PANSTADIA & ARENA MANAGEMENT AUTUMN 2013


Maracana made modern


The Maracana in Rio de Janeiro will take on some high-profi le hosting of World Cup fi nals and Olympic and Paralympic opening ceremonies in the near future. The challenge it set Fernandes Arquitetos Associados was to build a modern stadium facility while preserving historical features. Maracana is legendary for events such as the Flamengo versus Fluminense game in 1963 attended by 194,603.


The old Maracana and the vision of the new.


After Brazil was awarded the World Cup, the Maracana project was set up as a public private project in October 2007. This was changed in 2009 to public funding and a design build team was awarded the job and began work in 2010. The original roof was demolished in 2011.


In the very shallow bowl the spectator experience was bad, too far away at the back and with inadequate sightlines at the front. There was no option to lower the pitch or to change the shape of the historic stadium. Fernandes Arquitetos’ solution was to use the space available in the old footprint by pushing the spectator tiers forward, freeing up 100,000ft2


of space for


premium accommodation, athletic and operational areas.


In the bowl, the seating pattern makes the spectator area look like one big stand. “It’s not a retrofi t. It’s all new but it’s still the Maracana,” says architect Daniel Fernandes.


Amsterdam ArenA presented its fi rst course on safety, security and service in 2010 in São Paulo. This was organised by the local government and attended by security offi cers of most clubs in the city, as well as police and rescue services representatives. It’s not been a one-way street by any means according to Wiersma: “At the same time we have learned a lot from the extremely open, friendly and cooperative event preparation that exists between stadium and public entities such as the police, transport authorities, the fi re brigade and rescue services.”


Multi-use means embracing concepts such as temporary capacity, retractable


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seating and pitch covering so it’s no surprise that international suppliers of stadium technology are already involved in Brazilian stadiums. Arena Group helped increase Arena Fonte Nova stadium’s seating capacity for the FIFA Confederations Cup from 56,500 to 61,500, working with partner FAST Engenharia to install the company’s patented Clearview seating system.


The Fonte Nova Arena is typical of the new stadium specifi cations. It took two and a half years and cost R$591.7 million ($252.67 million). It now has 90 boxes, 2,500 VIP seats, a panoramic restaurant with a view of the stadium and the Tororó Levee, one of Salvador’s


famous landmarks, and almost two thousand parking spaces. A museum and shops will be open independently of the sports events.


The fi ve Rio 2016 football venues will be Fonte Nova, Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, reopened in December last year, the National Stadium in Brasilia, the Maracana and São Paulo.


Olympic build-up


Preparations are in full swing for Rio 2016, both in construction and in operational readiness. The Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee held a Model


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