Barra Olympic Park
The Barra Olympic Park (Brazilian Portuguese: Parque Olímpico da Barra) is a cluster of nine sporting venues in Barra da Tijuca, in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil that will be used for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Of the nine venues, seven are permanent structures. After the games are completed, Carioca Arena 3 will become a sports school, while the other six venues will form part of the Olympic Training Centre.[1][2]
Venues
The nine venues to be used within the Olympic Park are:
- Carioca Arena 1: basketball (capacity: 19,000)[3]
- Carioca Arena 2: wrestling, judo (capacity: 18,000)[4]
- Carioca Arena 3: fencing, taekwondo (capacity: 18,000)[4]
- Future Arena: handball (capacity: 18,000)[4]
- Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre: diving, synchronised swimming, water polo (capacity: 18,000)[4]
- Olympic Aquatics Stadium: swimming, water polo play-offs (capacity: 21,000)[4]
- Olympic Tennis Centre: tennis (capacity: 18,000 Main Court)[4]
- Rio Olympic Arena: gymnastics (capacity: 20,000)[4]
- Rio Olympic Velodrome: track cycling (capacity: 10,000)[4]
References
- ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games venues to leave sporting, educational and social legacy to city". Rio 2016. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ↑ "Barra Olympic Park, heart of the Rio 2016 Games, 95 per cent complete". Rio 2016. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ↑ "Introducing Carioca Arena 1… the new home of Olympic basketball". Rio 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Barra Region". Portal Brasil 2016. Governo Federal do Brasil. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
Coordinates: 22°58′37″S 43°23′38″W / 22.977°S 43.394°W
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