Estádio do Bessa

The Estádio do Bessa (now Estádio do Bessa XXI) is a football stadium located in the Boavista area of Porto, Portugal, used by Boavista F.C., built during the presidency of João Loureiro, charismatic and successfull President of the club.

Estádio do Bessa

Full name	Estádio do Bessa Século XXI
Location	Porto, Portugal
Owner	Boavista F.C.
Capacity	28,263[1]
Field size	105 x 68 m
Surface	Turf
Construction
Built	1911
Opened	1911, 30 December 2003
Renovated	1969–1972, 1999–2003
Construction cost	€31 million
Architect	Grupo 3 and Arquitectos Associados
Tenants
Boavista F.C. (1911–present) Portugal national football team (selected matches)

Like other stadiums used in Euro 2004, the Bessa is a new ground but built on top of the old stands, and each one of them was built at a time, which allowed Boavista to continue playing there. The former Campo do Bessa existed on the same place as the new stadium since 1911.

It cost €45,164,726 to build, from which €7,785,735 was supported from the Portuguese state, and has an all-seater capacity of 28,263. Plans for improvement existed before the organization of the Euro 2004 was given to Portugal in 1999, and by then the first works were already underway. It was designed by Grupo3 arquitectura.

The Estadio do Bessa in 2018