Estádio Fonte Nova

infobox stadium
name = Estádio Fonte Nova
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fullname = Estádio Octávio Mangabeira
location = Salvador, Brazil
coordinates = 12_58_43_S_38_30_15_W| 12°58'43"S 38°30'15"W
broke_ground = January 28, 1951
built = 1951
opened = 1951
renovated =
expanded = March 4, 1971
closed = November 26, 2007
demolished =
owner = Bahia State Government
operator =
surface = Grass
construction_cost =
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former_names =
tenants = Esporte Clube Bahia
capacity = 60,000
dimensions = 110 x 75m
scoreboard =

The Estádio Fonte Nova, also known as Estádio Octávio Mangabeira, is a football stadium inaugurated on January 28, 1951 in Salvador, Bahia,cite web | title = Estádio Fonte Nova | url=http://mavalem.sites.uol.com.br/ba/Salvador1.htm | accessdate = 2007-11-25 | publisher=Templos do Futebol ] with a maximum capacity of 66,080 people.cite book | first = | last = | title = Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 2 | publisher = Aretê Editorial S/A | location = Rio de Janeiro | year = 2001 | pages = pp. 461–462| id = ISBN 8588651017] The stadium is owned by the Bahia government, and is the home ground of Esporte Clube Bahia. Its formal name honors Octávio Cavalcanti Mangabeira, a civil engineer, journalist, and former Bahia state governor from 1947 to 1954.

After part of the upper terraces collapsed, killing 7 people and injuring several others, the government of Bahia announced the demolition of Fonte Nova and the construction of a new stadium, the Arena da Bahia, in the same place.

The stadium is nicknamed Fonte Nova because it is located at Ladeira das Fontes das Pedras.

History

The stadium construction ended in 1951. On March 4, 1971, the stadium was reinaugurated, after a great reformation, which expanded the maximum stadium capacity from 35,000 to 110,000. In the reinauguration day, two matches were played: Bahia against Flamengo, and Vitória against Grêmio. On that day happened a big tumult, where two people died.

The inaugural match was played on January 28, 1951, when Guarany and Botafogo, both local Bahia state teams, drew 2-1. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Guarany's Nélson.

The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 110,438, set on February 12, 1989 when Bahia beat Fluminense 2-1.

On November 25, 2007, when the Brazilian Championship Third Division match between Bahia and Vila Nova was nearly over with more than 60,000 supporters in attendance,cite web | title = Tragédia anunciada | url=http://jornalhoje.globo.com/JHoje/0,19125,VJS0-3076-20071126-311364,00.html | accessdate = 2007-11-26 | publisher=Jornal Hoje ] a section of the stadium's highest terraces collapsed when Bahia's supporters were celebrating the club's promotion to the Brazilian Championship Second Division, killing seven peoplecite web | title = Futebol-Torcida do Bahia vê fim do casamento com Fonte Nova | url=http://about.reuters.com/dynamic/countrypages/brazil/1196093225nN26401791.ASP | accessdate = 2007-11-26 | publisher=BBC News ] and injuring forty others.cite web | title = Nove pessoas morrem após partida do Bahia na Série C | url=http://www.estadao.com.br/esportes/not_esp85457,0.htm | accessdate = 2007-11-25 | publisher=Estadão ] cite web | title = Brazil Stadium Bleacher Collapses, 8 Die | url=http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20071125/API/711250787 | accessdate = 2007-11-25 | publisher=Daily Comet ] Jacques Wagner, who is the governor of Bahia state, ordered the stadium to be closed as the causes of the accident are under investigation by the authorities,cite web | title = Seven Brazil football fans killed | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7112558.stm | accessdate = 2007-11-26 | publisher=BBC News ] and he also said on November 26, 2007 that the stadium may be demolished if its structure is compromised.cite web | title = Governador da Bahia diz que a Fonte Nova pode ser demolida | url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/esporte/ult92u348796.shtml | accessdate = 2007-11-26 | publisher=Folha Online ] On November 27, 2007, the governor of Bahia announced that Estádio Fonte Nova will be demolished, and a new stadium will be built in its place.cite web | title = Governo da Bahia anuncia demolição da Fonte Nova | url=http://noticias.correioweb.com.br/materias.php?id=2726712&sub=Esporte | accessdate = 2007-11-27 | publisher=CorreioWeb ] On September 28, 2008, Bahia's governor Jaques Wagner announced that instead of being demolished, the stadium will be reformed into a multiuse arena with a maximum capacity of 60,000 people seated. Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.