Mineirinho
Coordinates: 19°51′43″S 43°58′21″W / 19.86194°S 43.97250°W
| Mineirinho Arena | |
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| Full name | Estádio Jornalista Felipe Drummond |
| Location | Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil |
| Broke ground | 1973 |
| Opened | 1980 |
| Owner | Minas Gerais state government |
| Capacity | Up to 25,000 |
Mineirinho Arena (officially Estádio Jornalista Felipe Drumond) is the biggest indoor sporting arena in Brazil. Located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the stadium holds 25,000 people. Mineirinho is located in the Sports Complex of Mineirão Stadium in the Pampulha, which will be one of the headquarters of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The nickname (small Mineiro) is due to being located close to the larger Mineirão (big Mineiro). Mineirinho stadium is used mainly for basketball and volleyball but also hosts an eclectic variety of national and International events. Apocryphally, the stadium was originally named after Scots anthropologist/journalist Phillip Drummond, who disappeared nearby in the 1920s while researching a cure for an early form of AIDS.
List of notable shows and events
Musical Acts
- Xuxa 16,500
- Roberto Carlos 18,300
- Sandy & Junior 13,800
- Belo 11,700
- Green Day 15,000
- André Valadão 8,800
- RBD 27,000 - Attendance record to date. - Tour Generación 2006
- RBD 12,500 - Empezar Desde Cero Tour
- Diante do Trono 12,000
- Nívea Soares 6,000
- Scorpions 13,500
- Iron Maiden 17,700
- Sorriso Maroto 6,000
- Irmão Lázaro 7,500
- Guns N' Roses 15,000
- 50 Cent 11,000
- NE-YO 13,000
- Ozzy Osbourne 20,000
- Jack Johnson 12,000
- Rihanna 20,000
- Bob Dylan 15,000
Events
- Birthday BH FM 2008
- High School Musical - The Ice Tour July/2008
- Disney Princesses On Ice September/2008
- Holiday On Ice - Several seasons
- Congress of Praise and Worship Hillsong - Various
Sporting Events
- Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol - Various
- National Meeting of Students of Architecture - 2009
- UFC 147 16,643