Maracanã: Brazil´s Soul, in form of a stadium

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The view of the field from the standing-room general admission area of the Maracanã, on the other hand, cost just $1.80 not long ago, making it one of the few places Rio’s poor residents could afford to go for world-class entertainment. Not anymore.

“It’s just one reform after another without anyone ever doing any kind of research as to what the people who actually use the stadium want,

“What could be lost is the nature of the stadium experience as something that cuts across the class segregation of the city as a whole,” Read more at www.nytimes.com

 

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