According to Fifa, 3 out of the 12 stadiums will be ready at the very last minute. 5 of them are brand new stadiums, the rest are refurbished and upgraded from existing stadiums. Like all major events, there are scandals such as cost over run, construction delays, corruption and more. Whatever it may be, there is no point crying over spill milk, better new stadiums for the youth over while elephant projects that is of no use in the future.
I believe the most iconic stadium will be the Beijing Bird’s nest, for this event, I think the Arena Corinthians is not pretty cool too. As for which is my favorite team? I am not a football fan, but it would be great to see a country that never win the world cup crown as the new winner.
Arena Corinthians (Opening Match)
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Location: Sao Paulo
Capacity: 48,234 + 20,000 (Temporary)
Status: Brand New
Completion date: April 2014
Countries playing in this stadium: Brazil, Crotia, Uruguay, England, Netherlands, Chile, South Korea and Belgium
Estadio Mineirao
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Location: Belo Horizonte
Capacity: 62,547
Status: Refurbished / Upgraded
Completion date: 1965
Countries playing in this stadium: Colombia, Greece, Argentina, Iran, Costa Rica, England, Belgium and Algeria.
Estadio Castelao
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Location: Fortaleza
Capacity: 64,846
Status: Refurbished / Upgraded
Completion date: 1973
Countries playing in this stadium: Uruguay, Costa Rica, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Ghana, Greece and Ivory Coast.
Estadio Do Maracana (Finals)
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Location: Rio de Janeiro
Capacity: 96,000
Status: Refurbished / Upgraded
Completion date: 1950
Countries playing in this stadium: Argentina, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Spain, Chile, Belgium, Russia, Equador and France.
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
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Location: Brasilia
Capacity: 68,000
Status: Refurbished / Upgraded
Completion date: 1974
Countries playing in this stadium: Switzerland, Ecuador, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Brazil, Portugal and Ghana.
Arena Pernambuco
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Location: Recife
Capacity: 44,248
Status: Brand New
Completion date: May 2013
Countries playing in this stadium: Ivory Coast, Japan, Italy, Costa Rica, Crotia, Mexico, United States and Germany.
Arena Fonte Nova
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Location: Salvador
Capacity: 48,747
Status: Refurbished / Upgraded
Completion date: 1951
Countries playing in this stadium: Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, France, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Iran.
Estadio Pantanal
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Location: Cuiaba
Capacity: 42,968
Status: Brand New
Completion date: February 2014
Countries playing in this stadium: Chile, Australia, Russia, South Korea, Nigeria, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Japan and Colombia.
Estadio Da Baixada
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Location: Curitiba
Capacity: 41,456
Status: Refurbished / Upgraded
Completion date: 1914
Countries playing in this stadium: Iran, Nigeria, Honduras, Ecuador, Australia, Spain, Algeria, and Russia.
Estadio Amazonia
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Location: Manaus
Capacity: 41,456
Status: Refurbished / Upgraded
Completion date: 1970 (demolished and rebuild)
Countries playing in this stadium: England, Italy, Cameroon, Crotia, United States, Portugal, Honduras and Switzerland
Estadio Das Dunas
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Location: Natal
Capacity: 42,086
Status: Existing Stadium Demolished and rebuilt
Completion date: 2014
Countries playing in this stadium: Mexico, Cameroon, Ghana, United States, Japan, Greece, Italy and Uruguay.
Estadio Beira-Rio
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Location: Porto Alegre
Capacity: 48,849
Status: Refurbished / Upgraded
Completion date: 1969
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 tournament.
FIFA 2014 World Cup Stadium Locations
These are the cities that will host 2014 FIFA World Cup games.
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