Estádio Nassri Mattar, Football stadium in Teófilo Otoni, Brazil.
Estádio Nassri Mattar is a football stadium in Teófilo Otoni with open-air seating divided into sections for home and visiting supporters. The facility has parking areas, food vendors, and separate entrances for different seating sections to help manage visitor flow.
In 2018, the Teófilo Otoni Municipal Historical Heritage Council received a request to list Nassri Mattar as a city historical heritage site. In July 2019, the stadium and América's headquarters were auctioned by order of the Teófilo Otoni Labor Court to pay debts owed to staff and athletes since 2013.
The stadium belongs to América Futebol Clube and is nicknamed "Arena do Dragão". In 2018 the club asked the Municipal Council of Historical Heritage to list it as a city heritage site, a sign of its standing in local football life.
The ground holds a maximum of 4,000 people and has floodlights, so evening matches can be played. It sits in Teófilo Otoni, in the Mucuri Valley of Minas Gerais, and is the home ground of América Futebol Clube. Check with the club before travelling, since the stadium and the club headquarters were put up for auction in July 2019.
The stadium's nickname, "Arena do Dragão" (Dragon Arena), comes from América Futebol Clube, whose crest features a dragon. In 2018 the club asked Teófilo Otoni's Municipal Council for Historical Heritage to list the ground as municipal heritage; in July 2019 the stadium and the club headquarters were auctioned by order of the local labour court to pay debts owed to staff and players since 2013.
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