Estádio Vasco da Gama, known as Estádio São Januário, is the home ground of Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama. It is located in the Vasco da Gama neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in a hill near the National Observatory of Brazil. Because of its position is often named as Estádio da Colina (Hill's Stadium) what gave Vasco the nickname of Gigante da Colina (Hill's Giant). It is one of the few soccer specific stadiums in the world with both team be...
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Estádio Vasco da Gama, known as Estádio São Januário, is the home ground of Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama. It is located in the Vasco da Gama neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in a hill near the National Observatory of Brazil. Because of its position is often named as Estádio da Colina (Hill's Stadium) what gave Vasco the nickname of Gigante da Colina (Hill's Giant). It is one of the few soccer specific stadiums in the world with both team benches and coaching areas behind the goal line on the same end of the field.
The stadium had a capacity of 36,273 and it was inaugurated on April 27, 1927, with the presence of Washington Luís, Brazilian president in that time. São Januário was the biggest stadium in the New World until 1930 when Estádio Centenário of Montevidéu was inaugurated for the first World Cup in 1930. It was the biggest in Brazil until 1940 when Pacaembu was built in São Paulo (Public Venue, still the biggest private venue in Brazil). It was the biggest in Rio de...
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