Brasilia signs contract to build National Stadium
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July 22nd, 2010
The Government of Brasilia signed yesterday, after the due bidding process, the contract to build the new National Stadium.
The winner of the bidding process was the consortium formed by Andrade Gutierrez and Via Engenharia; the contract value is R$ 696 million (a little less than US$ 400 million). The Governor affirmed that Brasilia already has the cash needed to build the stadium, but is still considering to take a loan from the National Development Bank.
The National Stadium will be the new name of the current Mané Garrincha Stadium, with 40,000 seats, opened in 1974, which belongs to the Government of the Federal District of Brazil.
Mané Garrincha will go through a complete overhaul, but will not be completely demolished. The photos show images of the old Mané Garrincha and the New National Stadium.
The National Stadium will have 70,000 seats and will be one of the largest stadiums of the World Cup 2014; as such, the venue is claiming to be the stage of the opening and one of the semi-final matches of the event (Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre and Sao Paulo are also interested in hosting those matches).
The cost, which is already of the highest among all stadiums in Brazil (second only to Maracana, which will cost R$ 720 million), will likely go even higher. First, because the cost doesn’t include the Telecom system – which will be planned only after FIFA defines which technology shall be used). And, if the Stadium is chosen to host the opening match, then it will need to have all seats covered – a demand by FIFA -, which will also have to be included in the price.
The works should be finished by December 2012, so that the stadium will be ready to be one of the venues of the Confederations Cup 2013.
When asked whether, given the lack of football tradition in Brasilia, the National Stadium won’t become a white elephant after the Cup, the Governor responded that “several companies have contacted us for partnerships, and the stadium will become an entertainment center after 2014″.
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