82,238 capacity
"The largest stadium in the world"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio_do_Maracan%C3%A3
(with a little research it looks like it once held the largest crowd of 199,854)
Future home of the 2014 World Cup Final and the 2016 Olympic Games!
An unexpected theme of our trip so far has been soccer. We were in Rio less than 24 hours and we found our way to estadio Maracana which is reputedly the largest stadium in the world! We also chose our team Fluminense in the short time since setting foot in Brazil. Fluninense is a team from Rio with candy cane green and red team colors.
Carioca (Rio) hincha is just as passionate as Porteno (Buenos Aires) hincha yet much more profane. The day was clear and hot and the stadium a mere third full, but the crowds were loud and large with fists punching the air, flags waving, and chants vibrating the huge oval stadium. Our team tied with International, a team from the south of Brazil.
Carioca (Rio) hincha is just as passionate as Porteno (Buenos Aires) hincha yet much more profane. The day was clear and hot and the stadium a mere third full, but the crowds were loud and large with fists punching the air, flags waving, and chants vibrating the huge oval stadium. Our team tied with International, a team from the south of Brazil.
Fluminense-our team in Brazil.
They are struggling in 4th to last place and are in jeapordy of falling into the second division :(
They are struggling in 4th to last place and are in jeapordy of falling into the second division :(
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