The Maracană stadium (official name: Estádio Mário Filho, Maracană being it's neighborhood's name) in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) is one of the biggest football stadiums of the world, and it is home of the four biggest football teams of Rio: Flamengo, Botafogo, Vasco da Gama and Fluminense.
These four clubs are part of the twelve biggest Brazilian football clubs.
The stadium, built for the , originally had a capacity of 200,000. However, its capacity was greatly reduced when it was converted to an all-seater in the 1990s; it can currently hold around 70,000 seated and 120,000 with standing room. It is now undergoing renovations that will increase its all-seated capacity to around 100,000.
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Last updated: 08-03-2005 07:01:26
