FIFA: Brazil start working only after carnival
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May 3rd, 2010
On March 3rd 2010, FIFA was informed that the works in all stadiums for the World Cup 2014 were behind schedule; at that occasion, CBF and FIFA determined a new deadline: by May 3rd, every stadium should have at least started works – building or refurbishing – to catch up with FIFA’s schedule.
Today, May 3rd, exactly two months later, barely anything changed.
According to international news sources, FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke declared: “I got a report on the status quo of the Brazilian stadiums. I have to say it is not very nice. There are a number (of stadiums) with red lights already, which is amazing. It is amazing how Brazil is already late. And I am not just talking about Morumbi or Maracana stadiums, I am talking about a number of stadiums.”
Much more bombastic, though, was an interview to Brazilian newspaper O Globo (click here); according to the newspaper, Volcke said:
I asked Ricardo Teixeira (president of CBF): how come you signed all those documents and don’t comply with them? We don’t want a rushed World Cup, organized at the last minute.
This year, you have Presidential election, nothing is going to happen. Next year, there is carnival. Are you going to start working only after carnival?
See also repercussions at Yahoo and Reuters.
Asked whether FIFA would consider to cut down the number of host cities from twelve to eight, Vakcke said that “for the time being, we have 12 host cities and we are not in a period where we have to make decisions”.
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