Estádio Municipal de Braga 4.43

4.2 star(s) from 49 votes
Braga, 4700
Portugal

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The Municipal Stadium of Braga is an all-seater football stadium located in Braga, Portugal, and the current home ground of Sporting Clube de Braga. It has a capacity of 30,286 spectators, making it the seventh largest football ground in Portugal.Also known as A Pedreira, since it was carved from the face of Monte do Castro, it was built in 2003 as a venue for the 2004 UEFA European Championship.HistoryThe project to build a stadium was developed in 2000 by architect Eduardo Souto Moura. On 5 June, the program to build the new municipal stadium for the European championships in 2004 began, promoted by the municipal council of Braga. Between 2002 and 2003, the municipal stadium was built. The enormous rock moving process contributed heavily to the final €83.1 million cost, the fourth most expensive of the ten new stadia built for Euro 2004, after Estádio da Luz (capacity: 64,642) and Estádio José Alvalade (capacity: 50,095), both in Lisbon, and Estádio do Dragão (capacity: 50,033) in Porto. A football game between Sporting Braga and Celta Vigo inaugurated the opening of the stadium on 30 December 2003.

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