Currently, the Sport Club Corinthians Paulista is the club responsible for the largest portion of the revenue of the Municipal Stadium of Pacaembu, but from 2014 this situation will change, because the Corinthians will have its own stadium. Meanwhile, the Rugby presents itself as a sport rising and popularizing in Brazil, creating a demand for new stadiums. The Pacaembu always been an avant-garde sports equipment, housing a wide range of sports in its facilities, meeting the demands of society and their own as to the economic viability and promotion of their identity as "Temple of Sport". In many countries, the Rugby is a sport widely diffused, moving a large market of fans. Based on the hypothesis that the Pacaembu Stadium could become a scene of Rugby, this article presents an analysis of the parameters of Engineering applied to the stadium to practice football, and concluded that, with few interventions, he can host the Rugby satisfactorily. Using parameters adapted to Rugby to evaluate the performance technical issues of football stadiums, and applying them to the context of Pacaembu Stadium, it was possible to identify the needs of adaptation.
Pacaembu; Sports stadiums; Rugby
