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Rio’s Maracanã Stadium Celebrates 65th Birthday

By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Rio de Janeiro's iconic Maracanã stadium celebrated 65 years of existence on Tuesday, June 16th. Cariocas who want to visit the stadium, officially named Mario Filho, will receive a fifty percent discount on the guided tour until Sunday, June 21st.

On the birthday itself, the first 500 visitors, as well as people with their birthday on June 16th and everyone named Mario Filho, received a free guided tour of the stadium including birthday cake, a "Parabéns" (Happy Birthday) song and a raffle of shirts, tickets to games and . . .

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