+2 Amenities in each city in your civilization. Must be built on flat land adjacent to an Entertainment Complex district with a Stadium.
- +6 Culture
- +2 Amenities from entertainment
Required Civics:
- Professional Sports
Building:
- Stadium
Adjacency:
- Entertainment Complex
Historical Context
“Down through its history, only three people have managed to silence the Maracana: the Pope, Frank Sinatra, and me.” – Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan soccer player
Officially the Estadio Jornalista Mario Filho – must have been a heck of a sports writer to get a stadium named after him – but better known as the Maracanã, the fútbol stadium s part of a large complex in the heart of Rio de Janeiro.
Begun in 1948 AD, after Brazil had won the right to host the FIFA World Cup, it was opened (more-or-less, for construction was not complete) for the first matches in that contest in 1950.
Unfortunately, heavily favored Brazil was upset in the final by the team from Uruguay, 2-1, before a crowd of 199,854 rabid fans – making it the world’s largest (and loudest) stadium at the time. Since then the Maracanã has served as host to the Pan-American Games, another World Cup, numerous concerts and cultural events, and thousands of soccer matches.
Having been renovated to a smaller capacity (78,838) and more comfortable accommodations (including 292 new toilets), the stadium hosted the Olympics (Summer, obviously) for the first time in 2016.
