Having revived the club in August 1906, president José Monteiro da Costa immediately sought a place to build its sports facilities. Next to his house in "Rua da Rainha" (Queen's Street) – renamed "Rua Antero de Quental" following the 1910 Republican revolution – Monteiro da Costa rented a non-cultivated terrain from the Companhia Hortícola Portuense, the local horticultural society. On this terrain, the club erected a football pitch surrounded by a running track and stands with seats for 600 spectators, including a VIP tribune, a changing room equipped with showers and sinks, a bar and a gym. Named for the street where it was located, the Campo da Raínha was the first turf field in the country.