Maracanã Stadium, officially named Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho or Journalist Mario Filho Stadium, is an association football stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The stadium is part of a complex that includes an arena known by the name of Maracanãzinho, which means "The Little Maracanã" in Portuguese. Owned by the Rio de Janeiro state government, the stadium is now managed by the clubs Fluminense and Flamengo. It is located in the Maracanã neighborhood, named after the Rio Maracanã, a now canalized river in Rio de Janeiro.
Maracanã Stadium
Postage stamp featuring the Maracanã, commemorating the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
Panorama from inside the stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Aerial photograph of Maracanã's playing field in February 2017
Mário Rodrigues Filho, better known as Mário Filho, was a Brazilian journalist and writer.
Portrait of Filho published in Jornal dos Sports, 12 March 1950