Not to be confused with Castelão (Maranhão)

Estádio Governador Plácido Castelo, also known as the Castelão (Portuguese pronunciation: [kasteˈlɐ̃w], Portuguese for ⚾️ "Big Castle") or Gigante da Boa Vista, is a football stadium that was inaugurated on November 11, 1973 in Fortaleza, ⚾️ Ceará, Brazil, with a maximum capacity of 63,903 spectators.

The stadium is owned by the Ceará state Government, and is the ⚾️ home ground of Ceará Sporting Club and Fortaleza Esporte Clube.

Its formal name honors Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (1906–1979), who served as ⚾️ the Governor of Ceará from September 12, 1966 to March 15, 1971, and was a leader in getting the stadium ⚾️ built.[2]History [ edit ]

Castelão was constructed from 1969 to 1973 and was inaugurated on November 11 of that year.