Estádio Municipal Castor Cifuentes - named 1936 after a former president (1932-35) of the local

Villa Nova AC A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became sm ...

, also known as ''Alçapão do Bonfim'', the "Trap of Bonfim" after the neighbourhood just east of the city centre, or ''Penidão'', nicknamed after the city's mayor Vitor Penido, who reformed the stadium in 1989 - is a football stadium located in

Nova Lima Nova Lima is a municipality of about 87,000 people, whose downtown is located about 20 kilometers south of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the south-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Mining is one of the main economical activities of the ...

, a city with a population of about 80,000 people located about 20 kilometres south-east of the centre of

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...

, the capital of the south-east Brazilian state of

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

. It is also known by the nickname ''Penidão'', nicknamed after the city's mayor Vitor Penido, who reformed the stadium in 1989. It was built in 1930 and is owned by the Municipality of Nova Lima. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 15,000 people. It is used mostly for matches of the local club Villa Nova Atlético Clube, which in its glory years between 1932 and 1951 has won five times the State Championship of Minas Gerais. Estádio Castor Cifuentes's inaugural match after being renovated was played on October 15, 1989 when Guarani EC of Divinópolis beat Villa Nova 1-0. The goalscorer was Formiga. The stadium's current attendance record of 15,000 was set in this match. In 2011 the stadium received about 8,000 seats that were removed from the

Mineirão Mineirão (), officially Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (''Governor Magalhães Pinto Stadium'') is the largest football stadium in the state of Minas Gerais. It was established in 1965, and it is located in Belo Horizonte. It served as a ...

stadium in Belo Horizonte, as this underwent a major renovation in preparation for the 2014 World Cup.
Estádio Castor Cifuentes já está com cadeiras novas para jogos do Villa
', globoesporte.com, 03 June 2011.

References

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Alçapão do Bonfim - Estádio Castor Cifuentes
', Villa Nova Atlético Clube (per 2014-05-19).

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