[3] After being reopened in 1994 and operating for some years, the old stadium building was demolished on March 26, 1997, right after a construction project of a new arena was announced.

[5] The stadium's football attendance record currently stands at 40,263, set on 12 December 2018 when Athletico Paranaense defeated Atletico Junior on penalties for the 2018 Copa Sudamericana Final.

[8] Ever since renovation works were completed in June 1999, the historic Estádio Joaquim Américo has been considered by many experts and journalists as one of Brazil's most modern and best-appointed stadiums.

The stadium, which was originally constructed back in 1914, was one of the venues chosen to host games at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Building work at the stadium was suspended in October 2013 on the orders of a Brazilian labor tribunal due to numerous and serious safety breaches.

"Countless infractions have been committed, in various stages of the building project," wrote the judge Lorena Colnago in her decision, the Paraná Regional Labor Tribunal said in a statement.

With the completion of the project in March 2015, Arena da Baixada became the first stadium in South America with a retractable roof.

[16][17] Two Curitiba natives, Cris Cyborg and Shogun Rua, appeared on the official card with both winning their fights.