Stadium
Bahia had always played at the Fonte Nova stadium, from its inauguration in 1951 until November 2007. At the game against Vila Nova (during Bahia's promotion campaign), part of the stadium collapsed and 7 people died. More than 30 were injured.
After that episode, the state government declared that the stadium would be demolished. A new stadium is being built on the site for the 2014 World Cup.
Some notable games at the Fonte Nova:
- Bahia : Internacional 2–1 (Série A – Final – 1988)
- Bahia : Fluminense 2–1 (Série A – Semi-Finals – 1988)
- Bahia : Flamengo 4–1 (Série A – 2001)
- Bahia : Sport Recife 3–1 (Northeast Cup – Final – 2002)
- Bahia : Fast Club 1–0 (Série C – 3rd Stage – 2007)
Bahia's state championship games will be played at the Pituaçu Stadium, which has a capacity of 32,157 spectators, until the new stadium is built.
Read more about this topic: Esporte Clube Bahia
Famous quotes containing the word stadium:
“It’s no accident that of all the monuments left of the Greco- Roman culture the biggest is the ballpark, the Colosseum, the Yankee Stadium of ancient times.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)
“The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action, an effect upon our nature due to thought, which will influence future thinking.”
—Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)
“In their eyes I have seen
the pin men of madness in marathon trim
race round the track of the stadium pupil.”
—Patricia K. Page (b. 1916)