Just few days after Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff opened the Castelao Arena in Fortaleza, the second stadium to be used at Brazil 2014 was opened as preparations gather pace.
President Rousseff was on hand to officially inaugurate the Mineiro stadium in Belo Horizonte which is expected to welcome thousands of football fans during the month-long finals in June and July 2014.
The Mineiro will seat more than 62,000 fans, will host 3 games during next year's Confederations Cup and a total of six games at the 2014 Brazil World Cup, including one of the semi-finals.
Redevelopments made to the stadium took three years and was said to have cost more than 211 million.
The Mineiro was delivered on time and within the budget despite concerns about Brazil's readiness to host the 2014 finals.
The same cannot be said for the remainder of the stadia that are coming in at 2.035 billion over budget.
"This is as good as Wembley, as good as [the Allianz Arena in] Munich, it's up there with the best stadiums in the world," Carlos Alberto Parreira said.
"A stadium like this is great news for both players and fans."
From Guest Reporter.
Rousseff was on hand to officially inaugurate the Mineiro stadium in Belo Horizonte which is expected to welcome thousands of football fans during the month-long finals .Haber
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