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FIFA came down hard citing contracts

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:54 am
by ginalee0430
The delays have been exacerbated and attracted further negative attention due to the deaths of construction workers at the Arena Corinthians, as well as at the stadium in Cuiaba, which, along with venues in Curitiba and Natal, are still not fully completed.While most important from the FIFAing aspect, in many ways the problems have been even greater away from the stadiums. Since the 2006 FIFA, FIFA’s Fan Fests have become an integral part of the tournament; a place where tens of thousands of fans without tickets in a host city could go and soak up cheap fifa coins atmosphere, all the while lapping up the entertainment, food and beverages provided by FIFA’s exclusive sponsorship partners.When one of those host cities, Recife, announced in February that they would not be footing the $4.6 million bill to host the event, FIFA came down hard citing contracts that had been signed and that couldn’t be breached. In the end, FIFA got its wish.There have been concerns, too, about the delays in upgrading the country’s airports. An estimated 3.7 million people are set to travel in Brazil during the FIFA and, with the vast distances between host venues and lack of a rail network, almost all of it will be by air. It is thought that many of the renovations will now be delayed until after the FIFA. Instead of a planned new terminal at the airport in the northeastern city of Fortaleza, fans will now be greeted by the sight of a tent. Yet Brazil President Dilma Rousseff recently provided her assurances.“I guarantee that our airports are prepared for the FIFA,” she said in a radio address last month, according to the Associated Press. “We will welcome everyone very well.