Estádio Mario Celso Petraglia, also known as Ligga Arena for sponsorship reasons or Arena da Baixada, is a stadium located in Curitiba, the state capital of Paraná, Brazil. It is the home stadium of Club Athletico Paranaense, and has a capacity of 42,372 people. The stadium was the first in Brazil to sell its naming rights; it was known as Kyocera Arena between 2005 and 1 April 2008. It was the first retractable roof stadium built in South America.
Arena da Baixada
Arena da Baixada, in a game between Athletico Paranaense and Santos.
Arena da Baixada in 2014 FIFA World Cup Group F match between Iran and Nigeria on 16 June 2014
Curitiba is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Southern Brazil. The city's population was 1,963,726 as of 2021, making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area comprises 29 municipalities with a total population of over 3,731,769, making it the ninth most populous metropolitan area in the country.
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Image: Tanguá Curitiba
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