Brazil: Only 16 stadiums ranked above average
source: Esporte.gov.br; author: michał
Brazilian sports ministry ranked 155 football stadia across the country, giving them notes of 1-5 stars. Just 16 venues were given 4-5 stars, while 88 were ranked 1-2.
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In January of this year the Sports Ministry of Brazil launched a new ranking system for football stadia, Sisbrace (Sistema Brasileiro de Classificação de Estádios). All major stadia across the country were ranked in three categories: security, comfort and accessibility and sanitary conditions.
The current edition of Sisbrace was developed by a team of 40 people who evaluated the state of 155 stadia throughout Brazil. While recent investments for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics gave the country a number of spectacular facilities, the outcome of Sisbrace isn’t particularly encouraging.
14 stadia were given the highest note and these include almost all hosts of the 2014 World Cup, though notably the Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba didn’t make the list, having only 4 stars. 51 venues were ranked as medium (3 stars), while a total of 88 require improvements with 59 awarded 2 stars and 29 with just one. Below is the list of Brazil’s best stadia:
Allianz Parque, Sao Paulo
Arena Corinthians, Sao Paulo
Arena da Baixada, Curitiba
Arena das Dunas, Natal
Arena de Amazonia, Manaus
Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre
Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador
Arena Pernambuco, Recife
Castelão, Fortaleza
Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
Estádio Morumbi, Sao Paulo
Estádio Nacional, Brasilia
Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba
Estádio Roberto Santos, Salvador
Full ranking (Portuguese only)
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