Estádio Palestra Itália
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Palestra Itália, also known as Parque Antártica, is the name of the football stadium of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras. It is located in São Paulo, Brazil, and has a capacity of 35,000.
It is one of the most important Brazilian stadiums, considering the amount of decisive and important matches played there, most of them with the presence of Palmeiras. Examples of matches played in Palestra Itália include 1999 Copa Libertadores final, the Copa Mercosur finals of 1998, 1999 and 2000, 1996 Copa do Brasil final and several Campeonato Paulista finals.
One of the 2000 Copa João Havelange (Copa João Havelange was the Campeonato Brasileiro edition of that year) final matches, between São Caetano and Vasco da Gama was played at Palestra Itália. In 2004, Copa do Brasil final matches, between Santo André and Flamengo was played there too.
Besides football matches, the Estádio Palestra Itália, because of its strategic localization in São Paulo, usually hosts important Brazilian and international musical events.
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