Works will in any case not start before the summer of 2013 as Vasco wants to wait until Maracanã is completed so that they will have a replacement ground during the works. By creating an account you are able to follow friends and experts you trust and see the places. The fact that Rio’s mayor Eduardo Paes is a longtime Vasco fan may in the end be the salvation of the plans. See what your friends are saying about Vasco Da Gama FC. Vasco has therefore already been lobbying to include the revitalisation in that of the Porto Maravilha area, though there is no guarantee that this will happen. Revitalisation of the area, which is a dense working-class urban neighbourhood, is essential though for the stadium redevelopment to be viable, especially as the project also includes a modern shopping centre. This project was tied to São Januário being an Olympic venue, but now that it isn’t, the city may decide to invest its money elsewhere. One critical issue that will now emerge is whether the city of Rio will go on with a revitalisation project for the area São Januário stands in. Vasco da Gama got a vital three points in their battle against relegation on Sunday when a goal from Carlinhos gave them a 1-0 win over Santos. Recently departed club officials, on the other hand, showed themselves baffled by the club’s moves and argued that all conditions had been in place to successfully works with the Olympic organisers. Vasco grab vital three points in relegation battle. He deemed the extra costs of $50 million for specific IOC demands to be too expensive, and had already been in separate talks with contractor OAS, that also saw viability in the project without Olympic involvement. While this is not entirely clear, it seems that club president Roberto Dinamite had already started to change his mind about linking the project to the Olympics. The only part of the present stadium to remain in its current state would be the facade of the main building, which is listed as national heritage.Īll seemed done and dusted, and the club only had to submit their proposal to the Olympic organisers before Wednesday night, but then no proposal came, and the organisers ruled out São Januário as a potential venue. Plans changed quickly from a modest redevelopment of São Januário, which can currently hold about 25,000 spectators, to an almost complete rebuilding of the stadium into a modern arena with 43,000 seats.
Very cleverly, they also announced that they would offer their home as a rugby venue for the 2016 Olympics, which would make them eligible to receive a large amount of government money.
Rio side Vasco da Gama therefore presented plans for the redevelopment of their own stadium, Estádio São Januário. Maracanã is (slowly) nearing completion further north, providing Flamengo and Fluminense with a new home, Botafogo already play at the new (though soulless) Engenhão, and all over the country new World Cup stadiums are rising up. When your competitors are building new stadiums all around you, you know you have to follow.