Mane Garrincha
Brasilia, Brazil
Formerly: Estádio Governador Hélio Prates da Silveira, Estádio Mané Garrincha, Estádio Nacional de Brasília, Estádio Nacional de Brasília Mané Garrincha
What remains is the weight of the form .
The architects gmp Architekten and Schlaich Bergermann und Partner kept the silhouette but tore out the old concrete. The 'artificial sun' system hangs in the void .
It hosted the Third-Place Match during that tournament, a game Germany played against France. The attendance record belongs to a different match, Brazil against Cameroon, where 69,349 people squeezed into the seats.
The political protests that surrounded the construction cost are distant now.