Arena Corinthians, locally known as Itaquerao, is said to be at 93% completed in its entire construction since it began Last May 30 2011. Located in Itaquera, East Zone of São Paulo, expected to host the opening of the 2014 World Cup, FIFA provides 68,000 seats in addition to 48,000 seats in the said stadium. Giving it 20,000 more temporary seats for the fans.
Scheduled to be completed December 2013, stadium was damaged due to a crane collapsed and surrounding structures went down with it killing 2 workers. Adding woes to impending World Cup 2014.
Tensions rise as World soccer governing body FIFA are in the midst of assesing what caused the collapse and total damage incurred for they want all stadiums to be ready when December comes.
World soccer governing body FIFA said it was assessing the extent of damage to the stadium hosting the 2014 World Cup opener as officials inspected the grounds Thursday to determine what may have caused the deadly accident, just weeks before all stadiums for one of the biggest events in world sports were scheduled to be completed.
Brazilian news reports have cited unnamed workers as blaming the rush to finish the Arena Corinthians for the decision to raise the last missing piece of roofing on Wednesday, despite several days of heavy rains that softened the earth around the stadium.
World awaits the official report on the case as victims of the tragedy are being given priorities.
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