Estádio Olímpico Regional Arnaldo Busatto, sometimes nicknamed Ninho das Cobras (meaning ''Snake Nest'') is a multi-use

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

Cascavel Cascavel is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. It is the fifth most populous city in the state with 332,333 residents, according to IBGE, a government agency. The distance to Curitiba, the state capital, is 491 kilometers by fr ...

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and hosts the home games of

Cascavel Clube Recreativo Cascavel Clube Recreativo, more commonly referred to as Cascavel CR, is a Brazilian professional association football club in Cascavel, Paraná (state), Paraná which currently plays in Campeonato Paranaense, the top division of the Paraná State ...

and

Futebol Clube Cascavel Futebol Clube Cascavel, more commonly referred to as FC Cascavel, is a Brazilian professional association football club in Cascavel, Paraná which currently plays in Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonat ...

, and hosted the home games of

Cascavel Esporte Clube Cascavel Esporte Clube, commonly known as Cascavel, was a Brazilian Association football, football club based in Cascavel, Paraná (state), Paraná state that competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Série B and in the Campeonato Brasileiro ...

. The stadium is able to hold 28,125 people, and was built in 1982. The stadium is owned by the Cascavel City Hall. The stadium is named after Arnaldo Busatto, who was an alderman (''vereador'', in Portuguese language), state deputy and federal deputy.

History

In 1982, the works on the stadium were completed. The inaugural match was played on November 10 of that year, when

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beat Cascavel 1-0. The first goal of the stadium was scored by São Paulo's Paulo César. The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 35,000, set in the inaugural match.

References

*''Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro'', Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.

External links

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