How much did Neo Química Arena cost to build?
The Neo Quimica Arena (Arena Corinthians, Itaquerao) is the 48,905-seat football stadium of Corinthians in Sao Paulo, designed by Anibal Coutinho and Gensler and built by Odebrecht from 30 May 2011 for the 2014 World Cup opening match, opened on 10 May 2014. Exame reported on 18 February 2015 that Corinthians declared R$985 million spent to build it, excluding the mobile stands, the R$91 million of complementary structures for the World Cup and loan interest, which would bring the total to below R$1.15 billion, whereas the Wikipedia infobox gives R$965 million.
Reported project cost
BRL 985 million
Approximately $418.62 million
Cost basis: 2014
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Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost2014
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Key dimensions
- Capacityexame.com
- 48,905 seats
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