Maracana was built for the FIFA 1950 World Cup, where it hosted both the opening and closing games. For many years, it has been the sports venue with higher capacity, up to 200,000 people, and nowadays is under renovations to host again another FIFA World Cup in 2014, and also the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2016 Olympic Games.
 The project belongs to EMOP, Empresa de Obras P?blicas do Estado do Rio de Janeiro,  and Secretary of Works, and is executed by Cons?rcio Maracan? Rio 2014. This consortium, formed by construction companies Odebrecht Infraestrutura and Andrade Gutierrez, relies on four 21 LC 400 tower cranes from Spanish manufacturer Linden Comansa. The cranes, with maximum load capacity of 18 tonne, have been erected with jib length of 70 m, which allows them to reach the entire jobsite. Their most important task up to now is mounting the metal structures of the tiers of seats, although soon they will be helping on the assembly of the steel cables of the ceiling, which will cover 96 per cent of all seats.