Brasilia stadium expected to take centuries to pay off

Rio de Janeiro

BRAZILIAN taxpayers hoping to see the Mane Garrincha stadium, expensively renovated in the capital Brasilia for last year's World Cup, paid off needn't hold their breath as it won't happen in their lifetime, authorities say.

According to the capital's public accounts office (TCDF), footing the bill for the publicly-funded stadium - which was refurbished for some 1.9 billion reais (S$968.7 million) - will take centuries rather than decades.