The Arena Pernambuco officially named Estádio Governador Carlos Wilson Campos is a multi-purposestadium, The stadium was formerly known as Itaipava Arena Pernambuco from 2013 to 2016, following a naming-rights agreement with brewing company Grupo Petrópolis. Situated in the western suburb area of Recife Metropolitan, in São Lourenço da Mata, Brazil. The stadium is often used for Soccer matches.
The construction of the stadium commenced in the month of October in 2010 and took more than two years to complete. An estimated amount of R$ 500 million (US$ 226 million) was spent to build the arena. The architectural design of the stadium was developed by Fernandes Arquitetos Associados, led by architect Daniel Fernandes, while Odebrecht Infraestrutura was responsible for the construction and development of the project. It was inaugurated on 22nd May 2013. Odebrecht Energia (a Brazilian power company) is building a solar power plant in the Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, partnering with Neoenergia.
Trivia
Since 2012, Clube Náutico Capibaribe, a professional football club from the Recife area has been the partly owners of the stadium. Hence, all the home games of Clube Náutico Capibaribe have been held at the Itaipava Arena Pernambuco.
Significance
The stadium was the venue that hosted the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup's Group B matches (played on 16th June between Uruguay and Spain and on 23rd June between Uruguay and Tahiti). Group A match was held at the stadium on 19th June between Japan and Italy.
The stadium also hosted 2014 FIFA World Cup Group C match between Ivory Coast and Japan on 14th June.
The stadium also played host to Group C, D, A, G and "Round of 16" matches of 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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