View source for Mineirão

{{Short description|Football stadium in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2014}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto
| nickname = Mineirão
| image = Mineirão (Top View).jpg
| caption = '''[[Ministry of Sports (Brazil)|Sisbrace]]''' {{rating|5|5}}
| fullname = Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto
| location = [[Belo Horizonte]], Minas Gerais, Brazil
| coordinates = {{coord|19|51|57|S|43|58|15|W|type:landmark_region:BR|display=inline,title}}
| broke_ground = 1959
| built = 
| opened = September 5, 1965
| renovated = December 21, 2012
| expanded = 
| closed = 
| demolished = 
| record_attendance = 132,834
| owner = State of Minas Gerais
| operator = Minas Arena
| surface = Grass
| construction_cost = 
| architect = 
| structural engineer = 
| services engineer = 
| general_contractor = 
| project_manager = 
| main_contractors = 
| former_names = 
| tenants = [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]<br />[[Brazil national football team]] (selected matches)
| website = {{URL|estadiomineirao.com.br}}
| suites = 98
| seating_capacity = 66,658<ref name="Bid27Bra">{{cite book |title=The Brazilian Bid for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 |date=8 December 2023 |publisher=FIFA |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/7dad0d3009710ee7/original/The-Brazilian-Bid-Book-FIFA-Women-s-World-Cup-2027.pdf |access-date=2 January 2024}}</ref>
| dimensions = {{nowrap|{{cvt|105 x 68|m}}}}
}}

The '''Governor [[Magalhães Pinto]] Stadium''' ({{Langx|pt|Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto}}, named after the late state governor of [[Minas Gerais]]), most known as '''''Mineirão''''' ({{IPA|pt|minejˈɾɐ̃w}}), is the largest [[association football|football]] stadium in the respective state. It was established in 1965, and it is located in [[Belo Horizonte]].

It served as a venue in the [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup]] and the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]]. It also hosted some matches of the football tournament of the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Instalação do Rio 2016™, Mineirão está pronto para voltar a receber o futebol |url=http://www.rio2016.com/noticias/noticias/instalacao-do-rio-2016-mineirao-esta-pronto-para-voltar-a-receber-o-futebol |work=rio2016.com |access-date=September 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118113632/http://www.rio2016.com/noticias/noticias/instalacao-do-rio-2016-mineirao-esta-pronto-para-voltar-a-receber-o-futebol |archive-date=January 18, 2013 |df=mdy }}</ref> The stadium has a seating capacity of 66,658 spectators.<ref name="Bid27Bra" /> The property of the state of Minas Gerais, it is used by [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]].

==History==

=== Background ===
The project to construct the Mineirão predated the stadium's opening by more than 25 years. In the 1940s, a modest movement began, involving managers, entrepreneurs, athletes and journalists. The idea was to build a field in Belo Horizonte to that matched the evolution of Minas Gerais' football up to that point.

The top three teams in the state capital had their stadiums, but they were cramped and uncomfortable, and no longer supported the demand of fans. Stadium Otacílio Negrão de Lima (Alameda Stadium, at Francisco Sales Avenue), of [[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América]]; [[Estádio Presidente Antônio Carlos|Antônio Carlos Stadium]] (located on Olegário Maciel Avenue), of [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]; and Juscelino Kubitschek Stadium (located on Augusto de Lima Avenue), of [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] did not support more than 10,000 spectators. Atlético, the team with the wealthiest members in Belo Horizonte, planned to build a stadium for 30,000 people, after the winning the [[Champions Cup 1937 (FBF)|1937 State Champions Cup]]. It nearly became a reality, but then they found a huge club debt, forcing the directors to allot and sell the properties that the club had in the neighborhood where the stadium would be built, Antônio Carlos Avenue, near the [[Pampulha Domestic Airport|airport]].

At the end of the 1940s, journalist Canor Simões Coelho achieved with [[Brazilian Football Confederation|CBD]] the inclusion of Belo Horizonte as one of the venues of [[1950 FIFA World Cup]]. For this, the council would have to build a stadium at the height of the event. Official agreement was signed by mayor Otacílio Negrão de Lima and the president of the CBD, Rivadávia Correa Meyer. The modest club Sete de Setembro was in charge of commanding the works of the new field.

The construction of [[Arena Independência|Independência Stadium]] was slow and it seemed that would not be completed in time for the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]]. But with the intervention of the CBD and [[FIFA]], the city of Belo Horizonte took charge of construction, and the stage was handed over in time for the match between [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] and [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] on June 25, 1950, even with improvisations. But soon the initial excitement for the new stadium was falling apart, since the 30,000 seats available did not meet the growing number of fans. Independência was uncomfortable for the audience, and did not offer good conditions for the press.

The early 1950s saw the first steps supporting the construction of a larger stadium in Belo Horizonte.  Under the leadership of Gil César Moreira de Abreu, a group of students from the School of Engineering of [[Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais]] (UFMG) proposed the construction of a University Stadium, to be located in the city's Pampulha region, where the university owned land.<ref name="MOREIRA">{{cite web |url=http://www.mg.superesportes.com.br/app/noticias/especiais/novo-mineirao/2012/12/16/noticia_mineirao,237197/dinheiro-da-loteria-lucro-do-futebol-mineiro.shtml |title=Dinheiro da loteria, lucro do futebol mineiro |publisher=Superesportes |author=MOREIRA, Eugênio |date=16 December 2012}}</ref> In 1956 the chairman of [[Federação Mineira de Futebol]], Francisco de Castro Cortes proposed the construction of a Municipal Stadium on a location adjacent to the [[BR-040]] highway, close to where ''BH Shopping'' mall stands today. The proposal asked for funds to be obtained through the sales of perpetual seating rights ('''cadeiras cativas''<nowiki/>'). With the support of the [[President of Brazil|President]], former Minas Gerais Governor [[Juscelino Kubitschek]], Cortes even arranged for engineers involved in the construction of [[Maracanã (stadium)|Maracanã]] to come to Belo Horizonte and review the project.

At the time, Antonio Abrahão Caram was President of the Regional Sports Council (Conselho Regional de Desportos) in Minas Gerais, and became one of the strongest supporters of what was destined to become Mineirão. Abrahão Caram demonstrated impractical aspects of the project supported by Cortes, which was eventually abandoned in favor of a new project for the current stadium. The new project was prepared under the auspices of a team led by Benedicto Adami de Carvalho. In recognition of Abrahão Caram's role in proposing a feasible financial arrangement, selecting the venue, and assistance in drafting a [[Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais|State Assembly]] bill paving the way for the construction of Mineirão, in 1966 his name was officially designated to the avenue where the stadium is located, Avenida Antônio Abrahão Caram.

Once the design started to become a reality, then State Representative Jorge Carone Filho was assigned the mission of drafting the State Assembly bill that would help turn Mineirão a reality. The idea was to obtain funding through the State Lottery (Loteria Mineira) whose tickets would carry a 10% earmark toward a stadium building fund.  "Estádio Minas Gerais" was then created under State Bill 1947 dated August 12, 1959, which was signed into Law by Governor José Francisco Bias Fortes. The law also provided for the creation of AEMG, an administrative tasked with managing the finished stadium. AEMG would later become ADEMG (Administração de Estádios do Estado de Minas Gerais).

Modifications to the original University Stadium were left to architects Eduardo Mendes Guimarães and Gaspar Garreto, which the goal of upgrading it from a 30,000 visitors venue into a new "giant" stadium capable of accommodating up to 100,000 visitors. The chosen site was located in the Pampulha region, in land owned by [[UFMG]], whose President Pedro Paulo Penido was favorable to the project while expecting construction of Mineirão at the site of UFMG's new campus would attract an influx of people into this sparsely populated area. With the approval of President Kubitschek's Education Minister Clóvis Salgado, an agreement between UFMG and AEMG was signed on February 25, 1960, when the Brazilian federal government and the [[Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais|Federal University of Minas Gerais]] gave Minas Gerais land in the neighborhood of [[Pampulha (Belo Horizonte)|Pampulha]], [[Belo Horizonte]], for the construction of the stadium.

===Construction===
When they began work on the stadium in 1959, engineers and workers were not sure it would be completed. Cesar Gil, the construction manager, faced financial crises, but knew how to use politics in favor of Mineirão. Despite the extreme control of spending, the works were facing, at each step, the depletion of resources. The initial loan of [[Brazilian cruzeiro (1942–1967)|₢$]]100&nbsp;million evaporated in implementing the first service of its foundation. For a year and a half, the contract followed a slow pace, working with limited equipment and staffing minimum. While one group acted politically to change laws that enable the acquisition of resources and also convince the Governor Magalhães Pinto fund the construction, AEMG trying to adapt to the fragile financial situation.

Mineirão was planned by Eduardo Mendes Guimarães Júnior and Caspar Garreto, both architects. The structural project was undertaken by engineer Arthur Eugênio Jermann. The construction workmanship was directed by engineer Gil Cesar Moreira de Abreu. From 1963 to the date of its inauguration on September 5, 1965, approximately five thousand people were involved in the construction.

The new stadium was raised to the emblem for the national engineering by offering countless examples of evolution in construction. The team of engineers Mineirão went to the extreme in the details. Passed the Maracanã by a real x-ray, finding weaknesses that should not be repeated in the Mineirão field. In 1964, Gil Caesar sought in Tokyo, where arenas were built for Olympics, news about this type of work. Traders noted features and engineering innovations. Worried by the quality of the grass: tags and other minutiae.

The big question that engineers and workers were tested for their ability to perform a superstructure – a false ellipse, measuring the major axis of 275 meters and the lowest 217 meters – using conventional equipment. To evaluate and eliminate uncertainties, a "mini-Mineirão" was designed, called the experimental sector 15, where a link bleachers and roof would be subjected to all sorts of evidence. Concrete plants, conveyors, degrees, loaders and shuttle were tested. The complexity of the work required iron bars into lengths that the industry was unable to attend. The solution came in the actual construction site, where engineers and workers solder used to promote the extension of the bars.

With available resources could be hiring more people, but bumped into AEMG lack of qualified staff. Made a public bidding for the supply of labor, it was found to be unenforceable, because the price charged – 15&nbsp;million Cruzeiros – was infinitely high box for the administration of the new field. It was proved in the future, the amount requested by the companies would build a Mineirão and a half. On accountability, the "Gigante da Pampulha" (Pampulha Giant) consumed a total of 10&nbsp;million dollars. Because of the lack of skilled labor available, AEMG promoted the training of masons, carpenters, ship owners and other professionals. Whole classes were formed, and hundreds of workers have gained qualifications to perform special functions. At this stage, the administration managed to gather the required number needed to play and work at a fast pace. Between August 1964 and July 1965, the building jumped from one sector (the experiment) to offer the country's most modern stadium.

To speed construction and shorten the drama of the budget, Gil Caesar launched the operation 24 hours a day, divided into three shifts three thousand workers hired. The service did not stop a single minute. Acaiaca the top of the building in downtown Belo Horizonte, saw a huge flash of light coming from the sides of the future Mineirão. The administration began to reward teams for production and creativity, encouraging competition among the various sectors of the construction. The idea of "local little game" was so successful that many fronts have been completed well before the deadline. The full-time process allowed the stadium to be handed to the population in eight months. Even in the hectic pace and pressure, only one worker died during the entire construction of the arena.

The festivities marking the opening of the stadium included parachute jumpers, music, and an inaugural football match. The events were attended by 73,201 people. The inaugural match at Mineirão Stadium was played by the Minas Gerais state team and the Argentinian team, [[CA River Plate|River Plate]].

==Important matches==

The record attendance of the stadium was 132,834 people in 1997 in Campeonato Mineiro final match between [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] and [[Villa Nova Atlético Clube|Villa Nova]]. The paying attendance was 74,857, and there were 56,618 women and children who entered for free. For safety reasons, the capacity of Mineirão has been reduced for the majority of its 40-year history. In 2004, by imposition of [[FIFA]], the capacity of the stadium was reduced to 72,000 people.

[[Image:Stadion Belo Horizonte Halbfinale WM 2014 (22117986076).jpg|thumb|400px|The stadium during the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]]]]

Since the stadium opening, the three most important teams in Belo Horizonte have hosted their matches in Mineirão: [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] (always), [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]] and [[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América]]. Mineirão has hosted also at least one match of the [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]] in every [[FIFA World Cup]] qualifications, and matches of the [[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup]], the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] and men/women football matches of [[Olympic Games 2016]].

Important matches and trophies won by local teams on Mineirão's pitch include:
*First match: Friendly – September 5, 1965 – Minas Gerais state team 1–0 [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]. Attendance: 73,201.
*First international match: Friendly – September 7, 1965 – [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] 3–0 [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] (Brazil was represented by [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]].)
*First [[Clássico Mineiro]]: Campeonato Mineiro – October 24, 1965 – Cruzeiro 1–0 Atlético Mineiro
*First national final in [[Minas Gerais]]: [[1966 Taça Brasil]] – November 30, 1966 – Cruzeiro 6–2 Santos 	
*First international final in [[Minas Gerais]]: [[1976 Copa Libertadores]] – July 21, 1976 – Cruzeiro 4–1 River Plate
*[[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]]: December 21, 1976 – Cruzeiro 0–0 [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
*[[Supercopa Libertadores]]: November 20, 1991 – Cruzeiro 3–0 River Plate
*[[Copa do Brasil]] – 1993, 2000, 2003, 2017 ([[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]), 2014 ([[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]])
*[[Copa Libertadores]] – 1997 ([[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]), 2013 ([[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]])
*[[Copa CONMEBOL]] – 1997 ([[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético]])
*[[Recopa Sudamericana]] – 2014 ([[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]])
*[[Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup)|Mineirazo (Agony of Mineirão)]]: [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] – July 8, 2014 – [[Germany national football team|Germany]] [[Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup)|7–1]] [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]

The stadium's top scorer is Reinaldo, who played for [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético]] from 1973 to 1984 and swung the nets 144 times. On the other hand, Cruzeiro's [[Tostão]] played from 1965 to 1972, scored 143 goals and had the best yearly average (17 goals).

=== Historical goals scored in Mineirão ===
*First goal: Buglê, from Minas Gerais state team on September 5, 1965
*1000th: [[Lola (footballer)|Lola]], from [[Atlético Mineiro]], on April 6, 1968
*5000th: Paulinho<!--Not in [[:Category:Villa Nova Atlético Clube players]] or [[:pt:Categoria:Futebolistas do Villa Nova Atlético Clube]]-->, from [[Villa Nova Atlético Clube|Villa Nova]], on March 10, 1985
*[[Miroslav Klose]]'s 16 FIFA World Cup goal (record), on July 8, 2014
*Germany national team's 2000th goal (by [[Thomas Müller]]), on July 8, 2014

===2013 FIFA Confederations Cup===
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
|-
!Date
!Time ([[Time in Brazil#Brasília official time - BRT (UTC-03)|UTC-03]])
!Team #1
!Result 
!Team #2
!Round
!Attendance
|-
|17 June 2013||16:00||{{fb|TAH}} ||style="text-align:center;"|1–6||'''{{fb|NGA}}''' ||[[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B|Group B]]||style="text-align:center;"|20,187
|-
|22 June 2013||16:00||{{fb|JPN}} ||style="text-align:center;"|1–2||'''{{fb|MEX}}''' ||[[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A|Group A]]||style="text-align:center;"|52,690
|-
|26 June 2013||16:00||'''{{fb|BRA}}''' ||style="text-align:center;"|2–1||{{fb|URU}} ||[[2013 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage|Semi-finals]]||style="text-align:center;"|57,483
|}

===2014 FIFA World Cup===
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
|-
!Date
!Time ([[Time in Brazil#Brasília official time - BRT (UTC-03)|UTC-03]])
!Team #1
!Result
!Team #2
!Round
!Attendance
|-
|14 June 2014||13:00||'''{{fb|COL}}''' ||style="text-align:center;"|3–0||{{fb|GRE}} ||[[2014 FIFA World Cup Group C|Group C]]||style="text-align:center;"|57,174<ref>{{cite web |url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/37/12/80/eng_05_0614_col-gre_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629232510/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/37/12/80/eng_05_0614_col-gre_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2014 |title=Match report – Columbia–Greece |publisher=FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |date=14 June 2014 |access-date=14 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|17 June 2014||13:00||'''{{fb|BEL}}''' ||style="text-align:center;"|2–1||{{fb|ALG}} ||[[2014 FIFA World Cup Group H|Group H]]||style="text-align:center;"|56,800
|-
|21 June 2014||13:00||'''{{fb|ARG}}''' ||style="text-align:center;"|1–0||{{fb|IRN}} ||[[2014 FIFA World Cup Group F|Group F]]||style="text-align:center;"|57,698
|-
|24 June 2014||13:00||{{fb|CRC}} ||style="text-align:center;"|0–0||{{fb|ENG}} ||[[2014 FIFA World Cup Group D|Group D]]||style="text-align:center;"|57,823
|-
|28 June 2014||13:00||'''{{fb|BRA}}''' ||style="text-align:center;"|1–1 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|a.e.t.]])<br /> (3–2 [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])||{{fb|CHI}} ||[[2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Brazil vs Chile|Round of 16]]||style="text-align:center;"|57,714
|-
|8 July 2014||17:00||{{fb|BRA}} ||style="text-align:center;"|[[Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup)|1–7]]||'''{{fb|GER}}''' ||[[2014 FIFA World Cup|Semi-finals]]||style="text-align:center;"|58,141
|}

===2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Football===
{{clear}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
|-
!Date
!Time ([[Time in Brazil#Brasília official time - BRT (UTC-03)|UTC-03]])
!Team #1
!Res.
!Team #2
!Round
!Attendance
|-
|3 August 2016||19:00||'''{{fbw|USA}}''' ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 ||{{fbw|NZL}} ||[[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group G|Group G]]||style="text-align:center;"|10,059
|-
|3 August 2016||22:00||'''{{fbw|FRA}}''' ||style="text-align:center;"| 4–0 ||{{fbw|COL}} ||[[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group G|Group G]]||style="text-align:center;"|6,847
|-
|6 August 2016||17:00||'''{{fbw|USA}}''' ||style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 ||{{fbw|FRA}} ||[[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group G|Group G]]||style="text-align:center;"|11,782
|-
|6 August 2016||20:00||{{fbw|COL}} ||style="text-align:center;"| 0–1 ||'''{{fbw|NZL}}''' ||[[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group G|Group G]]||style="text-align:center;"|8,505
|-
|12 August 2016||22:00||'''{{fbw|BRA}}''' ||style="text-align:center;"| 0–0 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|a.e.t.]])<br />(7–6 [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]]) ||{{fbw|AUS}} ||[[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Quarter-finals]]||style="text-align:center;"|52,660
|}

===2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Football===
{{clear}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
|-
!Date
!Time ([[Time in Brazil#Brasília official time - BRT (UTC-03)|UTC-03]])
!Team #1
!Result
!Team #2
!Round
!Attendance
|-
|10 August 2016||13:00||{{fbo|ALG}}||style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 ||{{fbo|POR}} ||[[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group D|Group D]]||style="text-align:center;"|13,787
|-
|10 August 2016||16:00||'''{{fbo|GER}}''' ||style="text-align:center;"| 10–0 ||{{fbo|FIJ}} ||[[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group C|Group C]]||style="text-align:center;"|16,521
|-
|13 August 2016||19:00||{{fbo|KOR}}||style="text-align:center;"| 0–1 ||'''{{fbo|HON}}''' ||[[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Knockout stage#Quarterfinal|Quarter-finals]]||style="text-align:center;"|36,704
|-style="background:#c96;"
|20 August 2016||13:00||{{fbo|HON}} ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–3 ||'''{{fbo|NGR}}'''||[[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Knockout stage#Bronze medal match|Bronze medal match]]||style="text-align:center;"| 9,091
|}

===2019 Copa América===
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:left; width:100%;"
|-
!Date
!Time ([[Time in Brazil#Brasília official time - BRT (UTC-03)|UTC-03]])
!Team #1
!Result
!Team #2
!Round
!Attendance
|-
|16 June 2019||19:00||'''{{fb|URU}}''' ||style="text-align:center;"|4–0||{{fb|ECU}} ||[[2019 Copa América Group C|Group C]]||style="text-align:center;"|13,611
|-
|19 June 2019||21:30||{{fb|ARG}} ||style="text-align:center;"|1–1||{{fb|PAR}} ||[[2019 Copa América Group B|Group B]]||style="text-align:center;"|35,265
|-
|22 June 2019||16:00||{{fb|BOL}} ||style="text-align:center;"|1–3||'''{{fb|VEN}}''' ||[[2019 Copa América Group A|Group A]]||style="text-align:center;"|8,091
|-
|24 June 2019||20:00||{{fb|ECU}} ||style="text-align:center;"|1–1||{{fb|JPN}} ||[[2019 Copa América Group C|Group C]]||style="text-align:center;"|7,623
|-
|2 July 2019||21:30||'''{{fb|BRA}}''' ||style="text-align:center;"|2–0||{{fb|ARG}} ||[[2019 Copa América#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]||style="text-align:center;"|55,947
|}

==Concerts==

Mineirão has been the venue to music events since its opening date:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/mg/futebol/noticia/2015/09/tudo-menos-futebol-o-mineirao-de-mccartney-kiss-sabbath-e-beyonce.html|title=Tudo menos futebol: O Mineirão de McCartney, Kiss, Sabbath e Beyoncé|date=September 2015 }}</ref>

* [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] – [[Creatures of the Night Tour]], June 23, 1983
* [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]] – 1985
* [[Diante do Trono]] – [[Preciso de Ti]], July 15, 2001 (biggest audience ever at the stadium, featuring more than 210,000 people)<ref>{{cite web|title=DVD Preciso de Ti (Diante do Trono) – Análise|url=http://www.supergospel.com.br/analise_dvd-diante-do-trono-preciso-de-ti_3527.html|work=Super Gospel|access-date=March 5, 2012}}</ref>
* [[RBD]] – September 30, 2006
* [[Elton John]] – [[40th Anniversary of the Rocket Man]], March 9, 2013
* [[w:pt:Pop Rock Brasil|Pop Rock Brasil Festival]] – 2001, 2005–07 (2006 edition featured [[The Rasmus]], [[New Order (band)|New Order]] and [[Black Eyed Peas]])
* [[w:pt:Axé Brasil|Axé Brasil Festival]] – 2005–2010, 2013
* [[Paul McCartney]] – [[Out There! Tour]], May 4, 2013 (the tour kick off)
* [[Beyoncé]] – [[The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour]], September 11, 2013<ref>[http://musica.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2013/09/12/beyonce-se-apresenta-em-belo-horizonte-com-jay-z-na-plateia.htm Beyoncé se apresenta em Belo Horizonte com Jay-Z na plateia]</ref>
* [[Pearl Jam]] – [[Pearl Jam 2015 Latin America Tour]], November 20, 2015
* [[Paul McCartney]] – [[One on One (tour)|One on One Tour]], October 17, 2017
* [[Roger Waters]] – [[Us + Them Tour]], October 21, 2018
* [[Metallica]] – May 12, 2022
* [[Guns N' Roses]] – [[Guns N' Roses 2020 Tour]], September 13, 2022
* [[Roger Waters]] – [[This Is Not a Drill]], November 8, 2023 
After the reform, the outside "[[patio]]" also became a viable location for concerts.
* [[Black Sabbath]] – [[Black Sabbath Reunion Tour]], October 15, 2013
* Festival Planeta Brasil ([[Guns N' Roses]], [[Cypress Hill]], [[Slightly Stoopid]], [[Criolo]], [[Raimundos]], [[Roberto Frejat]] and [[Natiruts]]) – March 22, 2014
* Circuito Banco do Brasil 2014 ([[Linkin Park]], [[Titãs]], [[Nação Zumbi]], [[Panic! at the Disco]]) – October 14, 2014
* [[Foo Fighters]] – [[Sonic Highways World Tour]], January 28, 2015
* [[Los Hermanos]] – October 23, 2015
* [[Maroon 5]] – [[Maroon V Tour]] – March 11, 2016
* [[Iron Maiden]] – [[The Book of Souls World Tour]], March 19, 2016
* BH Dance Festival (featuring [[Alesso]] and [[Afrojack]])  – April 21, 2016
* [[Ed Sheeran]] – [[÷ Tour]], May 30, 2017 
* [[Aerosmith]] – [[Aero-Vederci Baby! Tour]], September 18, 2017
* [[John Mayer]] – [[The Search for Everything World Tour]] – October 20, 2017
*
* [[Demi Lovato]] – [[Holy Fvck Tour]] – September 2, 2022

==See also==
*[[List of football stadiums in Brazil]]
*[[List of association football stadiums by capacity]]
*[[Lists of stadiums]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===

*[http://www.ademg.mg.gov.br ADEMG – Administração dos Estádios de Minas Gerais (Administration of the stadiums of Minas Gerais)]
*http://www.ademg.mg.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76&Itemid=83
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090102083328/http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/brasil2014/interna/0,,OI2025399-EI10545,00.html Terra Esportes]
*http://bdfbrasilespecial.blogspot.com/2006/10/1965-o-palmeiras-brasil.html
*https://web.archive.org/web/20091018174321/http://www.benny75.com/hotsite/taca66/primeiro.html
*[http://www.bolanaarea.com/gal_estadios_mineirao.htm Bola na Area]

==External links/images==
{{Commons category|Mineirão}}
*[http://www.stadiumguide.com/mineirao/ Stadium Guide Article]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120129233919/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/destination/stadiums/stadium=771/index.html FIFA Profile]

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
|  title=[[Copa Libertadores]]<br />Final Venue
|  before=[[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti|El Monumental de Nuñez]] <br /> [[Buenos Aires]]
|  after=[[Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha|Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo]] <br /> [[Guayaquil]]
|  years=[[1997 Copa Libertadores|1997]]
}}
{{Succession box
|  title=[[Copa Libertadores]]<br />Final Venue
|  before=[[Maracanã Stadium]] <br /> [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|  after=[[Estádio Beira-Rio]] <br /> [[Porto Alegre]]
|  years=[[2009 Copa Libertadores|2009]]
}}
{{Succession box
|  title=[[Copa Libertadores]]<br />Final Venue
|  before=[[Estádio do Pacaembu]] <br /> [[São Paulo]]
|  after=[[Estadio Pedro Bidegain]] <br /> [[Buenos Aires]]
|  years=[[2013 Copa Libertadores|2013]]
}}
{{S-end}}

{{Clube Atlético Mineiro}}
{{Campeonato Brasileiro Série A venues}}
{{2014 FIFA World Cup stadiums}}
{{2016 Summer Olympic venues}}
{{2019 Copa América stadiums}}
{{Olympic venues football}}
{{Pampulha}}
{{Visitor attractions in Belo Horizonte}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mineirao}}
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1965]]
[[Category:Football venues in Minas Gerais]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Belo Horizonte]]
[[Category:Clube Atlético Mineiro]]
[[Category:Cruzeiro Esporte Clube]]
[[Category:Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic football venues]]
[[Category:2014 FIFA World Cup stadiums]]
[[Category:Gerkan, Marg and Partners buildings]]
[[Category:2013 FIFA Confederations Cup stadiums]]
[[Category:Football in Belo Horizonte]]