Avenida Pacaembu with the Stadium in the background.

The Paulo Machado de Carvalho Municipal Stadium, Pacaembu was inaugurated on April 27, 1940, by President Getúlio Vargas, its construction started in 1936, when the then Mayor of São Paulo, Fábio da Silva Prado, started the construction of the complex by the construction company Severo and Villares. Around the stadium was the neighborhood of Pacaembu, which began to be consolidated in 1912 from the project of the English company City of São Paulo Improvements and Freehold Company Limited.