Following a collapse of a section of the
Estádio Fonte Nova, which killed seven people and injured forty more, the governor of Bahia
Jaques Wagner announced that the stadium would be demolished and a new stadium would be built in its place. A group of architects from
Brunswick, Germany, which also redesigned the old
Hanover stadium into a modern arena for the
2006 FIFA World Cup, was selected after a bidding process. The old stadium was demolished in August 2010, with some of the concrete being reused in the construction of the new stadium. The rest of the concrete was used in projects around Salvador. In 2013, brewery
Itaipava from
Grupo Petrópolis bought the
naming rights, turning the stadium into "Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova" under a sponsorship agreement until the year 2023, amounting to $100m. This was the first naming rights agreement signed for the 2014 World Cup stadiums. After the contract ended, betting website Casa de Apostas bought the naming rights in 2024. The stadium was inaugurated on April 5, 2013 by President
Dilma Rousseff. The first match was played on April 7, 2013, with a
Campeonato Baiano game in which
Vitória defeated rival
Bahia 5–1. The first player to score a goal in the stadium was Vitória's
Renato Cajá. During this match, some supporters were unable to see the game completely due to some blind spots. The stadium had excessive dust and some puddles. == Design ==