Iconic 72,000-seater World Cup football stadium lies abandoned and ‘scabby’ with car park now a BUS DEPOT
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Brazil spent an estimated $300 million on a World Cup stadium that now sits nearly abandoned
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The Arena da Amazonia is located in Manaus, Brazil. Manaus is in the middle of the Amazon and very hard to travel to.
The stadium took 4 years to build. It’s estimated to have cost the Brazilian government $220-$300 million. Three workers died during construction.
It’s one of 12 stadiums Brazil built for the 2014 World Cup. The stadium was used for just 4 matches during the World Cup. It was also used for a few matches during the 2016 Olympics.
Now it sits mostly unused. Manaus is the 7th most populated city in the country. The stadium can seat over 40,000 fans. But most local matches bring in fewer than 1,000 people.
The stadium took in $180,000 in the first 4 months of 2016, while spending about $560,000 in operating costs.
It’s not the first stadium to sit mostly unused after being used for just a few big events. It probably won’t be the last.
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Following is a transcript of the video.
The Arena da Amazonia is located in Manaus, Brazil. Manaus is in the middle of the Amazon and very hard to travel to.
The stadium took 4 years to build. It’s estimated to have cost the Brazilian government $220-$300 million. Three workers died during construction.
It’s one of 12 stadiums Brazil built for the 2014 World Cup. The stadium was used for just 4 matches during the World Cup. It was also used for a few matches during the 2016 Olympics.
Now it sits mostly unused. Manaus is the 7th most populated city in the country. The stadium can seat over 40,000 fans. But most local matches bring in fewer than 1,000 people.
The stadium took in $180,000 in the first 4 months of 2016, while spending about $560,000 in operating costs.
It’s not the first stadium to sit mostly unused after being used for just a few big events. It probably won’t be the last.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This video was originally published on
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Iconic 72,000-seater World Cup football stadium lies abandoned and ‘scabby’ with car park now a BUS DEPOT
A World Cup stadium has been left abandoned. with the car park now turned into a bus depot.
The Mane Garrincha, which holds 72,000 fans, held seven games in the 2014 tournament in Brazil nine years ago.
They included Brazil’s group-stage win over Cameroon and third-place play-off defeat to the Netherlands, as well as Argentina’s quarter-final victory over Belgium.
The hosts were eliminated by eventual winners Germany after being humiliated 7-1 in the semi-finals.
But nowadays it hosts very few football games, with the venue instead being used for random events such as tattoo festivals and Japanese food expos.
And the car park has been turned into a temporary bus depot by the local government.
When it was developed in 2010 – to replace the old 45,000-seater version of the original stadium built in 1974 – it was the second most expensive football ground in history – behind the new Wembley – at around £250milllion.
And it is still draining funds to this day, costing £132,000 per month to maintain.
Since the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, it has been left largely desolate.
It hosted seven matches in the 2021 Copa America – including one semi-final and the third-place play-off.
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