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Architects: Grupo Suma
- Area: 10982 m²
- Year: 2014
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Photographs:Fernando Alda , Rodrigo Guerrero
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Manufacturers: Euro Seating, Euro Seating (Proveedor: A & M Global Services International; Miami, EEUU), FieldTurf, FieldTurf CoolPlay (Proveedor: Superficies de Centroamérica; San José, Costa Rica), Metaldeza Panamá, Metaldeza Panamá, S.A., Rolformados, Rolformados Ventus (Proveedor: Decoplastic; Panamá)
Text description provided by the architects. The “Maracaná” is a football stadium built during the years 2013-2014 in the popular El Chorrillo neighborhood in Panama City, Panama. The structure replaced an old sports field, baptized by the locals with the name of the legendary Rio de Janeiro stadium. The new building has capacity for five thousand spectators, and is the end point of a recent phase of the linear park that winds along the city’s coastline. El Chorrillo has a longstanding football tradition, and currently has two professional teams in the first division league. The construction of the stadium was part of an effort to provide this dense, low-income neighborhood with more public space and with attractions of metropolitan appeal, in order to better integrate it to the rest of the city. The building is used by a variety of professional and amateur leagues.
