Barra Velodrome

Barra Velodrome
Construction
Barra Velodrome during the 2007 Pan American Games
Location	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Capacity	5,000
Broke ground	2007
Opened	2007
Construction cost	$35 million

The Barra velodrome was one of three sports venues located on the site of the former Nelson Piquet International Autodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (the other two are the Rio Olympic Arena and the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center). It hosted the track cycling events of the 2007 Pan American Games and was scheduled to host track cycling events in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

The venue was demolished in the early stages of the 2016 Barra Olympic Park construction in favour of the new Rio Olympic Velodrome because the one built for the 2007 Pan American Games was not approved by the International Cycling Union (UCI) for Olympic events. Adapting it to meet the standard required by UCI would cost practically the same as building a new one.

References

Olympic Games - Facilities - Barra Region (brasil2016.gov.br)
Rio de Janeiro Olympic venues map (rio2016.com)

Coordinates: 22°58′47″S 43°23′40″W / 22.97972°S 43.39444°W / -22.97972; -43.39444

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