Despite Porto Alegre’s mayor warning the city may have to
pull out as a World Cup host due to a funding crisis to complete temporary
structures for the stadium , FIFA tells INSIDER that solutions will be found
this week.
Jose Fortunati wants the city council to pass a bill
giving tax breaks to companies investing in the structures required to raise
the funding. Significant temporary overlay still has to be built at Beira Rio
stadium including media work space and temporary tents for hospitality and
sponsors.
"If the [project] isn't voted then there won't be a
World Cup in Porto Alegre," Fortunati told Radio Gaucha, according to
Reuters.
"We don't have a way to get that funding. There's no
Plan B, no Plan C, no Plan D. This is the only option,” he said.
FIFA’s head of media Delia Fischer told INSIDER that FIFA
was doing everything possible to ensure Porto Alegre’s problems were resolved.
“As said previously the FIFA World Cup will be played in
12 venues,” she said.
“FIFA, the LOC, the federal government and the respective
host cities are working together this week to find solutions to the remaining
challenges.”
Fischer said there would be a detailed update on Thursday
at a media briefing in Rio’s Maracana stadium which follows a meeting of the
Brazil 2014 Local Organising Committee.
FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke is in Rio this week,
seeking to resolve the Porto Alegre issue with World Cup organisers and the
host city. He is also pushing Brazil 2014 to speed up work on Sao Paulo’s Arena
Corinthians. The stadium staging the June 12 World Cup opener is not yet
finished and temporary structures have still to be installed.
The southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre is scheduled
to host four group matches and a last-16 match at this summer’s FIFA showpiece.
Culled from Worldfootballinsider
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