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• Emerson Jacobelli, Pia Abrill, Tamara Tur, Travis
  Oneill

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FIFA

• Federation Internationale de Football Association
• Founded in 1904
• Headquarters in Zurich Switzerland
• President Sepp Blatter

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FIFA Structure

• Controlled by a congress
• Made up of representatives from each nation
• Congress elects president and top officials
• Made up of 6 different confederations
• Recognizes 208 national associations
• Each association gets one vote in congress.

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Tournament

• Held every 4 years
• Biggest single sporting competition in the world
• 2014 preliminary competition had 204 entries
  across 6 continents
• World cup finals involves 32 teams
• Last World Cup 200 teams played 853 games for 31
  qualifying spots

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World Cup Facts

• 2nd time Brazil has hosted World Cup
• 19 World Cups to date
• 8 different national teams have won
• Brazil has won 5 times
• Participated in every World cup
• Most widely viewed sporting event
• Broadcast in 204 countries on 245 channels

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Potential Host?

•  On 3 June 2003, CONMEBOL announced that the
  following countries wanted to host the 2014 World
  Cup
• Argentina
• Brazil
• Colombia
• By 17 March 2004, the CONMEBOL associations voted
  unanimously to adopt Brazil as their sole
  candidate.
• Brazil formally declared its candidacy in
  December 2006 and Colombia did so as well a few
  days later.
• The Argentina bid never materialized.
• On 11 April 2007, Colombia withdrew its bid
  making Brazil the only official candidate to host
  the World Cup in 2014.

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Why Brazil?

• Brazil eventually won the hosting rights for the
  2014 FIFA World
• after Colombia withdrew its bid on 11 April 2007.
• The Brazilian bid was officially launched on 13
  December 2006 by Ricardo Teixeira.

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2014 World Cup

• 12 cities will host the games
• 1.2 billion in construction and upgrades to
  stadiums
• 5 Stadiums will receive upgrades
• (Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Porto
  Alegre, and Rio de Janeiro)
• 7 stadiums will be new
• (Sao Paulo, Salvador, Recife, Natal, Manaus,
  Cuiaba, and Brasilia)

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Infrastructure Airports, Telecom

• INFRAERO announced on August 2009 3.1 billion U.S
  for airport upgrades
• 55 will go to Rio De Janeiro and Sao Paulo
  airports
• 500,000 spectators that will take between 6 and
  14 flights-Brazilian General Aviation Association
• Billions on spent on internet backbone upgrade
  and expanded fixed and mobile communications

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Transportation

• 6.4 billion U.S. on public transportation
• 8 of the 12 cities will receive either a metro,
  monorail, or light rail
• Remaining 4 will receive a Bus Rapid Transit
  (BRT) system
• Rio will receive a 26 km transit bus corridor
• the biggest investment in Rioss public
  transportation in last 30 years-Mayor Eduardo
  Paes

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News Coverage

• International Broadcast Centre (IBC) for the 2014
  FIFA World Cup will be hosted in Rio de Janeiro.
• The IBC, in 2010, had 179 broadcasters from more
  than 70 countries, on-site productions with
  13,000 staff members in South Africa.

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Beer!!

• Brazil 2003 Sale of alcoholic drinks prohibited
  at sporting events Dry house rule
• FIFAs long-standing partner is Budweiser
• FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke stated
• Alcoholic drinks are part of the FIFA World Cup,
  so were going to have them.

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Brazil 2016 Olympics
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The International Olympic Committee(IOC)

• Established in 1894 in Lausanne, Switzerland
• Responsible for organizing the modern Summer and
  Winter Olympic games
• Countries bid the committee to host the games
• Often includes attempting to sway the decision by
  any means possible
• Members vote by secret
• ballot

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2016 Summer Olympic Bid

• Bid between Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, Tokyo,
  Chicago
• Despite lobbying by President Obama, Chicago lost
  in first round
• Rio moved on to win and Brazil became the first
  South American country to host Olympics
• www.youtube.com/watch?vIJ-twB38UWk

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Why Chicago Lost

• Only speculations
• Overly restrictive passport and visa policy
• Anti-Americanism
• Early assumptions that Chicago would make it to
  the final round
• Tensions between IOC USOC

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Why Brazil Won

• Country is immersed in almost every type of sport
• Long history of hosting international sporting
  events
• President Lula attended presentation and voting
  and lobbied for Brazil
• Lula expressed the need Brazil has for the
  benefits hosting the Olympics provides
• www.youtube.com/watch?vk57u9-jRj1w

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Finance

• Application and Candidature expenses alone US 49
  million
• Entire expenditure expected to be upwards of US
  12 billion
• Both Olympics and World Cup will create hundreds
  of thousands of jobs and further stimulate
  Brazils already booming economy

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Economy

• The U.S. will invest 14.4 billion in Rio 2016
  Olympic project.
• The expected impact on Brazils economy is 51.1
  billion between 2009 and 2027.
• Direct investment between 2009-2016 is 30
  billion, indirect investment 90 billion.
• In the period before the games 120 thousand jobs
  will be created each year.

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Benefits of Hosting Olympics

• Attracts investors.
• Infrastructure investments.
• Base materials, engineering, construction.
• Tourism.

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Infrastructure

• Must be at least 49,750 rooms to meet IOC
  standards
• Will build 9 new sporting facilities and
  refurbish and use 25 existing facilities
• Will build 150 km of new highway to connect
  Antônio Carlos Jobim International Airport and
  Olympic zones

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Olympic Tower

• A welcome tower.
• Will use solar energy to pump water during the
  day.
• Water will power turbines which will provide
  energy during the night.

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Security

• High crime rates.
• Shootouts are not uncommon.
• Violence in subways.
• Rio to spend 530 million on security in Rios
  slums favelas.

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Discussion Questions

• What future economic benefits will hosting both
  of these events provide to Brazil?
• Does hosting the Olympics and World cup force
  Brazil to invest in its infrastructure when
  otherwise wouldnt?
• What possible benefits does the U.S. hope to gain
  from investing in Brazil?

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Sources

• http//www.riooooolympics.com/2009/12/11/brazil-to
  -spend-530-million-on-security-during-2016-olympic
  s/
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vk57u9-jRj1w
• http//andrewagmacker.hubpages.com/hub/2016-Olympi
  cs-is-in-Brazil
• http//www.zimbio.com/RiodeJaneiro2016SummerO
  lympics/articles/OK8kiyB_8yk/OlympicTower2016Ri
  odeJaneiroBrazil
• http//seekingalpha.com/article/164746-olympics-ef
  fect-now-it-s-brazil-s-turn-to-benefit
• www.fifa.com
• http//www.fifa.com/worldcup/media/newsid1442394/
  index.html