Estádio José Cavalcanti, Football stadium in Patos, Brazil
Estádio José Cavalcanti is a municipal football ground in the Belo Horizonte neighbourhood of Patos, Paraíba. It has three uncovered stands, one behind a goal and two along the sides, with the covered Desportista Petrônio Lucena Barbosa stand among them. Its capacity is 8,000 spectators.
A municipal law of 26 December 1952 authorised a sports ground in Patos with 150,000 cruzeiros; the budget rose to 3,000,000 in 1959 and law 710 of 1964 added 100,000,000 to finish the works. The ground opened on 29 November 1964 with Nacional beating Esporte 2-1, the first official Clássico Patoense, kicked off by José Américo de Almeida. It was named Estádio Municipal José Cavalcanti on 29 December 2000 after the mayor who inaugurated it.
The fixture between Esporte Clube de Patos and Nacional Atlético Clube is called the Clássico Patoense; their first official meeting was the stadium's inaugural match on 29 November 1964, a 2–1 win for Nacional. Both clubs turned professional that same year. The ground also hosts amateur municipal tournaments and has held concerts on its pitch, including Roberto Carlos on 5 September 1974.
The ground sits in the Belo Horizonte neighbourhood of Patos, run by the municipal government. Three stands hold up to 8,000 people: the covered Petrônio Lucena Barbosa stand (A) and the open Geral stands B, C and D. The stadium has wheelchair spaces, emergency exits and an area for fire engines.
The stadium's covered stand is named after sportsman Petrônio Lucena Barbosa, while the other two honour Geraldo Freitas dos Santos and Ivanildo da Costa Vilar. In 2024 the city replaced the covered stand's roofing material and swapped the old floodlights for LED units on the four lighting towers.
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