Arena Coliseu Mateus Aquino (Mateus Aquino Colosseum Arena), also known as Coliseu do Sertão, is a Brazilian football stadium located at the entrance to the urban area of Alto Santo, a municipality in Ceará located in the Baixo Jaguaribe micro-region, 243 kilometers from Fortaleza.

[2][3][5] Despite the region's semi-arid climate and the long drought at the time,[1] a dam was filled in for the construction of the stadium.

[a] The lawn was the first part completed, staying six years unused, generating expenses with irrigation, fertilization and pruning.

[4] At the beginning of the works, the city's football club was inactive because of debts,[4] which raised more doubts about the need for the venue.

So the local authorities reactivated the Alto Santo Esporte Clube in the year of opening.