With the growing popularity of soccer worldwide and the power of the almighty dollar, (or in this case the Brazilian real) the FIFA World Cup isn't just a soccer tournament, it's a huge economic boost. People from all over the world travel to the hosting nation to cheer on their country and watch the biggest soccer games of the decade.

However, FIFA secretary general, Jérôme Valckle is not as optimistic about Brazil being the 2014 host nation and believes it will create many issues for fans.

Mr. Vackle brings up a number of concerns for traveling fans, the first being weather. This time of the year Brazil is much different than Europe and North America because it's winter, explains Vackle. "You cannot sleep on the beach firstly because it's winter." Brazil will be getting chilly in mid June, however it doesn't appear if Mother nature will ruin the tournament. The 1930 FIFA World Cup featured flurries of snow, but for the most part the World Cup has been weather resistant.

The secretary general does bring up a second issue, and it could be a very big one for fans this year. This World Cup will be the second most spread out in history, after the 1994 World Cup in America. The 2014 World Cup will be played in 12 different venues spanning all across Brazil. All 12 of those venues are in different cities and not even one city will have multiple stadiums.

The Southernmost city that the games will be held are is Porto Alegre, and the Northernmost city is Manaus. According to Google maps, that's more than a 2,700 mile gap between venues. From Manaus, fans will still have to travel over 2,800 miles to get to Brazil's East Coast venues of Salvadore, Natal, and Recife. To travel to all 12 venues, you would have to journey a little more than 12,000 miles. Brazil is a very large country, so spreading it out has its disadvantages. Usually World Cups are played in small countries and the playing venues are in close proximity. Prime examples include Italy, France, England, Spain, Japan and Chile.

Spreading out across Brazil in 12 different cities has the advantage of boosting many economies, but fans will certainly have much more traveling to do.

Criticism is also directed at the infrastructure. Public transportation is a must during the World Cup for fans who are traveling and several Brazilian cities do have metros and subways. However, many believe these transportation systems in Brazil are not up to par with other nations technologically speaking and do not have enough stations. The hotels and airports (which will be very busy) have also been criticized for not being up to standard and are located near the Amazon with poor highway systems says the Los Angeles Times.

The United States hosted the World Cup in 1994, being the largest country to ever host the games. Some inconvenience followed because of the large traveling distance between cities. But public transportation, top notch technology and great infrastructure may have offset that. The World Cup was last hosted in Brazil in 1950, with just six venues. The most historic soccer nation in the world has a lot of responsibility ahead them.

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