Estádio Olímpico Monumental

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Estádio Olímpico Monumental (Monumental Olympic Stadium), also known as Estádio Olímpico de Porto Alegre (Porto Alegre Olympic Stadium) and Estádio Olímpico (Olympic Stadium) until 1980, is a defunct football stadium in the city of Porto Alegre, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, with a capacity of 45,000 people. The stadium is owned by Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense. Opened on September 19, 1954, the stadium was the home field of Grêmio before the team moved to Arena do Grêmio in December 2012. Currently, the venue is not in use by the club and suffers from a lack of maintenance.

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