Estádio Raimundo Sampaio, more commonly known as Independência (Portuguese: Independence), is a football stadium located in the Horto neighborhood of 8️⃣ Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
It was built in 1950 for the FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil.
Initially its capacity was 8️⃣ 30,000 people, but after the reconstruction between 2010 and 2012, the capacity is approximately 23,000 people.
[1] It belonged to the 8️⃣ defunct Sete de Setembro Futebol Clube, which is why the stadium is called Independence (the name of the team, September 8️⃣ 7, is Brazil's Independence Day).
The stadium is currently property of América Futebol Clube, but has been leased to the Minas 8️⃣ Gerais state government for 20 years, as a counterpart to the injection of public resources to demolish the old stadium 8️⃣ and build the new one.