One of the most famous stadiums in the world and a showpiece venue for the Rio Olympics is to be converted into a field hospital to treat patients infected with the novel coronavirus.

Brazil’s version of Jerry World ended up costing $900 million, three times its original budgeted price, making it the world’s second-most expensive soccer venue after London’s Wembley Stadium.

The gigantic 92,100-capacity stadium hosted six matches at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, most prominently a 3-2 victory for Brazil over the Netherlands in the quarter-final of the competition.

While the NFL and top college teams routinely fill the stadiums, the relatively short 12- or 16-game football seasons lead to lower SUIs than a soccer team that routinely sells out its games over ...

CUIABA, Brazil (Reuters) - Nivaldo Inacio da Silva has a word to describe what it's like to wake up at 6 a.m., strap on a hardhat and endure suffocating 100-degree heat on the construction site of ...

Cuiaba's Arena Pantanal is last on our list, and its geographical location is a major reason behind its low ranking: There is no team in the state that plays in Brazil’s top football division ...

It's the biggest venue in the United States and the third-largest stadium of any description across the globe. It has an incredible capacity of almost 108,000 people, with crowds having reached ...