World Cup Stadiums

After an exten­sive inspec­tion from FIFA offi­cials the venues for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil have been decided. The cities that were cho­sen to host matches of The Great Tour­na­ment were jubi­lant at the oppor­tu­nity. Because of the mas­sive size of Brazil, FIFA agreed to have 12 host cities instead of the usual […]

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III: Stadiums">Top 5 — Edition III: Stadiums

by George Metellus on February 9, 2009 · 0 comments

To take a line from one of the great­est rap­pers ever, Rakim. “Its been a long time, since I left you with­out a Top 5 to step to.” Okay Rakim didn’t say Top 5 but it has been awhile since the last edi­tion so I had to bring back. You know with all the talk […]

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Brazil 2014 Update: No Government Money For Stadiums

by George Metellus on January 22, 2009 · 2 comments

Brazil­ian pres­i­dent, Luiz Iná­cio Lula da Silva recently announced that the gov­ern­ment will not give money for sta­di­ums to be built for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Speak­ing in São Paulo, the head of Brazil’s gov­ern­ment made it clear that gov­ern­ment funds will be used to improve infra­struc­ture in the host cities and not for […]

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The 1st test for South Africa and its prepa­ra­tions for the 2010 World Cup will be the 2009 Con­fed­er­a­tions Cup. The main focus will be the readi­ness of the sta­di­ums and for the short tour­na­ment in June, 4 sta­di­ums have been cho­sen to host Con­fed­er­a­tions Cup matches. Lof­tus Vers­feld Sta­dium — Tshwane/Pretoria The sta­dium was […]

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