Pacaembu Stadium


Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho, colloquially known as Estádio do Pacaembu is an Art Deco stadium in São Paulo, located in the Pacaembu neighborhood. The stadium is owned by the Municipal Prefecture of São Paulo. The stadium was inaugurated on 27 April 1940, in the presence of the Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas, the intervener Adhemar de Barros and the mayor of São Paulo, Prestes Maia. The stadium holds 40,199 people and its pitch dimensions are 104 m of length by 70 m of width.
The stadium is named after Paulo Machado de Carvalho. He was the 1958 FIFA World Cup Brazilian delegation chief, the founder of Rede Record, one of the largest television networks in Brazil and was known as "Marechal da Vitória".
Pacaembu is frequently used to host home matches of the Big 4 football clubs of the State of São Paulo, of which Corinthians, Palmeiras and São Paulo are based in the capital city itself, and only Santos is based in a different city. This occurs when the clubs must cede their own stadiums for concerts, or when reforms are being made. In the case of Santos, Pacaembu is also used when the club requires a site with a higher seating capacity for a particular match, given the low capacity of their own stadium.

History

The first match ever played at Pacaembu Stadium took place on 27 April 1940, when Palestra Italia and Coritiba. Palestra Italia beat Coritiba 6–2. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Coritiba's Zequinha. After this match, another match was played, where Corinthians beat Atlético Mineiro 4–2. Both matches were from Taça Cidade de São Paulo's cup.
On 4 May 1940, the Taça Cidade de São Paulo Final was played. Palestra Italia beat Corinthians 2–1, being the first club to win a competition at Pacaembu Stadium.
The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 71,281 people, set on 24 May 1942 when Corinthians and São Paulo drew 3–3.
On 20 September 1942, Palmeiras played its first match after changing its name. Palmeiras beat São Paulo 3–1, winning that year's Campeonato Paulista.
In 1945, the stadium's largest score was set, when São Paulo beat Jabaquara 12–1.
In 2005, the stadium served as the first "Pit Stop" of The Amazing Race 9.
On 11 May 2007, the pope Benedict XVI met with the youth of Brazil as a part of his Apostolic Journey to Brazil on the occasion of the Fifth General Conference of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Throughout its history, Corinthians played most of their home matches at Pacaembu until the opening of Arena Corinthians in 2014, given that their original stadium couldn't receive official football matches by the lack of necessary requirements.
Between July 2010 and November 2014, the stadium was the temporary home ground of Palmeiras while the Estádio Palestra Itália was demolished and replaced by the Allianz Parque.

1950 FIFA World Cup

Several 1950 FIFA World Cup matches were played at Estádio do Pacaembu, which were:
DateTimeTeam #1Res.Team #2RoundSpectators
25 June 195015.003-2Group 3~50,000
28 June 195015.002-2Group 1~42,000
2 July 195015.002-0Group 3~26,000
9 July 195015.002-2Final Round~44,000
13 July 195015.003-2Final Round~8,000
16 July 195015.003-1Final Round~11,000

Concerts

On 29 September 2008, the Museu do Futebol was inaugurated. It was created to tell the history of Brazilian football. The museum covers, it was built at a cost of R$32.5 million, and is located below the stadium's bleachers. The 680 workers hired to build the museum completed the construction in 13 months.