Estádio Doutor Hermínio Ometto, Football stadium in Araras, São Paulo, Brazil.
The Estádio Doutor Hermínio Ometto, known as Herminião, is a football ground on Avenida Augusta Viola da Costa in the eastern zone of Araras, built and run by União São João. It opened in 1988 and holds 22,100 people, though the CBF's CNEF lists 16,096 comfortable seats.
The stadium opened on May 18, 1988, with a match between União São João and Botafogo Football Club. Since then it has served as home to local teams and hosted important league matches in the region.
The stadium bears the name of Hermínio Ometto, a local businessman who founded the S.E.R. Usina São João team and shaped sports development in the region. It remains a gathering place for football supporters from Araras and surrounding areas.
The stadium sits at Avenida Augusta Viola da Costa 801, in the eastern zone of Araras, and is owned and run by União São João. There is no regular visiting scheme, so time a trip to a match; the ground was built for night games, with floodlights inaugurated on 12 July 1991.
Goalkeeper Rogério Ceni made football history here when he scored his first free-kick goal on February 15, 1997, during a Campeonato Paulista match. This unusual achievement marked the venue as a notable place for goalkeeper enthusiasts.
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