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40-534: In 1975, João Rocha, president of the club at the time, advanced with the project to create a sports complex near the Estádio José Alvalade (1956) . On October 14, 1976, the Pavilion of Alvalade was born. This was, in fact, a sports complex, with 4 thousand square meters and three enclosures: the main pavilion, with capacity for 5000 spectators, and two smaller pavilions used for training. However,

80-407: A foundation dedicated to support the social integration of at-risk youth through sports. In the first year of activity, the foundation helped over 1200 children through partnerships with local sporting clubs and associations representing 15 different sporting activities. From 2009 to 2011, he was vice-president of Sporting CP's roller hockey department. On 27 March 2011, Carvalho was a candidate to

120-821: A lighting system that allowed for night-time activities. Designed by architects António Augusto Sá da Costa and Anselmo Fernandez , it was named after Sporting CP's founder José Alfredo Holtreman Roquette , known as José Alvalade. The stadium was closed in 2003, when the new Estádio José Alvalade designed by Tomás Taveira opened. During the 1990s, the Estádio José Alvalade was one of the most prominent venues for rock concerts in Portugal, hosting tour dates of many high-profile international artists, including among others, rock band Bon Jovi , Depeche Mode , U2 , R.E.M. , David Bowie , Dire Straits , Elton John , Pink Floyd , Bryan Adams and Genesis . This era

160-519: A member of the club due to accusations of attempted blocking of accounts and usurpation of functions, among other offences, in a total of twelve offences pointed out by the club. On 11 March 2020, the state prosecutor in Carvalho's trial recognized that there was no evidence corroborating the accusation of Carvalho in the Alcochete attack case, leading to a recommendation to be deemed innocent by

200-410: A multi-sport building for the preparation and training of the club's athletes, the size of the adept mass and the number of sports practised in the club required a proper venue for high competition. In addition to being aware of this need, something decisive was lacking for the realization of the work: the terrain. Although there were several alternatives and even municipalities that were willing to cede

240-505: A number of successes, which consolidated his popularity that lead to his re-election in 2017. Financially, Carvalho recovered the near-bankruptcy club by negotiating a debt restructuring plan with a banking institution within the first month. Further, Carvalho during the next few years reduced liabilities and consolidated payroll costs sustaining the growth. Simultaneously, negotiated a substantial 515 million euro TV rights contract with NOS and first reached positive shareholder's equity in

280-637: A public clarification meeting on 30 May 2011, approving it on 26 October 2011. However, a final step was missing. The approval by the Municipal Assembly, which would only happen on March 12, 2013. After becoming club president in the 2013 elections, Bruno de Carvalho , launched, after the approval of the Municipal Assembly of the Alvalade XXI Detail Plan, the Mission Pavilion in order to raise financial resources for

320-635: A recount having been rejected by the General Assembly President of the club at the time, Lino de Castro. On 24 March 2013, again a candidate, Carvalho won the club elections and became the 42nd president of Sporting . Four years later, on 4 March 2017, he was re-elected with 86.13% of the votes, defeating Pedro Madeira Rodrigues, who got 9.49%, in a total of 18,755 voters, a record in the club's history. He had been compared to Donald Trump by Jack Pitt-Brooke of The Independent newspaper three days before. Carvalho's presidency had

360-568: A rugby player from 14 to 16 and a regional wrestling champion a year later. In 1985, Carvalho joined Juventude Leonina . When he was 20 years old, he set up camp in front of Gate 10 A of the José de Alvalade Stadium , demanding a tribute from the club to his grandfather, the writer Eduardo de Azevedo, author of A História e Vida do Sporting Clube de Portugal . Impressed by his determination, then Sporting CP's president Sousa Cintra agreed to receive Carvalho and pay his respects to Carvalho's grandfather. He

400-411: A sold-out crowd. Bruce Springsteen played to an overpacked stadium of 60,000 People in 1993. That is still the stadium's record for attendance. The national team first played in the stadium in 1957 and had its last game in 2002. 38°45′46″N 9°09′31″W  /  38.7628177°N 9.1586173°W  / 38.7628177; -9.1586173 This article about a Portuguese sports venue

440-436: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bruno de Carvalho Bruno Miguel de Azevedo Gaspar de Carvalho (born 8 February 1972) is a Portuguese businessman, sports commentator and DJ who was the 42nd president of sports club Sporting CP from 2013 to 2018. He became the first Sporting president to be dismissed by associates of the club, four months after being re-elected with 87% of votes. Carvalho

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480-648: The 2014/2015 exercise, the second exercise of his mandate. Carvalho was also noteworthy for his calls to action on issues pertaining the business of football namely the implementation of VAR , making TPO illegal, making referees performance review public or making referees adequately paid. These and other subjects were a matter of discussion in several international conferences called "The Future of Football" organized yearly during Carvalho's presidency. Carvalho while in Sporting inaugurated Sporting TV and Pavilhão João Rocha , which were both long-standing projects of

520-468: The Alvalade XXI Detail Plan, which included the new Sporting pavilion. The autarky thus gave the green light to the project which came to be the subject of a final analysis by the Commission for Coordination of Regional Development of Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, which would give the last and decisive opinion on 25 March 2011. As part of the public discussion period of the Alvalade XXI Detail Plan, CML held

560-484: The Chamber would cede a portion of the land annexed to the Estádio José Alvalade in the amount of €5,000,000 for the construction of a sports pavilion (in addition to assets worth 18 million euros). However, this decision of the Chamber was not finally ratified at the Municipal Assembly on 10 December 2009, and it was decided to send the protocol to a town planning commission, appointed to reassess it. On January 12, 2010,

600-474: The Estádio José Alvalade through the construction of the called "new bench" and, taking advantage of the space underneath of this one, raised the Nave de Alvalade. With capacity for 1500 spectators, Nave de Alvalade happened to be the house of the Sporting modalities, although it should be only provisional. However, the pavilion hosted numerous campaigns and events. On January 4, 2004, Nave de Alvalade sold out for

640-557: The João Rocha Pavilion was on September 6, 2017. It was the first round of the national handball championship , where Sporting defeated AC Fafe for 30-17, with 2852 spectators. On March 27, 2015, Sporting signaled the start of construction of the new pavilion. After an open training session at the José Alvalade Stadium, the ceremony for the launching of the first stone of the João Rocha Pavilion began with

680-472: The Lisbon City Council approved the agreement between the local authority of Lisbon and Sporting. In compliance with part of the agreement between the municipality and Sporting, the Lisbon City Council approved, on 27 January 2010, the elaboration of the Alvalade XXI Detail Plan, which contemplates the construction of the pavilion. On November 3, 2010, the Lisbon City Council voted in favor of

720-538: The Marquesa de Alorna preparatory school and went to Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho secondary school. His mother was an employee of Pinto Balsemão 's office in the Portuguese Parliament . His great uncle was the admiral, and eventual Prime Minister of Portugal, José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo who was a brother of his grandfather Eduardo de Azevedo, a writer. He was a boy scout from the age of 10 to 14,

760-498: The attack at the Sporting training academy in Alcochete and to the Cashball case, an alleged sports corruption case in handball and football involving people linked to Sporting CP (businessmen João Gonçalves and Paulo Silva, and former Sporting CP employee Gonçalo Rodrigues, accused of 14 crimes) who would be ultimately declared innocent by a court of justice in 2023. In 2022, Carvalho was a contestant of Big Brother - Famosos . In

800-448: The club wished by Sporting's associates. This, along with a resurgence in the competitiveness of the club's sports departments, made the number of Sporting associates increasing two fold during his time as president, reaching 160 thousand and becoming the third club in the world in that metric, behind Bayern Munich and rivals Benfica . As a result of several incidents throughout his mandates as well as negative results in football at

840-553: The club's training facilities in Alcochete, on 15 May 2018. On 15 November, the Portuguese Public Ministry charged Carvalho with terrorism and 98 other crimes, which include aggravated threat (40), kidnapping (38), qualified offence to physical integrity (19), and possession of prohibited weapon. On 6 July 2019, Carvalho was expelled as member ( sócio ) of Sporting. Sporting CP's Fiscal and Disciplinary Board decided to expel former president Bruno de Carvalho as

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880-647: The construction of the João Rocha Pavilion. The final objective of the Mission Pavilion was the raising of ten million euros, to be divided by the construction of the João Rocha Pavilion and the restoration of the Multidesportivo Sporting . The João Rocha Pavilion was inaugurated on June 21, 2017, precisely 15 years after the inauguration of the Sporting Academy in Alcochete , in a solemn institutional ceremony. The first game held at

920-461: The construction of the Metropolis project. The meeting of the municipal executive of Lisbon for the allotment of the land was scheduled for April 16, 2007, but was eventually postponed to negotiate with the club to transfer a plot of land for the construction of a new pavilion. A meeting between a delegation of Sporting led by José Eduardo Bettencourt and CML was held on September 9, 2009, and it

960-494: The end of the 2017–18 season , including the unilateral termination of contract by nine footballers after a violent invasion of the Academia de Alcochete by a mob of protesters, Carvalho was dismissed as president after 71.36% of club members voted him out in a general assembly held at Altice Arena on 23 June 2018. On 24 June 2018, Sousa Cintra replaced him as acting president of Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol, SAD. On

1000-411: The entire reinforced concrete structure was completed. With a full year of construction, the steps of all the benches, except for South A, were complete, the layering was placed and the outer covering at the second floor level was completed. On August 13, 2016, the second "open-day" was held, with the doors of the João Rocha Pavilion open to the club's Members and Adepts. With a year and a half of work,

1040-535: The first chairs appeared in the benches and began the work of placing the Portuguese sidewalk, gardens and soccer field 7. After 22 months and 18 days of work, which corresponds to a total of 689 days, the João Rocha Pavilion was ready to be inaugurated and, thus, open its doors to athletes, members and fans of the club, assuming what was built for, to be the new home of Sporting (modalities). Est%C3%A1dio Jos%C3%A9 Alvalade (1956) Estádio José Alvalade

1080-437: The judge. In May 2020, Carvalho declared that he wanted to return to Sporting as a member with full powers. In his first interview after being acquitted in the Alcochete attack case trial, the former president said on TVI that he would like the members of Sporting CP to organise a General Assembly to discuss his return to the club as a member. In January 2021, Carvalho sued Cofina for alleged defamatory publications related to

1120-487: The land, it was always convinced that such work could only be done in the area of the new José Alvalade Stadium. Therefore, until the construction of the new pavilion, the various modalities of Sporting were divided between third-party pavilions. The lands formerly occupied by the former Estádio José Alvalade were eventually retained by the Lisbon Municipal Council and would eventually be earmarked for

1160-402: The last time with a futsal game because, together with the old stadium, it would be demolished to proceed with the project of the new José Alvalade Stadium , which did not contemplate the construction of a new pavilion for the modalities. After the demolition of the Nave de Alvalade, Sporting no longer had its own venue for its teams to compete. Despite that the new Alvalade XXI Complex contains

1200-411: The normal period of inspections, extension connections and use licenses, culminating with the inauguration. With a month of works, the land displacement was almost completed and it became possible to see the exact perimeter of Pavilion implementation. At the end of the second month, the first concrete structures appeared in the form of the south wall and two giant cranes became part of the landscape. In

1240-480: The official speeches of Bruno de Carvalho (Sporting president in 2015) and Fernando Medina (Vice-president of the Lisbon City Council). On the day of the launching of the first stone, several modalities opened their doors to the members and fans, who had the opportunity to try the various modalities and also, in some cases, to train with the athletes. The work lasted for about 22 months, integrating

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1280-487: The presidency of Sporting but eventually lost the elections to Godinho Lopes. During the election night Carvalho, despite winning the popular vote with over 1500 more voters lost for a mere 360 votes. Due to this, Godinho Lopes, as president elect, was not able to speak to the crowd of associates waiting for the results and it was Carvalho that managed to calm the crowd down. The election results were contested by Carvalho with allegations of irregularities as well as requests for

1320-419: The same day, Carvalho posted a message on his Facebook page saying that he was no longer both a member and a supporter of Sporting CP. Nevertheless, in less than 14 hours, he withdrew the statement. On 11 November 2018, Carvalho was detained at home for suspicion of giving permission to the violent attack by a mob of protesting Sporting supporters on players and manager of the men's main football team at

1360-431: The third month the western wall appeared, and the slopes of north and east earth were consolidated with concrete. On March 23, 2016, Sporting opened the doors of the work so that fans could see closely the new house of the modalities. During the tenth month the cover frame was erected, the walls of the internal subdivision began to be erected, and the southern basement was completed and, with eleven months of construction,

1400-550: The work saw its life shortened dramatically due to the growth of the city of Lisbon and its transport network. Therefore, in September 1986, the main pavilion was demolished due to the construction of the Campo Grande Metro Station . Facing this situation, João Rocha, still president of the club, launched a project to improve the facilities of the club. Realizing an old ambition of the Sporting fans, closed

1440-485: Was a multi-purpose stadium in Lisbon , Portugal. The stadium was able to hold 75,000 people at a time but later its capacity was shortened to 52,411 people. It was inaugurated on 10 June 1956. Home venue of the football team of Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP) for 47 years, it was mostly used for football matches, but was also used for athletics and cycling. It was the first stadium in Portugal to be equipped with

1480-483: Was agreed that the future pavilion would be located in the plot of land corresponding to the northern upper bench of the former Estádio José Alvalade . On November 25, 2009, the protocol between CML and Sporting was approved in a Chamber meeting, considering the decision of the Arbitral Tribunal to order CML to compensate Sporting with a value of 23 million euros, The club claimed to have surface right. Thus,

1520-629: Was awarded a degree in management ( Instituto Superior de Gestão ) and a master's degree in sports management from the Faculdade de Motricidade Humana and the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão. In 2000, he attended a UEFA coaching course. Bruno Carvalho set up his own company in the construction and refurbishment sector. He sold it in 2009 to found, in the same field, the company Soluções Atelier. In March 2009, Carvalho founded and presided Fundação de Solidariedade Social Aragão Pinto,

1560-641: Was born in 1972 in the city of Lourenço Marques (now Maputo ), which was by then the main administrative center of the Portuguese overseas territory of Mozambique . In 1975, the year when the Portugal-ruled territory became independent from Portugal as the People's Republic of Mozambique , he left Mozambique to live in Portugal and, at the age of almost four, settled with his family in Lisbon. He studied at

1600-482: Was inaugurated on June 29, 1989 with a concert by The Cure , during their Prayer Tour promoting the album Disintegration . Tina Turner performed on September 29, 1990 and September 22, 1996. Dire Straits performed on May 16, 1992, on the On Every Street Tour . Michael Jackson performed on September 26, 1992, to a sold-out crowd of 55,000 people. Guns N' Roses performed on July 2, 1992, again to

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