• Capacity - 56,000 spectators
• Home arena for the Internacional team
• 2014 World Cup matches:
Е. France - Honduras 3:0
В. Australia - The Netherlands 2:3
Н. South Korea - Algeria 2:4
F. Nigeria - Argentina 2:3
1/8 Final. Germany - Algeria 2:1
• The team's fans actively participated in the construction of the new arena with cement, nails, metal blocks, and bricks.
• In the opening match, Internacional beat Portugal's Benfica with a score of 2-1.
• Capacity was reduced from 90,000 to 56,000 to meet FIFA requirements.
• Record attendance – 106,554 viewers. It was set on June 17, 1972, in a match between the stars of the state of Rio Grande do Sul against the Brazilian team.
• José Pinheiro Borda is the official name of the stadium. It was named after the Portuguese engineer who had long cherished the idea of building a massive stadium in Porto Alegre and who managed to launch its construction. Unfortunately, Borda did not live to see the opening of the arena.
• The construction took 10 years. The slow pace was due to financial problems.
• A concert by Paul McCartney at the stadium drew 50,000 attendees.
• Porto Alegre is considered the coldest of all the cities slated to host the World Cup matches.
• Porto Alegre is regarded as the greenest city in the country.
• In 2012, an arena opened for another club in Porto Alegre – Gremio. The fans and management of the club think that their stadium is superior to Internacional's, and are unhappy that FIFA selected Beira-Rio for the World Cup matches.
• On December 7, 2012, a movie was shown at Beira-Rio about Internacional's victory in the Copa Libertadores. This movie screening brought together 27,000 viewers and is the Guinness World Record for the biggest number of attendees at a movie screening in the history of cinema.
• The Beira-Rio stadium hosted the four final matches in the Copa Libertadores.
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