DannyelBrazil 703 Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Maracana is more about the "symbology" inside the Brazilian football-like souls than actually an archtectural mark. Also must be said, some of the main events ever held in Brazil and some special records about attendance were done in Maracana stadium, including the biggest rock concert ever in a Stadium with 330,000 or biggest attendance for a Volleyball match: 145,000 for Brazil v USSR in the 80s too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Athensfan 1081 Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 With all due respect, "entrance" and "exit" are not difficult words to research and spell correctly. Any free online translator would get it right. If you're organizing major international sporting events, you should be able to get it right the first time. Test events are for working out logistics such as crowd control, parking, mass transportation, concessions, operations, etc. They are not for basics like labeling entrances and exits. It's an embarrassing mistake and one hopes it is simply an isolated error. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DannyelBrazil 703 Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Athens, I work with design and sometimes we got to delete some word to change it and simply delete one letter. The problem is: nobody checked the sign before print, which is not good. My point is: No wrong English sign were used during an event in Salvador's Stadium. People saw that before the event, and in the next day, the sign was fixed. And it was fixed BEFORE A TEST EVENT. I think test events are there exactly to fix ****... Now, 100% of the signs in Salvador's stadium are okay about English language. So no "chaotic World Cup" can be claimed, specially more than 1 year before even the first kick-off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Victor Mata 272 Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 With all due respect, "entrance" and "exit" are not difficult words to research and spell correctly. Neither is Rio de Janeiro, which comes in all sorts of spellings from international media: Rio de Janerio, Rio Dejaneiro, Riodejaneiro... It happens to everybody everywhere. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Athensfan 1081 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Athens, I work with design and sometimes we got to delete some word to change it and simply delete one letter. The problem is: nobody checked the sign before print, which is not good. My point is: No wrong English sign were used during an event in Salvador's Stadium. People saw that before the event, and in the next day, the sign was fixed. And it was fixed BEFORE A TEST EVENT. I think test events are there exactly to fix ****... Now, 100% of the signs in Salvador's stadium are okay about English language. So no "chaotic World Cup" can be claimed, specially more than 1 year before even the first kick-off. Danny, I absolutely agree that predicting a "chaotic World Cup" based on the signs is a ridiculous exaggeration. I'm glad to hear the signs have been fixed. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Neither is Rio de Janeiro, which comes in all sorts of spellings from international media: Rio de Janerio, Rio Dejaneiro, Riodejaneiro... It happens to everybody everywhere. Yeah, but the "de Janeiro" has mostly been dropped too. Like the movie was just "Rio" and it will be "Rio 2016." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DannyelBrazil 703 Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Neither is Rio de Janeiro, which comes in all sorts of spellings from international media: Rio de Janerio, Rio Dejaneiro, Riodejaneiro... It happens to everybody everywhere. Even more funny is what International Media (specially the English Speaking) makes with Sao Paulo spelling... It's hard to find correct examples... In fact, there is this one, from NBC Well, they placed SÃO PAULO just 5,000 Km far from where it really is: I'd say the coverage of the sports events in Brazil from NBC will be chaotic... Yeah, but the "de Janeiro" has mostly been dropped too. Like the movie was just "Rio" and it will be "Rio 2016." Good to see you spelled it correctly! Danny, I absolutely agree that predicting a "chaotic World Cup" based on the signs is a ridiculous exaggeration. I'm glad to hear the signs have been fixed. One sign, not "signs". And it was fixed even before the first test event. Media in Brazil published the picture in the newspapers and asked the Stadium owner to fix it. One day later, it was already fixed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DannyelBrazil 703 Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Changing subjects A video from Arena Pernambuco, nice stadium Recife will have! From Band TV Recife And a nice report from Maracana Stadium http://globotv.globo.com/rede-globo/globo-esporte-rj/v/maracana-recebe-retoques-finais-antes-da-conclusao-das-obras/2510935/ from: TV Globo Rio For those who like football, in this report there also nice goals made in the stadium =P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bezzi 249 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 They put Sao Paulo in the middle of the amazon forest! Stupid mistake. Maybe an indigenous tribe near Peru was renamed in tribute to the forest of buildings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bezzi 249 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 One of the stadiums which the english newspaper claimed that will not meet the FIFA deadline (April 30), almost ready for its opening next week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bezzi 249 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Recife is also almost ready! Just missing the clothes! FIFA.com Let's go Brasilia! Now it's up to you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bezzi 249 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 One of the stadiums which the english newspaper claimed that will not meet the FIFA deadline (April 30), almost ready for its opening next week. Perfect choice of colors. Represents well our players. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Bezzi 249 Posted April 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 They started the installation of the screen facade of São Paulo Arena Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cslopes54 36 Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 So those without a ticket could actually watch the game from the outside? Of they transmit it of course . Good idea to draw more people and super modern at same time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DannyelBrazil 703 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Macarana almost done, and the first light, video and audio teste made today LIVE ON NATIONAL TV! http://globotv.globo.com/rede-globo/jornal-nacional/t/edicoes/v/maracana-faz-teste-geral-para-a-reinauguracao/2529112/ Who said Maracana would not be ready for Confederations Cup??? Suck it, BBC! A frame from the event and the final works being done in the stadium Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lucas 9 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 So those without a ticket could actually watch the game from the outside? Of they transmit it of course . Good idea to draw more people and super modern at same time. Good idea, you could transmit the games outside. Imagine that atmosphere! Qatar has the same idea too 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cslopes54 36 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Plz dont even mention Qatar.. It was supposed to come to the US =\ Marvelous constructions and projects though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DannyelBrazil 703 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 WOW!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DannyelBrazil 703 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Our capital, and the host city of the opening match of Confederations Cup, BrasÃlia, celebrated its 53th birthday last monday, here some pics of our beautiful capital. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DannyelBrazil 703 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 MARACANA FINAL WORKS 98%!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DannyelBrazil 703 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 I want peace with my colleagues from BBC, so I decided to send them some postcards... Salvador Belo Horizonte Fortaleza Rio de Janeiro Recife BrasÃlia Postcards are always nice... Everybody love them! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WorldCupJoe 16 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 I love the Maracanã, it does look a lot like Kiev's Olympic stadium. Or should i say Kiev's OS looks like the Maracanã now 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DannyelBrazil 703 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Both are nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cslopes54 36 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Mineirao and Maracana for me falls into the same category, very different from other stadiums and restored to keep the originality when it was once built, Mineirao did it well, im afraid i cant say the same for Rio's soccer home, the roof and color is not working for me, i would have rather seen a drastic change other than smthg messy, when i look at the pictures it just seems so busy . aghhhh i just cant like it. x_x 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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