Stade Salvador Venâncio da Costa, Football stadium in Vitoria, Brazil
Estádio Salvador Venâncio da Costa is a football ground in the Bento Ferreira neighbourhood of Vitória, Espírito Santo, home of Vitória Futebol Clube, with a capacity of 5,800 spectators. It opened on 2 April 1967 with a friendly match, Vitória 0–1 Botafogo-RJ. The ground is also known as Ninho da Águia, and a second stadium with an athletics track stands beside it.
Vitória FC dreamed of its own ground since 1920 and played at Estádio Governador Bley until the 1960s. Construction began in 1962, when fans Aílson Lima Cabral and Aprígio Vieira Gomes had a nearby dredge dump sand on the site; the second phase started in 1965 under president Salvador Venâncio da Costa, funded by carnês, raffles and title sales. Inaugurated on 2 April 1967 with Vitória 0-1 Botafogo-RJ, it took his name.
The stadium is nicknamed Ninho da Águia (Eagle's Nest), after the club's eagle symbol. A box inaugurated at the start of the 2017 Capixaba championship honours Kempes and Ailton Canela, players who had passed through the club and died in the Chapecoense air accident of 28 November 2016; Kempes was state champion with Vitória in 2006, Canela played there in 2013.
The stadium stands in Bento Ferreira, east of central Vitória, with a second athletics-track stadium next door. The record crowd of over 7,000 on 9 April 2006 filled the original stands plus pre-cast bleachers placed behind the goals and on the side opposite the press boxes, so expect standing-room conditions at big finals.
The ground is nicknamed Ninho da Águia, the Eagle's Nest. Its record attendance came on 9 April 2006, when more than 7,000 people saw Vitória beat Estrela do Norte 3-1 to take a ninth state title, with pre-cast stands set up behind the goals and opposite the press boxes. A box honours Kempes and Ailton Canela, who died in the 2016 Chapecoense air crash.
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