Estádio Passo D'Areia

Passo D'Areia

View of inside the stadium from the stands behind the goal
Full name	Estádio Francisco Novelletto Neto
Location	Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Owner	Esporte Clube São José
Operator	Esporte Clube São José
Capacity	10,600[1]
Field size	105 x 68 m
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1939 to 1940
Opened	24 March 1940
Tenants
Esporte Clube São José

Estádio Francisco Novelletto Neto, better known as Estádio Passo D'Areia is a multi-use stadium located in Porto Alegre, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Esporte Clube São José. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 16,000 people and was built in 1940. In 2020 the stadium was renamed after Francisco Novelletto Neto, who was president of Esporte Clube São José and the Federação Gaúcha de Futebol.^[2]

References

1. "Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol" (PDF) (in Brazilian Portuguese). CBF. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
2. "Estádio do São José passa a se chamar Francisco Noveletto Neto" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Correio do Povo. 10 January 2020.

External links

• EC São José stadium article (in Portuguese)

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