the best stadiums in the world according to the English magazine "Four Four Two"

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After the announcement that Brazil will host the 1950 World Cup, the state authorities of Rio de Janeiro decided to finance a new central stadium for the entire region. In 1947 the offers were launched and the design of seven local architects was chosen, which means that Rio would go through an almost circular stadium. As for the location, the site of a racecourse in the district of Maracanã was selected, not without the opposition that surrounded the plans for the stadium from the beginning.

Construction work began in August 1942, but quickly began to slow down despite the fact that FIFA sent a European expert to help carry out the project. In June 1950, the day of the inauguration, the land was far from ready, lacked basic infrastructure, such as bathrooms and scaffolding in the spectator areas. Despite the circumstances, in the first place, several games have attracted massive crowds, rarely falling below 100,000 people. The biggest was the final of the World Cup in which Brazil faced Uruguay against 199,854 people. Some say that the number was even higher, there are also rumors that when Brazil lost, people jumped from the high scaffolding, committing suicide. Multitudes of more than 150,000 occurred during the next decade during the Brazil internationals or the Flamengo - Fluminense derbies of Rio de Janeiro.
For decades, an amazing list of big events was held here, starting with the most important football games, both national and international. Being selected to host the 2014 World Cup final, it became one of the only two stadiums in the world to host this prestigious game twice. Then came the announcement that the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2016 Summer Olympics will also take place here, making Maracanã the only stadium for such ceremonies without an athletics track. In addition to these tournaments there were national finals, massive volleyball games, pan-American ceremonies, papal visits and some of the biggest concerts in the world with audiences of not much less than 200,000 people (Frank Sinatra, Tina Turner, Rolling Stones, The Police and many plus).

7- Signal Iduna Park Dortmund, Germany

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The history of this stadium began more than 40 years ago, to be more exact on April 5, 1965. After four long years of discussions regarding the extension and modernization of the track "Rote Erde", which had been many years above, the city's management and financial committee "takes note of the suggestion not to extend the Rote Erde stadium, but considering the use of western practice fields and minimal areas of the pool, a new stadium could be built." The first obstacle to go towards a new arena, named in the official colloquium "twin stadium" (since it will be built parallel to Rote Erde) is overcome.

The project receives a decisive impulse when at the beginning of the 70s Cologne desists to build a new stadium, in this way there is the free way for Dortmund to present itself as the requesting city to host the 1974 football world cup - and so the construction of a new stadium. If it were not an event as such, no additional financial resources would have been granted by the federated state and the federated country, and the Westfalen stadium would not have been built.

On April 2, 1974 - nine years after the decision of the state guilds - the long-awaited moment arrives: 54,000 spectators, mostly on foot, take place at the Westfalen stadium. It opens with a friendly match against Schalke 04. He has not lost any of his fascination to this day. Quite the opposite. There are radio commentators who were ecstatic talking about the "Scala of German football", when they talk about this unique stadium: the closeness to the playing field, the acoustics due to the complete roof, accompanied by the unique fascination of soccer friends in the region. All this leads to create a stimulating atmosphere, which takes over the visitors and is highly feared by the adversaries. During a survey conducted in May 2006, professional players from the 18 football clubs in the Bundesliga said their preferred stadiums were in Hamburg (28%) and Dortmund (27%).

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8- Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain

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The Santiago Bernabéu stadium was inaugurated on December 14, 1947 with a friendly match between Real Madrid and Os Belenenses of Portugal that ended with the victory of the Madrid side by a 3-1 result.

The first major remodeling of the stadium took place in 1954, thanks to which the capacity increased to 125,000 spectators, who converted the Real Madrid Coliseum into the second stadium in Europe that accommodated more people, just behind Wembley .

Another remarkable date was on May 18, 1957, when the first match was played with artificial light and at night: the Real Madrid - Recife Sport that ended with 5-3 for whites.

The celebration in Spain of the 1982 World Cup resulted in a new remodeling of the Santiago Bernabéu, which had to reduce its capacity to 90,800 spectators, since FIFA forced to have half the capacity of seats, something that did not happen in the coliseum white, which mostly had standing locations.

But the biggest remodeling came in the 90s. This time it was UEFA that created a regulation by which all seats should be seats, something that forced Real Madrid to expand the stadium to compensate for the loss of space and the decrease in capacity by including the seats in all its stands.

A third amphitheater was built that increased the height of the stadium from 22 to 45 meters, a fact that also made it necessary to provide the Coliseum with more power in lighting. Finally, after all the works, the capacity was 74,328 spectators.

With the arrival of Florentino Pérez to the presidency and the hand of Estudio Lamela, the Santiago Bernabéu underwent a new remodeling in which 127 million euros were invested. The grandstands were enlarged and the official shop, new boxes and the club offices were added. The capacity increased again: to 80,354 spectators.

And that's not all, because in 2014 the new remodeling of the white stadium was approved, which will begin next summer and will make the Santiago Bernabéu one of the most modern stadiums in the world. The project consists of expanding the capacity in 8,000 locations, the coating of the stadium, and the creation of green areas, a hotel, a shopping center, and several parking lots.

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9- Old Trafford Manchester, England

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The Old Trafford stadium belonging to Manchester United since 1910 is considered by the European public as one of the best on the continent. Great pages of glory have been written on his lawn and many spectators have gone through his bleachers.

Opened on February 19, 1910 with a capacity for 80,000 spectators and a support system designed by the Scottish architect Archibald Leitch (Hampden Park, Ibrox Stadium and White Hart Lane), Old Trafford was from its first day a colossus.

In 1939 he would mark his attendance record in a FA CUP Semifinal match between the Wolves and Grimsby, which attracted 76,962 fans. But it would not be the only record, in the first match of the 06/07 League established the highest number of spectators in a Premier League match, 75,115 spectators.

Two years later it would be bombed by the Nazis and go through the worst stage of its history. Manchester United should play on Maine Road, the stadium of Manchester City (its traditional rival) and undergo the reconstruction of its emblematic stadium. The event ended in 1949 and Old Trafford reappeared with a capacity of 67,000 spectators.

But in the following decades the capacity would be reduced for reasons of security that afflicted all of Europe until arriving at a poor capacity of 43,000 spectators between 1994-1996.

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10- Allianz Arena Munich, Germany

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The stadium has many peculiarities, but from the point of view of the visitor perhaps the most striking is its ability to shed skin. It is red, white or blue, depending on the moment. White if the German team plays, red if it's Bayern Munich's turn, and blue when the home team is the TSV 1860 München, a team from the German second division. The illumination works the miracle and makes clear to many kilometers away who moves the ball, whose field is that night.

In the Allianz Arena, inaugurated in 2005, today there are 71,000 people, after a recent expansion. Of course, for tourists there are guided tours -except on game days-, and a museum, baptized as Bayern world, more than 3,000 square meters of exhibition to dive into their sporting successes.

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