Millions of people will be making their way to and through Sao Paulo, Brazil for June 12th’s opening World Cup match and tournament, and it appears the city’s public transportation system had been thrown into chaos.
According to the Associate Press, the public transit workers, who were expected to transport an estimated 3.5 million people during the tournament; have gone on strike. Their timing is genius for their benefit, but could severely limit access to and from the matches and devastate the organization of the World Cup.
Apparently, the passengers are not accepting this news very well. There are reports of people damaging trains and kicking down metal barriers all over the city. Some are even jumping on tracks in protest of the strike. The entire situation is a mess, and may rapidly become yet another serious problem for the host city.
This is the latest in a long list of issues with the World Cup being in Brazil in such times of turmoil. The executive committee definetly needs to review their city selection process. It doesn’t seem that Brazil was ready for such a large event from the beginning.
[H/T AP, Bleacher Report]