Estádio Jardim América - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Estádio do Club Athletico Paulistano, commonly known as Estádio Jardim América, was a football stadium

Stadium

A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

located in São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

, Brazil

Brazil

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. It was the home stadium of Paulistano

Club Athletico Paulistano

Club Athletico Paulistano - generally known as just Paulistano - is a sports and social club from the Brazilian metropolis São Paulo located in the quarter of Jardim América, close to the city. The club was founded on 29 December 1900 for the purpose of playing association football...

and it had a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.

History

The stadium was inaugurated on October 29, 1917, when a São Paulo State

São Paulo (state)

São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...

combined team defeated Dublin FC of Uruguay 1–0. The stadium was demolished in 1950.

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