Maracana to get $280m refit 18/12/2009 |
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Brazil will give its iconic Maracana Stadium a $280m facelift ahead of the 2014 World Cup.
Rio de Janeiro’s secretary of sports and tourism Marcia Lins said that the renovation work would start in March 2010 but that the venue would not close completely until September.
The end of work on the stadium, the largest in the world when it was opened in 1950, is planned for December 2012.
The Maracana is classified as an historic monument so the facade will be maintained but a roof will be added to the five-storey oval stadium.
The stadium’s capacity will, however, drop to 83,000 from its current 88,000.
“Before, stadiums were practically just large pitches but today they are multi-disciplined arenas,” said Lins.
She added that the project also included the regeneration of the entire northern area of the city.
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