sport club corinthians paulista

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our home
parque são JorGe is the larGest club headquarters in brazil
and provides its users with extensive and diversified infrastructure
Corinthians’s physical
space has grown
immensely in the last
few years. Currently,
Club members have
534,170 m2 to call their own.
This area is divided into three
separate locations.
The most traditional and well
known is Parque São Jorge, with
an area of 158,170 m2 , including
44,113 m2 of built-up area. Members
who use the Club’s facilities can
easily spot the changes that have
resulted from the renovation of
the facilities. Squares, restrooms,
kitchens, the aquatic complex, the
mini-gymnasium, locker rooms,
the fitness center, food courts,
the playground, sports courts, the
central plaza, and landscaping have
undergone renovation. The Club is
also in compliance with the Brazilian
accessibility norms, providing ramps
for wheelchairs.
The second location is
Parque Ecológico do Tietê, with
200,000 m2 for football. The Joaquim
Grava Training Center is located in
this area, where the future amateur
football Training Center will be
built. Timão’s third site is still under
construction; however, the works are
proceeding at an accelerated pace. This
is a 200,000 m2 area located in the
district of Itaquera, where Corinthians’s
new stadium is being built.
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A FaZeNDiNha/StaDium
Alfredo Schürig Stadium
opened on July 22 nd ,
1928, with a match
between Corinthians
and América – RJ. The
2-2 score was witnessed
by 2,000 fans, who also
saw, on the same day, the
fastest goal to be scored in
the history of the stadium.
29 seconds into the match,
Corinthians’s left-winger,
De Maria, scored the first
goal of the match and
the first goal to be scored
at Fazendinha.
Throughout its 100-year
history, Timão has played
484 matches at Parque
São Jorge. The team has
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had 356 victories, 65
draws, and only 63 losses.
The Corinthians team has
scored 1,345 goals and
allowed only 491.
The stadium’s seating
capacity is 16,000;
however, its record
attendance w as set in a
match against Santos in
1962: 27,384 fans. One
year before, on February
25 th , 1961, Corinthians
beat Flamengo 7-2, in
the inauguration of
Fazendinha’s lighting
system.
With the construction
of CT Joaquim Grava
and the new stadium in
Itaquera, Parque São
Parque
são jorge
location: Rua São Jorge,
777 – Tatuapé,East side of
São Paulo (SP)
area: 158,000 m²
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Jorge can be used as a
space for artistic shows
and other events.
b amphitheater
With a seating capacity
of 399, Corinthians’s
amphitheater is an
extremely modern and
multimedia-equipped
facility. In 2011, it hosted
a number of events. Since
April 2011, Corinthians
fans have also been able
to enjoy Cine Timão. In
partnership with Cinemagia,
the space features a variety
of programs, including
movies from all countries,
premieres, and classic
films for all ages.
Gri indicator: 2.4
C SÃo Jorge FouNtaiN
The historic fountain of
Parque São Jorge was
already there before the
property on the margins
of the Tietê River was
acquired in the 1920s.
Over time, it became a
tradition for parents to
take their children there
to drink its sacred water
and to “baptize” them as
Corinthians fans.
An image of Saint George
has been placed by its side
(read more in Memory).
D chapel
Inaugurated on November
26 th , 1967 from a project
design dating back to the
1950s, the site has been
open daily for visiting since
the end of 2007, when it
was completely renovated,
allowing the beauty of
the original frescos to be
restored. One of its main
attractions is the handcarved
statue of Saint
George, the team’s patron
saint, which was brought
from the Vatican and
blessed by Pope John Paul II.
E SportS courtS
There are six clay courts,
12 multi-purpose outdoor
sports courts, a minigymnasium
that seats 500
people, a beach soccer pitch,
bocce and malha courts, a
peteca (hand shuttlecock)
court, a 7-a-side artificial turf
football field, a game room,
and an official football field
in artificial turf.
F WomeN’S DepartmeNt
To cater to female
Corinthians fans, the
Women’s Department
Gri indicators: EN3 EN8
infrastructure//
provides an intimate and
cozy atmosphere in a
space created exclusively
for them. The place is
well tuned to the needs
of female members and
has been totally renovated
to host courses and
workshops in areas that
are essential to daily
life in the 21 st century.
Activities range from
crafts to gourmet cuisine,
and female club members
can also take painting,
sculpture, personal health,
core strengthening, and
dance classes, among
other recent additions.
G gymNaSium
Parque São Jorge’s multisports
gymnasium is the
largest private indoor
sports arena in Latin
America. In order to adapt
the facilities to the Statute
of the Fan requirements, its
seating capacity, which was
15,000 in the 1960s, has
been reduced to 6,834. It
has hosted official matches
in futsal, youth basketball
and volleyball, among
other types of sports.
H megaStore
At the end of 2009,
the Poderoso Timão
megastore was launched
at Parque São Jorge. At
over 400 m 2 , this is the
largest store in the chain.
I memorial
Corinthians Memorial,
located at the main entrance
of Parque São Jorge,
represents a journey through
101 years of black-and-white
history. It covers over 1,500
m 2 , with various resources,
Corinthians memorabilia, and
plenty of emotion.
J Water parK
Corinthians also has the
largest water park in
Brazil, with seven pools:
two heated pools, one
wave pool, one half-moon
shaped flume, one wading
pool for children under 5,
one pool with an island,
five body slides, and two
inline tube slides.
K reStauraNt
With a modern and
hospitable structure,
the restaurant seats 520
people and employs
30 professionals. Fully
computerized, it has four
computers and five video
screens, in addition to an air
conditioning system. Offering
self-service and a la carte
options, the Corinthians
restaurant caters to 1,500
on weekends and hopes to
increase this number.
L great hall
The Great Hall at Sport
Club Corinthians Paulista
measures 1,356 m 2 and
accommodates 2,000
people for auditorium
seating, 1,200 in a cocktail
party configuration and
1,000 for seated dinners.
The Great Hall has air
conditioning, bar, a dance
floor, video screen, dressing
rooms, a fully equipped
kitchen, a cloakroom, a
sound and lighting control
room, marble flooring,
100 four-seat rectangular
tables, 100 eight-seat round
tables, 1,200 upholstered
chairs, and a parking lot
for 800 cars.
at the club
headquarters,
squares, restrooms,
kitchens, the aquatic
complex, the minigymnasium,
locker
rooms, the fitness
center, food courts,
the playground,
sports courts,
the central plaza,
and landscaping
have undergone
renovation
2011
consumPtion
figures
Direct eNergy
Parque São Jorge 18,607 GJ
CT Itaquera 362 GJ
CT Parque Ecológico 858 GJ
Antônio de Macedo 22 GJ
total 19,827 gJ
Water (city supply)
Parque São Jorge 32,114 m 3
CT Itaquera 7,762 m 3
CT Parque Ecológico 6,051 m 3
Antônio de Macedo 175 m 3
total 45,927 m 3
sustainability
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