For a third consecutive World Cup tournament, FIFA are staging FIFA Fan Fests in each of the 12 host cities throughout the competition. Prominent examples are the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, which already held a Fan Fest in 2010,São Paulo's Vale do Anhangabaú and Brasília's Esplanada dos Ministérios, with the Congress in the background.The first official event took place on Iracema Beach, in Fortaleza, on 8 June 2014