Estádio Fonte Nova
The Estádio Fonte Nova, also known as Estádio Octávio Mangabeira, was a football stadium inaugurated on January 28, 1951 in Salvador, Bahia, with a maximum capacity of 66,080 people. The stadium was owned by the Bahia government, and was the home stadium of Esporte Clube Bahia and Esporte Clube Vitória. Its formal name honors Octávio Cavalcanti Mangabeira (1886–1960), a civil engineer, journalist, and former Bahia state governor from 1947 to 1954.
| Full name | Estádio Octávio Mangabeira |
|---|---|
| Location | R. Lions Club, 217-547, Nazaré, Salvador, Brazil |
| Owner | Bahia State Government |
| Capacity | 60,000 |
| Field size | 105 x 68m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | January 28, 1951 |
| Built | 1951 |
| Opened | 1951 |
| Expanded | 1969-1971 |
| Closed | November 26, 2007 |
| Demolished | June-October 2010 |
| Tenants | |
| Esporte Clube Bahia Esporte Clube Vitória | |
After part of the upper terraces collapsed in 2007, 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 Fonte Nova, in the same place.
The stadium was nicknamed Fonte Nova because it was located at Ladeira das Fontes das Pedras.