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.
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History
The site of the Barra Olympic Park was formerly occupied by the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, also known as Jacarepaguá.[1][2] It was a former Formula One circuit that hosted the Brazilian Grand Prix on a number of occasions throughout the 1980s, before moving back to its original home at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, in 1990.
Venues
The nine venues to be used within the Olympic Park are:[3][4]
- Carioca Arena 1: basketball (capacity: 19,000)
- Carioca Arena 2: wrestling, judo (capacity: 18,000)
- Carioca Arena 3: fencing, taekwondo (capacity: 18,000)
- Future Arena: handball (capacity: 18,000)
- Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre: diving, synchronised swimming, water polo (capacity: 18,000)
- Olympic Aquatics Stadium: swimming, water polo play-offs (capacity: 21,000)
- Olympic Tennis Centre: tennis (capacity: 18,000 Main Court)
- Rio Olympic Arena: gymnastics (capacity: 20,000)
- Rio Olympic Velodrome: track cycling (capacity: 10,000)
Future and legacy
After the close of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, Carioca Arena 3 will become a sports school, while the other six venues will form part of the Olympic Training Centre.[5][6]
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