Much has changed in the Brazilian towns hosting the World Cup games for 2014, and much is still changing as the games continue.
Although São Paulo is usually the city in focus as Brazil’s financial hub, while it did host the first match, the city and stadium in the limelight in this World Cup and holding the most games is the Estadio Jornalista Mario Filho, in Rio de Janeiro.
Better known as Estadio Maracanã, the stadium, which will host a total of 7 games by the end of the tournament, will also host the most important match, the finals on 13 July.
DMCii has captured satellite images of the stadium in high resolution using the very potent NigeriaSat-2. The 22m images show the areas around the stadium before renovations started in 2012 (on the left) and after renovations ended in 2014.
Another stadium in the limelight and holding 6 matches during the 2014 World Cup is the purpose-built stadium in Salvador – Estadio Octavio Mangabeira, commonly known as Arena Fonte Nova.
The new arena was constructed on the site of the old Fonte Nova arena, which was demolished in 2010 and has a capacity of 51,900 spectators. DMCii has captured its beauty in very high 2.5 m resolution using the NigeriaSat-2 satellite.
