World Cup Football 2014, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Brasil
69Sao Paulo, the city given the honor of hosting the opening game of the World Cup 2014, in Brazil. The official stadium is the Estadio do Morumbi, home to the Sao Paulo Football Club with a capacity of 140,000. The stadium was opened in 1960, and only finished in late 1970, with the name originating from the manager at the time. The stadium has been used to stage many local and international music events, with stars including U2, Michael Jackson, Queen and the legendary rolling stones, amongst some of the biggest names. The stadium is unique in the way that the football team owns the stadium and not the government, because in Brazil, it is the state which usually owns the stadiums.
The twelve host cities for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil are:
Sao Paulo....Fortaleza....Belo Horizonte....Curitiba....Cuiaba....Rio de Janeiro
Recife.........Porto Alegre.....Brasilia....Natal.....Manaus...Salvador
The map below indicates where these cities are.
Tourism
Sao Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, combining the hustling and bustling of the new parts of the city with the antiquated parts, steeped in culture and history. There are now over 350 cinema complexes, nearly 100 museums of all different types, theme parks, two very large football stadiums and the cuisine in Sao Paulo is apparently some of the finest in the world, with so much diversity of every culture, as this is a modern multicultural city. And with over 75,000 street events annually, you can be virtually guaranteed to be part of a Brazilian culture stretching back hundreds of years. Sao Paulo has over ten million inhabitants, and over one million are of different nationalities who have made this city their home, especially as Rio de Janeiro is only 430 kilometers away
The infrastructure in Sao Paulo is excellent with buses and trains running frequently through out the city, and also intercity routes. The city is investing millions of dollars in revamping these bus and train routes, making them more modern and easily accessible. Hotels and hostels are also having refits, expecting a deluge of guests for the World Cup 2014. This is the city in Brazil which ensures captivation by its beauty and natural surroundings, and they are going to spare no expense for the World Cup.
