Estadio Maracaná, Football stadium in El Chorrillo, Panama City, Panama.
Estadio Maracaná is a multi-use stadium in El Chorrillo, Panama City, on the Cinta Costera III near La Nueva Avenida de los Poetas. Rebuilt as part of the Cinta Costera phase III works, it seats 5,500 and is Panama's second-largest football ground after the Rommel Fernández. It has floodlights, a press room, dressing rooms for referees and both teams, a nursing room and anti-doping examination rooms.
The site began in the early 1970s as a football pitch on reclaimed land near the former Canal Zone, built under representative Elías Castillo and later improved with gravel and a sports complex named Carlos M. Pretell. The Cinta Costera III project led to its reconstruction as a new stadium, inaugurated on 11 April 2014 with a match between Chorrillo FC and CD Plaza Amador featuring Brazilian ex-players Bebeto, Dunga, Rivaldo and Careca.
The name comes from Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã, chosen by local players in the 1970s. The ground hosts the annual Liga10 youth tournament in U-18 and U-16 categories, first played on 24 August 2014 between Colegio San Agustín and Colegio Real. Chorrillo FC plays its home matches here.
The stadium is located along Cinta Costera 3 and offers convenient access for visitors. Ample parking is available, and the modern facilities provide comfortable conditions for spectators attending matches.
The stadium is named after Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã, and its pitch began as a landfill football ground in the early 1970s, laid out by then corregimiento representative Elías Castillo. Its 2014 reopening match featured Brazilian world champions Bebeto, Dunga, Rivaldo and Careca playing for Chorrillo FC and Plaza Amador.
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