The Estádio Presidente Vargas, nicknamed PV, is a football stadium located in Fortaleza

Fortaleza

Fortaleza is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. With a population close to 2.5 million , Fortaleza is the 5th largest city in Brazil. It has an area of and one of the highest demographic densities in the country...

, Ceará

Ceará

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, Brazil

Brazil

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. It is currently used mostly for football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 matches and is the home stadium of América Football Club (CE)

América Football Club (CE)

América Football Club, commonly known as América, is a Brazilian football club based in Fortaleza, Ceará state.-History:The club was founded on November 11, 1920. They won the Campeonato Cearense in 1935, and in 1966.-Stadium:...

, Fortaleza Esporte Clube

Fortaleza Esporte Clube

Fortaleza Esporte Clube, usually known as Fortaleza, is primarily a football club, but is active in other sports such as futsal, handball and basketball. Fortaleza Esporte Clube is based in Fortaleza, capital of the State of Ceará, Brazil...

, Ceará Sporting Club

Ceará Sporting Club

Ceará Sporting Club, or Ceará as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Fortaleza in Ceará, founded on June 2, 1914....

, Ferroviário Atlético Clube

Ferroviário Atlético Clube

Ferroviário Atlético Clube, or Ferroviário as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Fortaleza in Ceará, founded on May 9, 1933...

 and Associação Esportiva Tiradentes

Associação Esportiva Tiradentes

Associação Esportiva Tiradentes, commonly known as Tiradentes, is a Brazilian football club based in Fortaleza, Ceará state. They competed in the Série C once.-History:...

. The stadium holds 22,228 people and was built in 1941. The stadium is owned by the Fortaleza City Hall, and it is named after Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas

Getúlio Vargas

Getúlio Dornelles Vargas served as President of Brazil, first as dictator, from 1930 to 1945, and in a democratically elected term from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Vargas led Brazil for 18 years, the most for any President, and second in Brazilian history to Emperor Pedro II...

.

The stadium was the largest stadium in Fortaleza until 1973 when the Castelão

Castelão (Ceará)

The Estádio Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, also known as the Castelão or Gigante da Boa Vista, is a football stadium that was inaugurated on November 11, 1973 in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, with a maximum capacity of 60,326 people. The stadium is owned by the Ceará state Government, and is the home...

 stadium was inaugurated.

History

In 1941, the works on Estádio Presidente Vargas were completed. The inaugural match was played on September 21 of that year, when Ferroviário

Ferroviário Atlético Clube

Ferroviário Atlético Clube, or Ferroviário as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Fortaleza in Ceará, founded on May 9, 1933...

 beat Tranmways of Pernambuco

Pernambuco

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 1-0. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Ferroviário's Chinês.

Inauguration

Presidente Vargas Stadium was built in 1941 and was considered a modern facility at the time. The P.V. was walled, had wooden grandstands around (also wood) separating the field from fans and the great wonder, a lawn (until then all fields in the city of strength instead of lawn that had beaten clay was wet before departure ).[2] This stadium was officially opened on September 14 of 1941, but the first match took place a week later, on September 21 with the game Rail 1 x 0 Tramways-PE, Being the first goal of the stadium scored by Chinese coral, 20 minutes for the first time.

Increased attendance

The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 38,515, set on May 7, 1989 when Ferroviário

Ferroviário Atlético Clube

Ferroviário Atlético Clube, or Ferroviário as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Fortaleza in Ceará, founded on May 9, 1933...

 and Ceará

Ceará Sporting Club

Ceará Sporting Club, or Ceará as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Fortaleza in Ceará, founded on June 2, 1914....

drew 1-1. But there are records of a paying audience of 41,099 in the game Ceará 0-1 Corinthians Brazilian Championship in 1971 but there is no confirmation that this has been the public official. Currently, due to reforms in the stadium and the strictest safety standards, the ability of PV was reduced to 22,000 spectators.

Recent structure update

From September to November 2005, the PV was banned for carrying out a series of improvements. The precarious access steps to the bleachers were demolished and replaced with ramps. There was also the reform of the changing rooms and baths, the adequacy of the system of fire prevention standards of Fire Department. Currently, the PV is closed for security reforms in view of the stadium that, according to prosecutors is structurally compromised, the forecast is to reopen in 2010.

After almost a year later, the stadium was finished and ready to receive games. Nowadays its the home stadium for Ceara squad in the Serie A. It has also the possibility of becoming a training field for national squads in the 2014 World Cup.

External links

• Templos do Futebol