Rio de Janeiro discuss World Cup 2014

Authorities as the state secretary of Tourism, Sports and Leisure, Marcia Izidoro and chairman of the Football Federation of Rio de Janeiro, Rubens Lopes da Costa Filho, attended to the meeting. Márcia said that the Cup represents an opportunity to accelerate the natural process of development of the city: "We will not do anything beyond what this city needs, only speed up the master plan." Moreover, the secretary defended the achievement of the Pan American Games, which received criticism related to the over-billing and the location of sporting equipment. "The Pan left a sporting legacy that could make the Cup happen, and perhaps bring the Olympics for Brazil," she explained.

The Secretary Rubens da Costa Lopes Filho noted that, historically, both the country's capital, as the city headquarters of the CBF, are chosen as headquarters of the games. Given this certainty, he said " Rio de Janeiro has to fight to become the center of media and the end game city of the Cup, because we are already guaranteed as host city."

As for Rio de Janeiro receiving the center of media, representative of Embratel, Roseli Vilela, said that the city is ready in terms of communication. "We have made substantial investments in Rio de Janeiro, we did our homework, we are ready for the Cup in 2014 and the coming Olympics in 2016," said Roseli.