Estádio Benito Agnelo Castellano
Alternate: Benitão
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Established
1972 (54 years old)
Capacity
8,236
Build Cost
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Country
Brazil
Location
Rio Claro, São Paulo
Timezone
UTC -03:00 Brasília Time (BRT)
Coordinates
22.418155938605462°S 47.55651049470814°W
| Upcoming | |||
 08 Feb | Velo Club  | - |  Bragantino |
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| 25 Jan | Velo Club | 0 - 1 |  Corinthian | 23 Jan | Velo Club | 0 - 1 |  Guarani | 11 Jan | Velo Club | 0 - 0 |  Botafogo-S |
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Estádio Benito Agnelo Castellano, sometimes known as Benitão, is a multi-use stadium in Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches, and has a maximum capacity of 8,136 people.
Built in 1972 in the place of a demolished stadium, the new stadium was initially named Gigantão do Copacabana, named after the neighborhood of Copacabana where it was located. The stadium was inaugurated on 7 September 1972, in a match between Velo Clube and Palmeiras, and despite suffering a 4–1 loss, the first goal of the stadium was scored by Velo Clube forward Bertinho Traina.
The stadium was only named Benito Agnelo Castellano in 1973, honouring the man who contributed greatly to Velo Clube during the past decades. Initially a property of Velo, the stadium was sold to the city of Rio Claro in 2008.
In 2024, after Velo Clube's promotion to the 2025 Campeonato Paulista, a project of expansion to a capacity of 10,000 people started. In December of that year, a new lighting system was installed.
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