The staging of FIFA World Cup two years before 2016 Olympic Games will bring significant benefits to Rio’s project. Such benefits will result not just from security, airport, technology, transportation and volunteer workforce investments, among others. Significant benefits will also come from the direct investments to be made not only in Maracanã, but also in stadiums like Mineirão, in Belo Horizonte, Mané Garrincha, in Brasília and Morumbi, in São Paulo were soccer matches will take place. There is also a new stadium to be built in the city of Salvador.

In addition to reducing the cost of venues used to stage in both events, stadium improvements and modernization works will establish conditions enabling to meet all the requirements of the complex operations of several areas, such as the opening and closing ceremonies, TV broadcasting, external and internal circulation of spectators and of the team in charge of the full delivery of the different games services.