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Arena Pantanal

Midwest region / Mato Grosso / Cuiabá

Booking and enquiries

  • Arena Pantanal Av. Agrícola Paes de Barros, s/nº, Verdão Cuiabá, Mato Grosso
  • Get in touch with: Mr. Ivan Moreira de Almeida +55 65 3315 2008 / +55 65 9689 0215 ivandealmeida@secopa.mt.gov.br

Services

  • Available on an exclusive use basis
  • Café on site
  • Controlled access and security personnel on site
  • Dedicated medical treatment room
  • First aid room
  • Meeting / Briefing room
  • Multimedia room
  • Physiotherapy and massage room
  • Rest area
  • Restaurant on site
  • Team management office

The Arena Pantanal is located in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso state capital (Midwest Region of Brazil). It is suitable for Football training. Construction of this venue, designed for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, began in 2012.

The new arena will feature a pitch with electronic irrigation and drainage system, a seating capacity of 43,000 and 2,400 parking spaces. Surrounding the stadium, a park will offer leisure and sporting activities. The venue will also have restaurants and cafés, rooms for first aid and medical treatment, a rest area, physiotherapy and massage, and a private/multimedia meeting/briefing room. Access will be controlled, with security personnel on site.

About the city:

Cuiabá is a city with extensive green areas of urban preservation. It shares its eastern border with the Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães, and its western border with the onset of the Pantanal Matrogrossense plains, declared a Natural Heritage of Humanity and a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. Located 2,017km from Rio de Janeiro, Cuiabá has a population of 551,098 (IBGE index) and sits at an average altitude of 145m above sea level.

SPORTS OFFERED AT THE CAMP AND SPORT VENUE SPECIFICATIONS

Olympic sports

Football

Number of grass training pitches: 1
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Distance Chart

Distances
Nearest airport Aeroporto Internacional Marechal Rondon – Cuiabá/Mato Grosso
Distance to nearest airport (km) 7.2
Nearest port Porto de Santos
Distance to nearest port (km) 1.545
Distance to nearest major hospital (km) 9.3

Climate information - Cuiabá


Climate information - Cuiabá

 

Notes:
1. Daily minimum temperature may reach 10°C from May to July.
2. Relative humidity may reach 20% in June and July.
3. Average values of past 10 years.
 
Source: INMET

Climate information - Rio de Janeiro


Climate information - Rio de Janeiro

 

Notes:
1. Daily minimum temperature may reach 14°C from May to July.
2. Average values of past 10 years.
 
Source: INMET
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