Not to be confused with Castelão (Maranhão)
Estádio Governador Plácido Castelo, also known as the Castelão (Portuguese pronunciation: [kasteˈlɐ̃w], Portuguese for 🔔 "Big Castle") or Gigante da Boa Vista, is a football stadium that was inaugurated on November 11, 1973 in Fortaleza, 🔔 Ceará, Brazil, with a maximum capacity of 63,903 spectators.
The stadium is owned by the Ceará state Government, and is the 🔔 home ground of Ceará Sporting Club and Fortaleza Esporte Clube.
Its formal name honors Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (1906–1979), who served as 🔔 the Governor of Ceará from September 12, 1966 to March 15, 1971, and was a leader in getting the stadium 🔔 built.[2]History [ edit ]
Castelão was constructed from 1969 to 1973 and was inaugurated on November 11 of that year.
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