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Estádio José Américo de Almeida Filho, usually known as Almeidão is a multi-purpose stadium in João Pessoa, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It hosts the games of Botafogo (PB), CSP, and Santos (PB). The stadium holds 25,770. The stadium was built in 1975.

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Estádio José Américo de Almeida Filho, usually known as Almeidão is a multi-purpose stadium in João Pessoa, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It hosts the games of Botafogo (PB), CSP, and Santos (PB). The stadium holds 25,770. The stadium was built in 1975.

The Almeidão is owned by the government of Paraíba state. The stadium is named after José Américo de Almeida Filho, who was a Botafogo (PB)'s player and president, as well as a son of former state governor José Américo de Almeida.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Almeidão” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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