For a third consecutive World Cup tournament, FIFA announced they would be holding
FIFA Fan Fests in each of the twelve host cities. Prominent examples are the
Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, which had already held a Fan Fest in 2010,
São Paulo's Vale do Anhangabaú and
Brasília's
Esplanada dos Ministérios, with the Congress in the background. The official "kick-off event" for the 2014 Fan Fest took place on
Iracema Beach, in
Fortaleza, on Sunday, June 8, 2014, according to FIFA's official website.
Locations '''''' •
Rio de Janeiro – Praia de Copacabana (
Copacabana Beach) •
São Paulo – Vale do Anhangabaú (Anhangabaú Valley) •
Brasília – Taguaparque (
Taguatinga) •
Belo Horizonte – Expominas (Expominas Expositions Centre) •
Cuiabá – Parque de Exposições (Expositions Park) •
Curitiba – Pedreira Paulo Leminski (Paulo Leminski Quarry) •
Fortaleza – Praia de Iracema (
Iracema Beach) •
Manaus – Praia Ponta Negra (Black Beach) •
Natal – Praia do Forte (Fort Beach) •
Porto Alegre – Anfiteatro Pôr-do-Sol (Sunset Amphitheatre) •
Recife – Cais da Alfândega (Customhouse Wharf) •
Salvador – Farol da Barra (Barra Lighthouse) ==Statistics==