Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
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The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (English: Coimbra City Stadium) is a stadium in Coimbra, Portugal. This stadium belongs to the Municipality of Coimbra and is mainly used by the Académica de Coimbra's football team.
The stadium was rebuilt, expanded, and modernized to host some UEFA Euro 2004 matches. Far beyond the sports stadium itself, all the project, called Euro Stadium Project, included the possibility of organizing sports, culture, and commercial events, by the modernization of the entire Calhabé area in Coimbra.
The stadium was officially inaugurated with a concert by The Rolling Stones on 27 September 2003, attended by around 50,000 people. The first official match in the remodeled stadium took place on 29 October 2003, with Académica de Coimbra hosting Benfica.
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