Rio Grande North is promising an arena of $ 300 million for the Cup 2014

According to Governor Wilma de Faria (PSB), the work will have no cost to the state.  "We have an economically viable project, which will be developed without the state disbursed a penny through Public-Private Partnerships. We are optimistic about the outcome and hope that Fifa select cities based on criteria and technical definitions," said Wilma .

The presentation of the stadium called the Dunes was made by architect Antonio Paulo Cordeiro, CDCA office, Rio de Janeiro, in partnership with an English firm. "We work with projects for the construction of sports complexes in other cities and none offers better conditions to Christmas," praised the architect.

He says the project enchanted the Commissioners of Fifa, who were in Brazil at the beginning of the year to visit the city by providing all the parking spaces around the stadium. "The city also has a significant number of large business groups have already announced they intend to invest in the project," said Lamb.

The government of the state reported that six companies have delivered letter of intent to invest in the design of Christmas: the Spanish builder Acciona (one of the three largest builders of Spain), Lusoarenas, Portuguese company specialized in management of arenas, the construction Serveng-paulista Civilsan, the French Bouygues, the investment fund English Salamanca Management, and Value Brazilian company, specialized in the production of public-private partnerships.

The choice of the seats would be announced by FIFA next Friday, day 20, but was postponed, according to the entity, to allow a more thorough examination of the projects of the 17 candidate cities. The winners will be known in the last week of May, during the FIFA congress in the Bahamas.