Estádio Presidente Vargas (Santa Maria)
Estádio Presidente Vargas can refer to: *Estádio Presidente Vargas (Ceará), a football stadium located in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil *Estádio Presidente Vargas (Paraíba), a football stadium located in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil {{disambig ...
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Estádio Presidente Vargas (Ceará)
The Estádio Presidente Vargas, nicknamed ''PV'', is a multi-purpose stadium located in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for association football and American football matches and is the home stadium of América Football Club (CE), Fortaleza, Ferroviário Atlético Clube and Associação Esportiva Tiradentes. The stadium holds approximately 20,000 people and was built in 1941. The stadium is owned by the Fortaleza City Hall, and it is named after Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas. The stadium was the largest stadium in Fortaleza until 1973 when the Castelão stadium was inaugurated. History The Presidente Vargas Stadium was built in 1941 and was considered a modern facility at the time. The stadium was walled, had wooden grandstands and a wooden fence separating the field from fans, and a grass pitch (until then all fields in the city had clay which was moistened before games). This stadium was officially opened on September 14 of 1941, but the first matc ...
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