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.
Peteca (Portuguese pronunciation: [peˈtɛkɐ]) is a traditional sport in Brazil, played with a "hand shuttlecock" from indigenous origins and reputed 🎉 to be as old as the country itself.
The same name is given to the shuttlecock-object itself.
Objectives [ edit ]
The objective 🎉 of the game is to hit the shuttlecock-like object (the peteca) with your hand over a high net, similar to 🎉 a volleyball net, causing the object to land inbounded on the opposite court.
The peteca can only be hit once while 🎉 on each side of the net.