Paysandu acquired the stadium from Empresa Ferreira & Comandita in July 1918, paying 12 contos de réis for it.

On 4 July 1997, one of the quickest goals in a football match was scored at Estádio da Curuzu.

In the fourth second of the first half of the match, Vital Filho, of Paysandu, scored a goal against Santa Rosa [1] [2].

On 22 December 2001, at Estádio da Curuzu, Paysandu beat Avaí, of Santa Catarina state, 4-0, and won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, thus being promoted to the following year's first division [3].

On 28 April 2002, Paysandu beat São Raimundo, of Amazonas state, 3-0 at Estádio da Curuzu, winning the Copa Norte, thus gaining the right to dispute the Copa dos Campeões in the same year [4].