FIFA warns of `` emergency situation '' in World Cup host city Curitiba as construction slows . Builders are given new deadline of February 18 to show progress at the Arena de Baixada . On a trip to inspect the venue Tuesday , Jerome Valcke , secretary general of the sport 's governing body , told reporters : `` You can not organize games if you do not have a stadium -- that 's obvious . ` Brazil 's Ministry of Sport pledges to upscale work and inject an extra $ 16.5 million . Comment:
FIFA warns of `` emergency situation '' in World Cup host city Curitiba as construction slows . Builders are given new deadline of February 18 to show progress at the Arena de Baixada . Brazil 's Ministry of Sport pledges to upscale work and inject an extra $ 16.5 million . Comment: