| Parque Olímpico da Barra | |
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| Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Coordinates | 22°58′37″S43°23′38″W / 22.977°S 43.394°W /-22.977; -43.394 |
| Owner |  Prefecture of Rio de Janeiro |
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| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 6 July 2012[1] |
| Opened | 6 August 2016 |
| Construction cost | R$ 2.34 billion |
| Builder | Odebrecht,Andrade Gutierrez, Carvalho Hosken[2] |
TheBarra Olympic Park (Brazilian Portuguese:Parque Olímpico da Barra), originally theCity of Sports Complex, is a cluster of nine sporting venues inBarra da Tijuca, in the west zone ofRio de Janeiro, Brazil. The park, which served as theOlympic Park for the2016 Summer Olympics and the2016 Summer Paralympics, was originally built for the2007 Pan American Games, consisting of three venues. The complex was later expanded to nine venues for the Olympics, two of which are temporary structures, and became the site of theOlympic Training Center.
The site of the Barra Olympic Park was formerly occupied by theAutódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, also known asJacarepaguá.[3][4] It was a formerFormula One circuit that hosted theBrazilian Grand Prix on a number of occasions throughout the 1980s, before the Grand Prix went back to its original home at theAutódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, in 1990. Jacarepaguá was partly demolished to make way for the City of Sports Complex, a cluster of three venues constructed for the2007 Pan American Games, held in Rio de Janeiro. The venues consisted theMaria Lenk Aquatic Center, which helddiving,swimming andsynchronized swimming events, theRio Olympic Arena, which heldbasketball andartistic gymnastics events, and theBarra Velodrome, which heldtrack cycling andspeed roller skating events. Construction of the City of Sports was not without setbacks – the original plan for the complex called for a large-scale entertainment complex, valued atR$ 500 million and contracted to private firms for construction. These plans, however, fell through, and a smaller-scale plan for the complex was adopted instead.[5] Opposition efforts by preservationists of the Jacarepaguá, the unsuitable soil at the construction site and numerous strike actions by workers delayed the venue's construction, which initially planned to begin in 2005, but was delayed until mid-2006.[5] Despite these challenges, the venues were completed in time for the games in July 2007, and cost a relatively cheaper R$ 205 million to construct, with venues smaller than originally planned.[5]
In 2009, Rio de Janeiro successfully bid to host the2016 Summer Olympics andParalympics. Plans for a new array of venues at the City of Sports, rebranded the Barra Olympic Park, along with the complete demolition of the Jacarepaguá, was in the works. The Barra Velodrome, however, was not approved by theInternational Cycling Union as an appropriate venue for track cycling events at the Olympics. It was decided that costs to upgrade the velodrome would be equally as expensive as building a new venue,[6] thus theRio Olympic Velodrome, built immediately west of the Rio Olympic Arena, was conceived, with the Barra Velodrome being demolished in 2013. Other new venues constructed for the Olympics include theCarioca Arenas, theOlympic Tennis Center, and the temporaryOlympic Aquatics Stadium, built on the site of the former Barra Velodrome, andFuture Arena venues.
Domestic broadcasterRede Globo constructed a studio for its coverage of the Games in Barra Olympic Park.[7]
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After the conclusion of the games, the site was repurposed to become theOlympic Training Center, a sports training facility operated by the BrazilianMinistry of Sports.[10][11] The Olympic Aquatics Stadium was dismantled and its parts were used in the construction of two new swimming venues on the site - both 50m pools with capacities for 6,000 and 3,000 spectators, respectively, with other pools being donated to various projects around Brazil.[12]Carioca Arena 2 became a campus of theFederal Institute of Education, Science and Technology, serving 1400 students, whileCarioca Arena 3 became a sports training school, with space for 5000 full-time students. In addition,Future Arena was dismantled for its materials to be used in the construction ofpublic schools across Rio de Janeiro city, and theRio Olympic Velodrome now houses the Rio Olympic Museum.[13][14]
In 2017, it was announced that the Olympic Park will be the permanent site of theRock in Rio traditional international music festival.[15]
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