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Nine of the ten stadiums have been evaluated as meeting FIFA's overall minimum requirements — with
Cartagena's Estadio Olimpico Jaime Mor6n LeOn being the only exception. It is also one of two grounds not
to have met FIFA's requirements in terms of stadium capacity, the other being El Campin in Bogota, which
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bidder has proposed for both the opening match and the final. It, however, has a gross capacity of just 39,512 —
significantly below the 55,000 net capacity required by FIFA for the opening match and final.

All of the proposed grounds meet the FIFA requirements for stadium orientation. However, there are challenges
with space requirements and space allocation for some key areas such as hospitality, VIP and media areas in
all of the stadiums visited by the FIFA delegation. In addition, the assessment of space requirements at the
remaining stadiums was made difficult due to the frequent lack of detailed plans showing the allocation of
tournament-related spaces. If the bid were to be successful, FIFA would need to work closely with the stadium
authorities to further understand the availability and configuration of these spaces and how they could be
optimised for tournament operations.

The status of the stadiums' technical installations would also need to be closely examined, with several venues
appearing to currently fall short of requirements when it comes to building management systems, back-up
power capability and floodlighting. The installation of giant screens would also be necessary at many of the
stadiums.

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(,) (%) (,) (%) (,) (%) CC) (%) CC) (%) (,) (%) (,) (%) CC) (/0)
83 10 85 16 63 17 64 11 65 15 70 11 83 10 85
25 78 21 82 27 83 29 86 25 89 25 91 24 78 22 82
20 87 18 94 24 60 25 62 24 65 22 75 20 87 18 94
29 82 27 84 31 75 30 76 29 76 29 82 25 82 27 84
23 87 22 90 27 81 25 81 25 81 24 87 23 87 22 90
25 87 27 89 31 79 31 80 30 81 29 83 29 87 27 89
20 85 18 88 25 77 25 78 24 78 23 84 20 85 18 88
20 87 19 92 25 80 25 80 24 84 22 89 21 87 19 92
27 81 25 84 32 82 32 82 31 82 29 77 29 81 27 84

89 16 91 22 80 22 81 22 81 21 85 18 89 16 91