Warnings on 2014 World Cup white elephants 25/06/2009 |
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Brazil’s President Luiz Inancio Lula this week warned against over-spending on stadiums for the 2014 World Cup.
He cautioned that facilities built for the event could struggle to find uses afterwards.
His words echoed similar warnings from Fifa that some of the stadiums being built in South Africa for next year’s World Cup would remain idle afterwards unless organisers took steps to guarantee future use.
The Sharks and Western Province rugby unions have shown no interest in using the new stadiums in Durban and Cape Town.
The Durban stadium is next to King’s Park, home of the Sharks, who have a 47-year lease on the ground.
Fifa secretary-general Jerome Valcke has called for the organisers to ensure that the stadiums did not become white elephants.
The head of the 2010 local organising committee, Danny Jordaan, said South Africa’s bid for the 2015 Rugby World Cup would use the Green Point stadium rather than Newlands “for obvious reasons”.
“The infrastructure of these old stadiums is not of the level to host major international matches anymore,” he said.
Fifa has approved 12 Brazilian cities to host games in 2014, and all must build new stadiums, or refurbish older ones.
(Source: Thetimes.co.za)
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