Transcript By: r. Christopher Knight, Tiffany Farrar, michael Worth, haamid rahim

Brazil: The Bid for the 2016
Olympics and 2014 World Cup
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Barra, Deodoro, Maracana, Copacabana
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Maracanã Stadium: site of the opening and closing, in
addition to the finals of Football
Engenhão (João Havelange Stadium): site of Athletic
events
Maria Lenk Aquatic Center: site of Diving, and Water
Polo
Copacabana Beach: site of Marathon swimming,
Triathlon and Beach volleyball
HSBC Arena: site of Artistic gymnastics, Rhythmic
gymnastics, Basketball, and Trampoline
Sambadrome: site of Marathon and Archery
Aracanãzinho Gymnasium: site of Volleyball
Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas: site of Rowing and
Canoeing
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Built atop the island of
Cotonduba
It will be seen by the game
visitors and participants as
they arrive by air or water
The tower, captures solar
energy. It will supply energy
for all of the Olympic city,
as well as also for part of
Rio .
It pumps up water from the
ocean to create what
appears like a water fall and
this fall stimulates turbines
Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International
Santos Dumont Domestic
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Hosted 2007 Pan
American Games
Will Host 2014 FIFA
World cup
Ready for Olympics
by 2016?
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Brazil has emerged as one of the fastestgrowing developing economies in the world
Average annual GDP growth near 5% (it was
7.5% in 2010)
Currently ranked as the world’s 8th largest
economy with its GDP estimated at $2.023
trillion (U.S. dollars)
Predicted to become 1 of the world’s 5
largest economies in years to come
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The estimated total cost of hosting the 2016
Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is $14 billion
In 2004, the Olympics hosted in Athens,
Greece had a budget of $15 billion
In 2008, the Olympics hosted in Beijing,
China spent an astronomical $42 billion
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President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has already
approved some $240 billion in funding for the
Games from the Program for Growth
Acceleration (PAC)
◦ This money will be used for projects such as airport
and subway expansions, road/infrastructure
construction, etc…
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He also offered the federal government’s
financial guarantee to cover any shortfalls in
the proposed budget by the organizing
committee
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It is estimated that 120,000 jobs will be
created EACH year until the Games in 2016
◦ Many of which will be in the construction industry
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Improvement in electricity systems ($700
million) and communications infrastructure
($500 million)
Building of additional hospitals, schools, and
leisure facilities
Improvements to slum housing (which 1 in 7
of Rio’s residents live in)
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Modest dissent among citizens in and around
Rio citing that over 90% of children do not
even have adequate access to play sports,
and so government money should be spent
on these types of domestic issues
Still, there is strong support for the Games in
Rio
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There is no doubt that there are substantial
expenses associated with hosting the Olympics
It takes years to break even on the debt accrued
from the immediate costs of hosting the Games
There is much debate as to whether or not
hosting the Games is a financially wise decision
However, Brazil’s economy is predicted to
experience a $24.5 billion boost between now
and 2027 because of the Olympics
◦ Economists accredit increased liberalization of trade and
economic openness created by the hosting of the
Olympics for much of this growth  up to 30% increase
in trade in subsequent years after hosting the Olympics
Towards Brazil’s victory as the host city for
Olympics' 2016
“Chicago had Barack Obama. Tokyo had $4 billion in the bank. Madrid had powerful
friends.” But, “Rio de Janeiro had the enchanting story” -AP
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Process: Started May 16th, 2007 and the mandatory
application was due Sept. 13th, 2007
Competition seven cities applied: among them were
Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Chicago…
Madrid, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo made the
cut, and the other 3 were eliminated.
Madrid became Rio’s only competitor, but Rio won
by a significant margin.
The first South American city to host the
Olympics
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Decision to eliminate Doha was controversial since they scored
more than Rio in the initial round but…
After Chicago was eliminated almost all the votes went to Rio in
the 2nd round. Rio won significantly by 66-32 in the 3rd round.
The rocky relationship between the United States Olympic
Committee (U.S.O.C.) and the International Olympic Committee
(I.O.C.) may have had some thing to do with Chicago’s failure.
“It was a defeat for U.S.O.C., not for Chicago”- Denis Oswald,
I.O.C. member from Switzerland.
Madrid fought hard, with this being their 2nd
consecutive attempt to host the Olympics, but as one
Spaniard put it “We knew it was going to be hard
because the next Olympics will be in London.”
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Second time hosted in Brazil, First being in
1950
Fifth country to have hosted the event twice
First time to be hosted in South America since
the 1978 World cup in Argentina
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On March 7 2003 the World Football body,
FIFA announced that the tournament would
take place in South America
On 3 June 2003 CONMEBOL announced that
Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia wanted to
host the 2014 World Cup
By 17 March 2004 CONMEBOL voted to adopt
Brazil as their sole candidate
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Argentina’s bid never materialized
On 11 April 2007 Colombia withdrew its bid
Brazil became the only official candidate to
host the cup
30 October 2007 Brazil won the right to host
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12 Cities were chosen to host the games
Included Brasilia, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
Brasilia has a planned capacity of 71,500
Sao Paulo has a planned capacity of 48,000
Rio de Janeiro has a planned capacity of
76,525
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The CBF estimates costs to be over R$ 1.9 Billion
(US$ 1.1 Billion) for stadiums
In Sept 2008 Brazils Ministry of Transport
announced a high-speed rail project that would
connect Campinas, Sao Paulo, and Rio with an
approximate cost of R$11 Billion (US$ 6.25 Billion)
On 31 August 2009 the state airport management
agency stated a R$ 5.3 Billion (US $ 3 Billion)
investment plan to upgrade airports for the host
cities
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The Brazilian federal government has allocated R$
3 billion (US$ 1.8 Billion) for investment for the
2014 World Cup
Most of the investment will go in improving
transport in the host cities
Brazilian federal government will grant tax breaks
for the construction and refurbishment of stadium
In Sept 2009 the Brazilian development bank
opened a credit line of R$ 4.8 Billion ( Us$ 2.7
Billion) for stadiums
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The World Cup will lead to upgraded airports,
monorail systems, new hotels, improved
telecommunications and latest generation
stadiums
Tourism is expected to generate US$5 Billion
700,000 jobs are expected to be created
The GDP of Brazil in the remainder of this
decade could increase upwards of US$65
Billion
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Why is there Criticism of Brazil being able to host
major sporting events like the World Cup and the
Olympics?
Is hosting the Olympics a good use of Brazilian
government funds or is this an excuse to spend
disproportionate amounts of money on urban
development while other institutions like social
welfare and health are already so weak?
Why do you think the I.O.C. eliminated Chicago in
the first round? (Bad relations between U.S.O.C.
and I.O.C., trying to find a new location
(continent) to host the Olympics etc.)