Estádio Municipal de Braga, nicknamed A Pedreira, or the Quarry, was designed by Eduardo Souto de Moura for the Braga municipality, with Sporting Clube de Braga as main tenant. It stands on the north flank of Monte do Castro. Design work began in 2000. The article says construction began in 2002 and ended in 2003, and the stadium opened on December 30, 2003. The cost was 200 million euros against an initial estimate of 29.9 million. The article names no style.
The stadium is carved into a quarry hillside, and one goal backs onto carved rock. Canopy-style stand roofs are linked by steel cables, reportedly inspired by Incan bridges. A plaza of 5,000 square meters under the pitch connects the stands.
Capacity is 30,286, all seated, on a grass pitch of 105 by 68 meters. The article gives no hours or ticket details.
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