Organization
In late 2009 the Colombian Football Federation unveiled the budget for conducting the event, to be COP 150 billion (USD 75 million). On 30 September 2009, the presidents of both FIFA and Colombia announced that the logo would show a steaming cup of coffee with the colors of the Colombian tricolor. An estimated 1,021,000 tickets have already been sold, including a complete sell out of all matches that are to take place at the Estadio Nemesio Camacho in Bogotá.
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