The ?Maracaná? is a football stadium built during the years 2013-2014 in the popular El Chorrillo neighborhood in Panama City, Panama. The structure replaced an old sports field, baptized by the locals with the name of the legendary Rio de Janeiro stadium. The new building has capacity for five thousand spectators, and is the end point of a recent phase of the linear park that winds along the city?s coastline.  El Chorrillo has a longstanding football tradition, and currently has two professional teams in the first division league. The construction of the stadium was part of an effort to provide this dense, low-income neighborhood with more public space and with attractions of metropolitan appeal, in order to better integrate it to the rest of the city.  The building is used by a variety of professional and amateur leagues.
© Fernando Alda

Architects: Grupo Suma

Location: Av de los Poetas, Panama

Architect In Charge: Nilson Ariel Espino

Design Team: Nilson Ariel Espino, SUMA arquitectos y planificadores urbanos

Area: 10982.0 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Fernando Alda , Rodrigo Guerrero

Contractor: Constructora Norberto Odebrecht

Playing Field : 8,236 m2

© Rodrigo Guerrero

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