LOC tournament director Javier Ceppi looked very happy with the condition of the stadium as he gave the beautiful stadium a rating on 10/10. According to Ceppi the Salt Lake Stadium is at par with any world-class venue that has hosted a FIFA World Cup final.
“If you ask me it looks like a museum, be the entrance or the inside. Or like the teams said it looks the lobby of a five-star hotel,” Ceppi said, thanking West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for getting the work done in two and half years’ time.
“You see and the stadium looks nothing like it used to before. That’s because the stadium needed to be fit to host a World Cup final, the most important football match to be hosted in India’s history.”
“They (West Bengal government) took the challenge. This stadium now can be compared to other stadiums in the world that have hosted a FIFA World Cup final.”
Capacity of the stadium is 80k.. That's the total no. of seats.. FIFA regulations are only for this tournament.. That does not mean the capacity decreases
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LOC tournament director Javier Ceppi looked very happy with the condition of the stadium as he gave the beautiful stadium a rating on 10/10. According to Ceppi the Salt Lake Stadium is at par with any world-class venue that has hosted a FIFA World Cup final.
“If you ask me it looks like a museum, be the entrance or the inside. Or like the teams said it looks the lobby of a five-star hotel,” Ceppi said, thanking West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for getting the work done in two and half years’ time.
“You see and the stadium looks nothing like it used to before. That’s because the stadium needed to be fit to host a World Cup final, the most important football match to be hosted in India’s history.”
“They (West Bengal government) took the challenge. This stadium now can be compared to other stadiums in the world that have hosted a FIFA World Cup final.”
66k for WC