Estádio Maria Lamas Farache, usually known as Frasqueirão is a

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in the

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ian city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. It is currently used mostly for

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matches. The stadium has an initial capacity of 18,000 people and will be expanded to 24,000 spectators. Estádio Frasqueirão is owned by

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. The stadium is named after Maria Lamas Farache, who was the wife of ABC's former chairman Vicente Farache.

History

In 2006, the works on Frasqueirão were completed, costing R$ 12 million (R$ 210 thousand were donated by the Rio Grande do Norte State Government to be used to build the football field). The inaugural match was played on January 22 of that year, when

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and Alecrim drew 1-1. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Alecrim's da Cunha.

References

ABC FC Official website

(retrieved on October 14, 2006) * ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070127143742/http://www.futeboldorn.com.br/historia2/index_06.htm ''História do Futebol do Rio Grande do Norte'' - Futebol Potiguar(retrieved on October 14, 2006)
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