The Estádio Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, also known as the Castelão or Gigante da Boa Vista, is a football stadium inaugurated on November 11, 1973 in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, with a maximum capacity of 69,000 people. Castelão was completed in 1973 and was inaugurated on November 11 of that year.



In May, 2000, the Ceará state government decided to reform the stadium. The reformations were divided in three parts, and started on May 16, 2001. The first part consisted in the recovery of the ditches, and of the bleachers junctions, as well as the recovery of the low walls. The second part of the reformation started on July 20, 2001, and consisted in the recovery and strengthen of the stadium physical structure. The third part consisted in the recovery of the electrical, hydraulic, sanitary and electronic installations.