[1] The stadium was built after Portuguesa bought in 1956, from São Paulo Futebol Clube, a plot of land located in Canindé neighborhood.

At that time, the groundplot had only a training field, a restaurant with a great hall, dressing rooms and other minor installations.

On January 11, 1981, the stadium floodlights were inaugurated with a commemorative tournament called Torneio dos Refletores, carried out with the help of Banco Itaú.

In 1984, the Portuguesa chairman of that time, Manoel Mendes Gregório, renamed the stadium to Estádio Oswaldo Teixeira Duarte.

The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 25,000, set on December 9, 1998, when Cruzeiro Esporte Clube beat Portuguesa, 1–0.