But holding a World Cup spread out over 12 cities in a continent-sized country will be anything but easy with challenges that include renovating and building stadiums, adhering to World Cup standards and making sure airports around the country are ready to handle the volume of fans, athletes and officials expected for the Copa Mundial.
Some host cities, such as Manaus in the Amazon, have a serious shortage of hotel rooms.
It will be the first World Cup held in Brazil since 1950 and the first in South America since Argentina hosted the event in 1978. In the intervening years, the scope of the event has changed tremendously.
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For next World Cup, Brazil gets the ball rolling
The Miami Herald
July 26, 2010
