Mineirão

Mineirão is a large football stadium in Belo Horizonte, owned by the state of Minas Gerais and used by Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. It hosted matches during the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and the 2016 Summer Olympics football tournaments. The stadium has a seating capacity of 66,658 spectators.

Don't miss

• Notice the pseudo-ellipse shape of the superstructure, with a major axis of 275 m and a minor axis of 217 m.
• Look for the experimental sector 15, a 'mini-Mineirão' built to test the design before full construction.
• The stadium's top scorer is Reinaldo, who scored 144 goals for Atlético Mineiro between 1973 and 1984.
• Mineirão was the site of Brazil's 1–7 loss to Germany in the 2014 World Cup semi-finals, where Miroslav Klose scored his record 16th World Cup goal.

Tickets & tours

Ways to visit Mineirão

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Know before you go

• Cruzeiro plays its home matches here, and Atlético Mineiro and América have also hosted games at the stadium.
• The stadium has hosted major concerts, including Paul McCartney, Beyoncé, and Metallica, and the outside patio is also used for shows.
• The stadium is located in the Pampulha neighborhood, near other attractions like the São Francisco de Assis Church and the Pampulha Modern Ensemble, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

A bit of history

The project to build Mineirão began in the 1940s when local teams' stadiums could not hold more than 10,000 spectators. Construction started in 1959, and the stadium opened on 5 September 1965 with a match between the Minas Gerais state team and River Plate. The record attendance was 132,834 people in 1997 for a Campeonato Mineiro final between Cruzeiro and Villa Nova.