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Brazil 2014
Topic Started: Nov 27 2013, 09:59 PM (935 Views)
Plonker
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Two people have died in an accident at Sao Paulo's stadium, which is due to host the opening ceremony of the 2014 World Cup finals, police say.


Well done FIFA and OC for giving two huge back to back events to Rio. Brazil won't be ready for either one.
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Sandgroper
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It's certainly going to be a struggle. WC then the Olympics 2 years later unprecedented decion that still baffles me.

Just hope that both events can go off without any incidents of this nature.
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Sandgroper
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Aftermath of the incident.
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Plonker
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The metros are not finished, neither are the airports. I think 3 out of 12 stadiums have been finished only. Complete mess.
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Sandgroper
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It's something that almost needs 10 years of prep work for. Especially in this case where they've got to make the infrastructure remain state of the art for 2 years.
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Dotty
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Countries should meet a basic infrastructure requirement to qualify for these things, be it transport, or a minimum amount of x sized stadiums.
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Sandgroper
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Couldn't agree more. There has to be a reasonable base level of infrastructure like decent airports, rail, road networks, etc for a country to host a World Cup. Some places spend pots of money on new stadiums and they end up as white elephants sitting there doing sweet sod all after the tournament.

That's why a place like the US would have been perfect for 2022, they've got all the NFL and College football stadiums that fit into FIFA usage policy (4 weeks before and after the tournament??) during the World Cup period and so many of them have been built or renovated in the last 10-15 years and have more than adequate capacity.
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Chelsea Rent Boy
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One of my mates is going to Brazil for the world cup and hes decided to stay in the favelas. Nutter!

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Sandgroper
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Three World Cup stadiums in Brazil will not be ready by the end of December as wanted by FIFA.

The governing body said on Tuesday that the stadiums in Sao Paulo, Curitiba and Cuiaba will not be ready by the deadline because of construction delays.

Curitiba and Cuiaba are expected to be delivered in February, four months before the World Cup.

FIFA said it still doesn't know when it will have the venue in Sao Paulo, where a crane collapse this week killed two workers and damaged part of the stadium.

FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said a report on the scale of the damage in Sao Paulo, where the opening match is due to be held, is expected by the end of the week.

"We are not in a crisis mode where we are looking for an alternative to Sao Paulo. We are confident they can deliver the stadium on time," Valcke said.

FIFA said it would not tolerate the same types of delays that plagued the Confederations Cup, when only two of the six venues were completed by the original deadline.

While Valcke said FIFA is already rearranging plans for the installation of temporary facilities at the venues, FIFA president Sepp Blatter downplayed the delays.

"There are some small delays in construction of stadia, but so small that, with one exception, we can just close our eyes and say everything will be ready," Blatter said.
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A worker has been killed after falling from the roof of the Amazon stadium where England open their 2014 World Cup campaign.

The man is reported to have died in hospital in Manaus after falling nearly 35 metres (115ft) when a cable broke.

The stadium is behind schedule and work is under way day and night to complete it by Fifa's end of year deadline.

It is the latest of several deaths during construction of Brazil's World Cup stadiums.

Two workers were killed in an accident on 27 November when a crane fell and destroyed parts of Sao Paulo's Arena Corinthians stadium, which will host the opening game on 12 June.

Several more construction workers were hurt in the Sao Paulo accident, which delayed the stadium's completion date by several months.

The worker who died in the Amazon stadium was named as Marcleudo de Melo Ferreira, 22, by the company building the facility.

The firm said he was employed by a company subcontracted to construct the stadium's cover.

Brazil has admitted it is struggling to have all 12 venues completed on time.

The country's preparations for the World Cup have also been hit by cost overruns and public protests over what is seen as wasted resources.

Last week Fifa's General Secretary Jerome Valcke appealed to Brazilians to support the contest saying it was the "wrong time" to protest.
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Brazil's northern Amazonia state ruled Wednesday that work could resume fully at the World Cup stadium in Manaus where a worker fell to his death over the weekend, media reports said.

Construction at the site partially resumed on Monday, although not at the roof where the 22-year-old worker fell 35 meters (110 feet) Saturday after his protective cable snapped.

However, the public prosecutor's office, which approved the resumption of construction, also ruled that there should be no further night work.

The victim -- the second fatality at the Arena Amazonia this year -- died as he prepared to finish a night shift.

An investigation into health and safety conditions at the site determined that main contractor Andrade Gutierrez had undertaken measures to improve safety, such as increased supervision of safety equipment and the stability of scaffolding.

The company had faced a daily fine of 100,000 reais ($45,000) had it not fully complied with judicial worker safety regulations.

Workers had threatened a strike after Saturday's tragedy, the fourth to hit World Cup stadiums.

On November 27, two construction workers died at the stadium in Sao Paulo, which will host the June 12 opening match between Brazil and Croatia after a crane fell onto part of the stadium at it lifted a final piece of roofing into position.

Manaus suffered a first death last March when a 49-year-old man plunged to his death and there was also a fatality last year at the new stadium in Brasilia.
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