Estádio Brinco de Ouro

Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa
Brinco de Ouro (The Golden Earring)
Full nameEstádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa
LocationCampinas, Brazil
Coordinates22°54′35″S 47°02′37″W / 22.90972°S 47.04361°W / -22.90972; -47.04361
OwnerGuarani
Capacity29,130
Field size105 by 68 metres (114.8 yd × 74.4 yd)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
OpenedMay 31, 1953
ArchitectÍcaro de Castro Mello
Osvaldo Correio Gonçalves
Tenants
Guarani
Palmeiras (some matches)

The Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa Portuguese pronunciation: [isˈtadʒju ˈbɾĩku dʒi ˈowɾu] ("Princess' Golden Earring Stadium"), also known as Estádio Brinco de Ouro ("Golden Earring Stadium"), or just Brinco de Ouro ("Golden Earring"), is a football stadium inaugurated on May 31, 1953 in Campinas, São Paulo state, Brazil with a maximum capacity of 29,130 people. The stadium is owned by Guarani Futebol Clube and has a pitch size of 105,12m x 70,12m (today is 105m x 68m) Brinco de Ouro's architects were Ícaro de Castro Mello and Osvaldo Correio Gonçalves.

The stadium's peculiar name comes from the presentation of the then-unnamed stadium's project to the newspaper Correio Popular with the title "Golden earring for the "princess", comparing the circular shape of the future stadium to an earring and making a pun with the nickname of the city of Campinas — Princesa D'Oeste (Princess of the West).