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| Full name | Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho |
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| Location | São Paulo, SP, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 23°32′55.1″S 46°39′54.4″W / 23.548639°S 46.665111°W |
| Public transit |  Clínicas |
| Owner | São Paulo Municipality |
| Operator | Allegra Pacaembu |
| Genre(s) | Art Deco |
| Capacity | 40,199[2] |
| Record attendance | 71,281 (Corinthians 3–3 São Paulo, 24 May 1942) |
| Field size | 105 by 68 metres (114.8 yd × 74.4 yd) |
| Surface | Natural grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 17 September 1938 |
| Built | 1938–1940 |
| Opened | 27 April 1940 |
| Renovated | 2007, 2021–present |
| Expanded | 1958 and 1970 |
| Architect | Escritório Técnico Ramos de Azevedo - Severo e Villares[1] |
Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho, colloquially known as Estádio do Pacaembu (Portuguese pronunciation: [isˈtadʒiu du pakaẽˈbu]), is an Art Deco stadium in São Paulo, located in the Pacaembu neighborhood. The stadium is owned by the Municipal Prefecture of São Paulo. The stadium was inaugurated on 27 April 1940, in the presence of the Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas, the interventor Adhemar de Barros and the mayor of São Paulo, Prestes Maia. The stadium used to hold 40,199 people and its pitch dimensions are 104 m of length by 70 m of width, but is currently undergoing a renovation that will reduce capacity.
The stadium is named after Paulo Machado de Carvalho. He was the 1958 FIFA World Cup Brazilian delegation chief, the founder of Rede Record, one of the largest television networks in Brazil and was known as "Marechal da Vitória" (Marshal of Victory).
Pacaembu is frequently used to host home matches of the Big 4 football clubs of the State of São Paulo, of which Corinthians, Palmeiras and São Paulo are based in the capital city itself, and only Santos is based in a different city. This occurs when the clubs must cede their own stadiums for concerts, or when reforms are being made. In the case of Santos, Pacaembu is also used when the club requires a site with a higher seating capacity for a particular match, given the low capacity of their own stadium.
- ^ "About the architecture project" (in Portuguese). São Paulo State Government. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04.
- ^ "CNEF - Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol" (in Portuguese). 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.