Carioca Arena 1

Carioca Arena 1

Arena Carioca 1
Location	Barra Olympic Park Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Coordinates	22°58′35″S 43°23′32″W / 22.976511°S 43.392334°W
Owner	City of Rio de Janeiro
Type	Stadium
Capacity	16,000 (Olympics) 5,000 (post-Olympics)
Opened	2016

Carioca Arena 1 (Portuguese: Arena Carioca 1) is an indoor stadium in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The venue will host basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics as well as wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. As with a number of other venues in the Barra Olympic Park, Carioca Arena 1 will be transformed after the games to become part of the Olympic Training Centre.^[1][2][3]

References

1. "Introducing Carioca Arena 1… the new home of Olympic basketball". Rio 2016. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
2. "Arena Carioca 1". globoesporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 March 2016.
3. "Carioca Arena 1". Rio 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.