After this Thursdays meeting from the Management Board from the 2014 FIFA World Cup South america Arranging Committee (LOC) in Rio p Janeiro, FIFA Secretary General Jrme Valcke, LOC Chairman Jose Maria Marin, Brazilian Minister of Sport Aldo Rebelo, and LOC Management Board member Ronaldo required part inside a press conference. The announcement that smoking is going to be prohibited in the arenas hosting the FIFA Confederations Cup South america 2013 and also the 2014 FIFA World Cup South america was one of the subjects which come up for discussion using the media. FIFA.com gathers that which was stated. FIFA Secretary General Jrme Valcke

Ticket sales for that FIFA Confederations Cup South america 2013 have damaged the prior record for that competition and thats very good news. Some 522,000 tickets happen to be offered, and that we would now like to persuade folks with disabilities to visit and purchase their own before 15 April, that is when tickets initially put aside on their behalf goes on general purchase. Weren’t worried, but we’re just a little anxious, that is normal thinking about you will find only 100 days to visit prior to the FIFA Confederations Cup. Its just area of the formulations for any large event. We would like everything to become perfect and that we want the organisation and the team event to become perfect.

All we’re worried about does a great job. We do not have an agenda B. We made a decision to make use of six arenas and this isn’t likely to change. The arenas will be applied out the FIFA Confederations Cup in likewise way they’ll in the FIFA World Cup, and when they arent it means it will not happen to be an ideal dress testing. Were approaching it as being whether it were the FIFA World Cup itself. A FIFA World Cup match isn’t like every other game in almost any stadium.

In a perfect world, get married have three test occasions prior to the tournament, but two is alright. LOC Chairman Jose Maria Marin You will find only 100 days to visit prior to the FIFA Confederations Cup. It has been effort so far, but we, the Host Metropolitan areas, the Brazilian government, FIFA and also the LOC realize that the following couple of several weeks will be even more busy and much more challenging.

However, the amount of commitment and readiness proven by everybody involved, such as the Brazilian people, fuels our belief that we’ll prepare yourself promptly. That belief draws on your day-to-day work that’s being completed to guarantee the FIFA Confederations Cup is definitely an undeniable success and makes way for that FIFA World Cup twelve months later. They are complex occasions and that we know that we’ll face new challenges. For this reason you want to anticipate them.

No test event is going to be 100 percent such as the FIFA Confederations Cup, however they can give us the chance to create essential adjustments to areas for example transport, technology, security and also the media, together with the Host Metropolitan areas, FIFA and authorities whatsoever occasions. Brazilian Minister of Sport Aldo Rebelo The FIFA World Cup is really a celebration of art and sport, an event once the football mobile phone industry’s greatest stars get together and represent their particular nations. In addition to being a properly-organised celebration thats beautiful and peaceful too, its an event once the world really wants to see football at its best.

For this reason it creates a lot expectation. South america has had on the great responsibility and it is very proud to become hosting the wedding and also to work alongside with FIFA, the LOC, the condition government authorities and also the city local authorities. We have to check the FIFA Confederations Cup like a benchmark for making certain the stadium-handover due dates for that FIFA World Cup are met. We’re trying to a deadline of December 2013, that will then provide us with time you may anticipate the type of issues that can appear in an event of this type. Because of that actually work and cooperation, we’re ensuring troubles are being worked with and challenges overcome.

South america 2014 LOC Management Board member Ronaldo Recife and Belo Horizonte were amazing visits, and that we saw a great deal of progress at Recife particularly. I performed many occasions in the Mineirao also it would be a pleasure to become there. Both metropolitan areas are prepared for that FIFA Confederations Cup because of that , we continue saying how important it’s to satisfy the stadium-handover deadline, to ensure that we are able to stage an excellent FIFA Confederations Cup and also the best FIFA World Cup ever.