Miyagi Stadium is a football stadium in the town of Rifu in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The stadium’s capacity is 49,133. The crescent-shaped roof extending past the edge of the stadium is meant to evoke images of Date Masamune, a Daimyo of Mutsu Province, which included the present-day Miyagi Prefecture.
Miyagi Stadium hosted three matches in the 2002 World Cup, and also hosted the 56th National Sports Festival of Japan in 2001.
The soccer field, is surrounded by a nine-lane track. A large video screen and scoreboard is installed in the northern end.
The Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, commonly called Estádio do Maracan? (”Maracan? stadium”), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is one of the largest football stadiums in the world. Owned by the Rio de Janeiro State Government, it is named after the Maracan? neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. It was opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup. Since then, it has mainly been used for football matches between the biggest football clubs in Rio de Janeiro, including Flamengo, Botafogo, Fluminense and sometimes the Vasco da Gama. It has also hosted a number of concerts and other sporting events. Although the paid attendance at the deciding game of the 1950 FIFA World Cup was 199,500, the stadium currently seats 95,000 spectators.