was celebrated on March 9, 2014, opening. A cup match two regional teams pursued around 20,000 visitors, since only the lower of stands for spectators was released. Construction costs totaled R $ 669.5 million ( approximately 206 million euros ).

Games of the Soccer World Cup 2014

To during the 2014 Soccer World Cup at the stadium held the following games: