Estadio Serra Dourada

Estadio Serra Dourada is a football stadium inaugurated on March 9, 1975 in Goiania, Goias, Brazil. It was designed by the Pritzker Prize-winning Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha. The stadium is owned by the Goias state Government, and is the home ground of Goias Esporte Clube. Vila Nova and Atletico Goianiense have their own stadiums which they use for most league games, but for derbies and other big games they move to the Serra Dourada.

History

Serra Dourada was completed in 1975 and was inaugurated on March 9 of that same year. It was one of the venues of the 1989 Copa America. The stadium was also the neutral ground used by CONMEBOL in the 1981 Copa Libertadores group stage replay match between Flamengo and Atletico Mineiro, in which Flamengo was declared the winner by CONMEBOL, after five Atletico Mineiro players were sent off by referee Jose Roberto Wright.

The inaugural match was played on March 9, 1975, when Goias State All-Stars beat the Portugal national team 2-1. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Portugal's Octavio. The inauguration match also marked the stadium's attendance record, at 79,610.

The inauguration of Serra Dourada opened the way for Goias Esporte Clube supremacy in the Goias State Championship. From 1975 onwards (the so-called "Serra Dourada Era") the club won the State Championship seventeen times, while Goiania, once the biggest team in the state, would never win the championship again.

The ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed at the stadium on May 6, 2013 as part of his Out There! Tour, this one being his first concert in the city.

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