Stadium Name: | Etelvino Mendonça |
Nickname: | Mendonção |
Fullname: | Estádio Etelvino Mendonça |
Location: | Itabaiana, SE, Brazil |
Coordinates: | -10.6885°N -37.4316°W |
Opened: | 7 March 1971 |
Renovated: | 1984–1985, 2009–2010 |
Built: | 1969–1971 |
Owner: | Sergipe state |
Operator: | Itabaiana |
Surface: | Natural grass |
Former Names: | Estádio Presidente Emílio Garrastazu Médici (1971–2016) |
Tenants: | Itabaiana |
Seating Capacity: | 10,000 |
Dimensions: | 105x[1] |
Estádio Etelvino Mendonça, sometimes known as Mendonção, is a football stadium in Itabaiana, Sergipe, Brazil. It has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people, and hosts the home matches of Associação Olímpica de Itabaiana.
Inaugurated on 7 March 1971 under the name of Estádio Presidente Emílio Garrastazu Médici as an honour to then president Emílio Garrastazu Médici, the stadium hosted a match between Itabaiana and Grêmio, which ended 0–0.[2] The stadium's capacity was increased in 1985 and 2010, when new stands were introduced.
In January 2016, Sergipe Governor Jackson Barreto signed a decree to change the name of several buildings in the state, removing its link with the military dictatorship agents.[3] Renamed Estádio Etelvino Mendonça, the stadium was named as an honour to a politician in the city who encouraged sports practice.[4]