Governador Magalhaes Pinto

That rebuild went downwards. The pitch was dropped by 3.5 metres, the roof extended over the new bowl, and 8,000 square metres given over to hospitality and a hundred boxes, at a cost of some R$ 695 million. What survived is the outline drawn by Eduardo Mendes Guimarães Júnior and Gaspar Garreto, who adapted a project meant for a university stadium — which is how the Giant of Pampulha came to sit where it does, on Avenida Antônio Abrahão Caram.

Two years later the same two countries met in the Olympic men's final on the same pitch, and Brazil won it.

Atlético Mineiro played here from the opening in 1965 until April 2023, when they left for the Arena MRV . Cruzeiro, who were there for the first match, stayed. América Mineiro still come back for the games that outgrow the Independência .