The World Cup Stadiums of Brazil, In Awesome IllustrationsAndre ChioteArchdaily
The country has only seven of the 12 World Cup stadiums ready for the tournament that opens in June, and there are still doubts whether Curitiba will remain a host city because of delays in its stadium. But the greatest missed opportunities are related to the infrastructure work that was supp...
chances are you won’t be joining the rest of the football-loving world (ahem, soccer for us stateside) as it descends into South America for this giant sports tournament. Google is giving us the next best thing by adding 12 World Cup stadiums in Google Maps Street View. Not only can ...
Countries playing in this stadium: France, Honduras, Australia, Netherlands, South Korea, Algeria, Nigeria and Argentina. Brazil World Cup Stadium Problems Of the 12 stadiums planned for Brazil’s soccer World Cup, four are still to be finalized with just months to go until the start of the ...
the Olympics are two years off and the horizon we tried to use as much as possible was four years after the stadiums’ construction. Of course, we can’t look four years into the future to see what the country’s World Cup stadiums will look like then, but the strongest predictor of...
The World Cup stadiums of Brazil can go on to earn the country money once again, but they must utilise the potential of the surrounding community. The country must consider now what these cities need most, and respond quickly. A multi-million dollar albatross with little commercial value has ...
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Half of the 12 stadiums built or renovated with taxpayers' money to host the Brazil World Cup in 2014 saw funds pocketed by government officials and construction company executives, local media reported on Friday. ...
Each of the five stadiums - besides Maracanã they include arenas in Porto Allegre, Brasília, Manaus and Fortazela - has about 400 lights. It takes about three days for GE workers to focus them on the field. They tune two lights at a time, one from each side. They train them at a...
sites are the massive Christ the Redeemer monument on Corcovado mountain, identified as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Sugarloaf Mountain with gorgeous cable car rides, the Sambadrome used during Carnival, and the Maracanã Stadium, among the biggest football stadiums in the world. ...
Originally built to hold 200,000, the present capacity will be reduced from 87,000 to 82,000 at the recommendation of FIFA, football's world governing body who is overseeing preparations for the 2014 World Cup. Lins said: "Before, stadiums were practically just large pitches but today they...