FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
The Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, home of Sporting Lisbon, one of the two Lisbon main clubs. It was designed by Tomás Taveira and was classified by UEFA as a 5-star stadium, enabling it to host finals of major UEFA events. It will host the UEFA Cup final in 2005. This stadium has a capacity of 52,000 and was acoustically engineered as a venue for major concerts. Its official opening was on 6 August2003 when Sporting played and beat 3-1 Manchester United.
The new stadium was designed by Portuguese architect Tomás Taveira and replaces the old Estádio José Alvalade which had an all-seater capacity of 75,000.
If you are staying on the coast outside Lisbon, the frequent local overland trains into Lisbon terminate at Cais do Sodre, which is also a Metro station (first/last stop on the green line).
To get to Estadio de Luz from here, take the green line for one stop and change at Baixa Chiado to the blue line.
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