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Court restores Maracanã as venue for Vasco-Boca Juniors match
A court restored permission for Vasco da Gama to play at the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro against Argentina’s Boca Juniors.
The match is a Copa Sudamericana semifinal scheduled for October 20.
An earlier ruling had suspended the stadium authorization after the Fla-Flu consortium, which operates the Maracanã, challenged the decision allowing the game there.
Vasco asked the court to reverse that suspension, saying 46,014 tickets had already been sold and a venue change would require major logistical changes.
The judge who suspended the authorization cited a safety concern because a basketball game between Flamengo and Botafogo is also scheduled at the nearby Maracanãzinho that night.
The latest ruling means the match is set to go ahead at the Maracanã, though the available information does not say whether further court action is expected.
A Rio de Janeiro court suspended Vasco da Gama’s authorization to play Boca Juniors at the Maracanã in the Copa Sudamericana semi-final.
The ruling granted an injunction to the Fla-Flu Services consortium, which manages the stadium.
Vasco said it had filed an urgent request to restore permission to use the Maracanã.
The match is scheduled for October 20 at 21:30.
A later O GLOBO headline says the court restored the Maracanã venue, but its article text provides no details.
- Who
- Vasco da Gama and Boca Juniors.
- What
- A court suspended Vasco’s permission to play Boca Juniors at the Maracanã; a later headline reported that the venue was restored.
- When
- The match is scheduled for October 20 at 21:30. The suspension was reported on October 12, and a restoration was reported in a headline on October 13.
- Where
- The Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
- Why
- The judge said the earlier decision was made without giving the Fla-Flu Services consortium a chance to respond, and cited a security risk from another event nearby.
Vasco da Gama
Fla-Flu Services consortium
Venue
Vasco da Gama
Vasco sought to restore permission to play at the Maracanã and said changing stadiums would disrupt ticketing, event planning and security arrangements.
Fla-Flu Services consortium
The consortium obtained an injunction suspending the authorization for the Maracanã match.
The 23rd Private Law Chamber of the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice authorized Vasco to play at the Maracanã.
Vasco dated its urgent petition seeking to reverse the suspension.
A court injunction suspended the authorization for Vasco to play at the Maracanã.
O GLOBO published a headline reporting that the court had restored the Maracanã venue.
Vasco and Boca Juniors are scheduled to play at 21:30.
- Match
- Vasco da Gama vs Boca Juniors
- Competition
- Copa Sudamericana semi-final
- Scheduled venue
- Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
- Scheduled time
- October 20 at 21:30
- Tickets sold
- 46,014, according to Vasco
- Nearby event cited by judge
- Flamengo vs Botafogo basketball game at Maracanãzinho
4 sources
Alerta Maracaná: Flamengo y Fluminense presentaron un nuevo reclamo para impedir que Vasco reciba a Boca en el mítico estadio
Consórcio Fla-Flu recorre ao STJ contra decisão que liberou Vasco x Boca no Maracanã
Justiça volta atrás e suspende jogo do Vasco contra o Boca no Maracanã
What people are saying
changing the stadium at this moment does not mean merely changing the address of the match. It means reorganizing an international event that, according to the club, already has 46,014 tickets sold
there is an evident public security risk in allowing