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The legacy of Brazils 2014 stadiums
Posted on 6/19/15 at 10:33 am
Posted on 6/19/15 at 10:33 am
pretty damning stuff
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Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha
Located in Brasilia, the country's capital, it hosted seven World Cup matches. The 72,000 capacity stadium cost $900 million to build -- three times the estimated cost, making it the most expensive World Cup stadium.
City officials estimate that it has cost another $2 million in public subsidies since the end of the tournament. Brasilia does not have a professional team, and most of the matches staged here have involved local semi-professional sides. Stadium offices are now set to be used by 400 civil servants as a way of minimising losses to the city, while its car park is doubling as a bus depot
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Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha
Located in Brasilia, the country's capital, it hosted seven World Cup matches. The 72,000 capacity stadium cost $900 million to build -- three times the estimated cost, making it the most expensive World Cup stadium.
City officials estimate that it has cost another $2 million in public subsidies since the end of the tournament. Brasilia does not have a professional team, and most of the matches staged here have involved local semi-professional sides. Stadium offices are now set to be used by 400 civil servants as a way of minimising losses to the city, while its car park is doubling as a bus depot
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Posted on 6/19/15 at 10:34 am to LSUMJ
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Brasilia does not have a professional team
The most shocking part of that article
Posted on 6/19/15 at 11:21 am to etm512
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"Brazilians have not benefited from the tournament. There has been no legacy for them. The World Cup still makes them angry. There is regret that we even staged it."
This is what "getting it wrong" looks like.
This is not what the beautiful game should represent to people - especially to those (Brazilians) that have given so much to the game.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 11:21 pm to LSUMJ
John Oliver mentioned this a couple of weeks ago, even showing pictures of the worlds most expensive bus parking lot.
Posted on 6/20/15 at 12:11 pm to Lakeview1
As he said, they literally paved paradise and put up a parking lot. FIFA and their pop culture references. Those sly dogs. 
Posted on 6/20/15 at 10:48 pm to etm512
Brasilia is a "New" city, built in the 1960s.
Posted on 6/21/15 at 8:16 am to RedPop4
You would think a country that large and soccer crazy would have stadiums that could just be renovated and reused.
Posted on 6/21/15 at 1:13 pm to Dizz
Still curious, if Brazil loves soccer so much how come their local teams can't fill them? I mean here in the US, we even have a few Division 2 football teams that can draw at least 30,000.... hell we have High School teams in Texas with 50,000 seat stadiums.
Posted on 6/21/15 at 1:20 pm to LSUMJ
On John Olivers show he said they literally "paved paradise and put up a parking lot." 
Posted on 6/21/15 at 1:56 pm to cigsmcgee
quote:
As he said, they literally paved paradise and put up a parking lot. FIFA and their pop culture references. Those sly dogs.
quote:
On John Olivers show he said they literally "paved paradise and put up a parking lot."
Oh really?
Posted on 6/21/15 at 2:42 pm to DoreonthePlains
That's socialism for ya'.
Posted on 6/21/15 at 6:12 pm to DoreonthePlains
Oops.
Posted on 6/21/15 at 6:54 pm to cigsmcgee
The proper response for someone using a Cutler pic is "Doooon't caaaaare". 
Posted on 6/21/15 at 6:59 pm to RedPop4
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Brasilia is a "New" city, built in the 1960s.
and also in the middle of nowhere.
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