Maracanã Stadium

Full name	Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho
Location	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Coordinates	22°54′43.80″S 43°13′48.59″W / 22.9121667°S 43.2301639°WCoordinates: 22°54′43.80″S 43°13′48.59″W / 22.9121667°S 43.2301639°W
Owner	State of Rio de Janeiro
Operator	Complexo Maracanã Entretenimento S.A. (Odebrecht, IMX, AEG)
Capacity	78,838
Record attendance	199,854 (Brazil–Uruguay, July 16, 1950)
Field size	105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	August 2, 1948
Opened	June 16, 1950
Renovated	2000, 2006, 2013
Architect	Waldir Ramos; Raphael Galvão; Miguel Feldman; Oscar Valdetaro; Pedro Paulo B. Bastos; Orlando Azevedo; Antônio Dias Carneiro
Tenants
	Fluminense; Flamengo

Maracanã Stadium, (Portuguese: Estádio do Maracanã) standard Brazilian Portuguese: [esˈtad͡ʒju du maɾakɐˈnɐ̃], local pronunciation: [iʃˈtad͡ʒu du mɐˌɾakɐˈnɐ̃]), officially Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, is a multi purpose (used for different events) stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It can hold around 78,838 people.

Maracanã Stadium Media

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Selo Comemorativo do Campeonato Mundial de Futebol de 1950 (Copa do Mundo de 50).
Panorama from inside the stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Aerial photograph of Maracanã's playing field in February 2017
A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games
The "Pindorama" segment during the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony