Estádio Vila Capanema, Football stadium in Curitiba, Brazil
Estádio Vila Capanema, also named Durival Britto e Silva, is a football ground in Curitiba with a rectangular grass pitch ringed by an asphalt running track. A long white two-tiered grandstand with thin floodlight pillars stands on one side, a taller open concrete terrace with blue lower seating curves along the opposite side, and a smaller white stand sits to the left. Low walls and fencing enclose the field, and 72 boxes were built over the clock-side stand.
Built for Clube Atlético Ferroviário to a design by architect Rubens Maister of the Thá company, the stadium opened on 23 January 1947 with a friendly against Fluminense, who won 5–1; Careca scored the first goal. It then ranked as Brazil's third-largest stadium, after Pacaembu and São Januário. During the 1950 World Cup it hosted Spain–United States on 25 June and Paraguay–Sweden on 29 June. After Ferroviário folded in 1971 and Paraná Clube was founded in 1989, the ground became that club's home.
The stadium sits in the Vila Capanema district of Curitiba, with the main two-tiered grandstand on one side and an open concrete terrace curving along the opposite side. The running track separates the stands from the pitch, so seats in the lower rows sit farther from the action. The 2006 renovation added 72 boxes above the clock-side stand and a north curve holding 8,500 people.
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