The preparations for the 2010 world cup in South Africa went relatively smoothly, ( stadia were completed 100 days before the WC as were infrastructure upgrades).
The preparations in Brazil are so shambolic that they make Nyamweya’s 2013 CECAFA fiasco look like childs play.
Yaani
- Stadia construction is incomplete
- Some airports construction is so incomplete that some new terminals are still missing entire walls. The big hole in the wall is covered with tarpaulin (hema)
- Some airport terminals are incomplete and will be replaced with canvass tents
- Some cities refused to build facilities for fans : Mayor of Porto Alegre said the city may drop out if additional funding was not found to build facilities for fans
- In the city of Cuiaba had its official opening match last Wednesday with 50 percent installed seats and construction work still in progress.
- Consctruction costs have exceeded estimates by 300%
- Lots of infrastructure plans initially included in the master plan have been abandoned .e.g monorail and bus projects
- Airlines in Brazil are taking advantage by hiking fairs
And when it comes to the Olympics: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice-President John Coates has called Brazil's preparations for the 2016 Rio Games "the worst" in his experience and critically behind schedule before warning that there was no "plan B" to find another host.From the articles Im reading, Brazil has not even started constructing the main stadium nor the athletes village. This could be a disaster of huge proportions for IOC. I am not sure what they were thinking when they chose Brazil. A country that has little or no pedigree in hosting global sporting events. Afadhali India has hosted the commonwealth games and the cricket world cup