Estádio dos Eucaliptos, Football stadium in Menino Deus, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Estádio dos Eucaliptos was a football stadium in the Menino Deus neighborhood of Porto Alegre, in southern Brazil, whose wooden grandstands rested on living eucalyptus trees. The ground had a grass playing surface and this construction method set it apart from any other stadium in the country.
The stadium was built in 1931 as the home ground of Sport Club Internacional and served the club for nearly four decades. Its highest profile moment came in 1950, when it hosted matches during the FIFA World Cup held in Brazil.
The name of the ground comes from the eucalyptus trees that once supported its wooden stands, giving the place a look unlike any other football venue in Brazil. This unusual design made it a recognizable part of the Menino Deus neighborhood for decades.
The stadium is no longer in use and cannot be visited as an active venue. Those interested in the history of football in Porto Alegre can still visit the Menino Deus neighborhood, where the ground once stood.
The stadium was renamed after Ildo Meneghetti, a man who served as both president of Internacional and governor of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Few sports grounds in Brazil carry the name of someone who held such contrasting roles at the same time.
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