RIO 2016: CITY HALL PRESENTS LEGACY PLAN FOR THE OLYMPIC PARK AND THE X-PARK
Education, social projects and high-performance sports will share the use of the greatest stage
of the Olympic Games. At Deodoro, the audience will have access to the second biggest leisure
area in the city
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Rio de Janeiro, July 29, 2015 – The first one will become a large sports and educational complex
in the Barra da Tijuca and Jacarepaguá area for public school students and high-performance
athletes, sharing the space for social projects and events. The other, in Deodoro, will be an XPark open to the population, which will serve about 1.5 million people from 10 neighborhoods
and three neighboring municipalities in a region with a high concentration of youngsters lacking
recreational areas.
Rio de Janeiro City Hall announces today how the Olympic Park, the heart of the Rio 2016
Games, and the Deodoro X-Park will be used after the biggest sporting event on the planet,
enabling educational background with emphasis on sports, access to the population for leisure
purposes and legacy for high-performance athletes. The projects embody the commitment of
the City Hall to generate a significant social and sporting legacy from the Games and prevent
'white elephants'.
One of the highlights is the transformation of the Carioca Arena 3 - which will host taekwondo,
fencing and Paralympic judo - into an Olympic Experimental School (GEO, its acronym in
Portuguese) for 850 students, sharing full-time elementary education with 10 sports disciplines.
The goal is to follow suit - adapting the project to our reality - of host cities that created an
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important legacy, benefiting its population, such as Munich (1972), Barcelona (1992), Sydney
(2000) and London ( 2012). Thus will be possible to turn into reality the motto of the mayor of
Barcelona in 1992, Pasqual Maragall: "The Games must serve the city, and should not be served
by the city".
Built in its majority with private funds, through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP), the Olympic
Park was designed to meet requirements of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and also to
provide a rational and effective use after the events. Located in an area of 1.18 million square
meters, 60% of the Olympic Park will become public area and 40% will be dedicated for
residential and commercial projects executed by the private partner.
Ernst & Young (EY), official supporter of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and exclusive supplier of
consultancy services for the mega event, is responsible for the economic and financial modeling
and governance of the legacy of the Olympic arenas. After a detailed study of the organizational
structure of similar facilities, the consultancy will develop a business and management model to
ensure that high-performance sports and social and educational goals for the Olympic arenas
are achieved and maintained in the long run. This process will be enabled through the
combination of public and private efforts, ensuring the socio-economic sustainability of this
important legacy of the Rio 2016 Games.
The shared use with high-performance sports was designed and will be implemented in
partnership with the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB), holder of knowledge for the
development and management of activities related to this segment of sports. In addition to
serving for training of top athletes, some facilities may host international sports competitions.
For the City Hall part - educational and community use - it will use the valuable experience
gained from managing the units of Experimental Olympic Schools, Olympic Villages and the Rio
em Forma Olímpico program.
Out of the nine venues that comprise the Olympic Park, seven will remain after 2016: Carioca
Arenas 1, 2 and 3, Maria Lenk Aquatic Park, Rio Arena, Velodrome and Tennis Center. After the
Games, an Olympic-standard athletics track and two beach volleyball courts, as well as
dormitory for high-performance and amateur athletes, will be added to the Park.
At the Deodoro X-Park - which will host canoe slalom, BMX cycling and mountain biking
competitions during the Games - extreme sports equipment will be offered to the public after
2016, in a huge leisure area, the second largest in the city.
The existing venues prior to the Olympic Games - Shooting Center, Equestrian Center, Field
hockey Centre and Modern Pentathlon Aquatics Center - will remain under the responsibility of
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the Brazilian Army, as well as the Youth Arena, a new venue that will host women's basketball
and fencing of the modern pentathlon competitions during the Games. As it already happened
before Rio became the Olympic Host City, these facilities under the military administration will
not have restricted military use: they will continue to welcome high-performance Brazilian
teams and to host national and international competitions.
See below the planning for each arena:
Carioca Arena 3 - During the Games it will host fencing, taekwondo and Paralympic judo.
Afterwards it will become an Experimental Olympic School (GEO), a place dedicated to sports,
for 850 students – it will be the largest unit of this model in the city. The Olympic Park GEO will
have 24 classrooms, science and media laboratories and two multipurpose rooms. It will offer
judo, wrestling, table tennis, futsal, badminton, basketball, handball, volleyball, swimming and
athletics (these last two, respectively, in the Maria Lenk Aquatic Park and on a track yet to be
built behind the Rio Arena).
To become a GEO, the arena with a capacity of 10,000 during the Games, will have their
temporary stands removed and will undergo adaptations. After dismantling the stands, for
example, classrooms and training areas will be constructed on the slabs.
But the new GEO structure will not only serve the students. It will also be used for social
projects, from a plan that will consider schedules, and get young people enrolled in social
programs who want to practice badminton, judo, wrestling, table tennis, archery, handball,
futsal, basketball, volleyball, artistic, trampoline and rhythmic gymnastics, as well as weight
lifting training. In total, the structure of the GEO can be used by almost 9.500 people per
month.
Carioca Arena 2 - The arena will host judo, greco-roman wrestling, wrestling and Paralympic
boccia in 2016 and will be dedicated exclusively to high-performance sports after the Games.
With a capacity of 10,000 people during the event, it will have its temporary grandstands
removed and, like on Carioca Arena 3, will house training rooms to be built on slabs. The
competitions played there will be: weight lifting, judo, wrestling, badminton, fencing, rhythmic
gymnastics, trampoline gymnastics and table tennis. There will also be locker rooms, rooms for
coaches and a big store of sporting material.
Carioca Arena 1 - The biggest of the Cariocas Arenas, with a capacity of 16,000 people to watch
the basketball and wheelchair rugby games during the Olympics, will be aimed at highperformance sport and the promotion of various events. Connected to the Carioca Arena 2, the
gym will have its high-performance wing implemented in the area adjacent to the neighboring
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facility, in order to form a set of equipment serving the best boxing and taekwondo fighters in
the country. There will also be dressing rooms and a big facility for the practice of weight
training and aerobic conditioning exercises.
Part of its grandstands will be dismantled after the Games and will have 7,500 permanent seats
after 2016. The goal is to host events such as concerts, fairs, exhibitions and sporting
competitions. If necessary, the capacity can be further expanded with the installation of
temporary structures for the public.
Velodrome - With 5,000 seats, the Velodrome will have multiple functions allowing full use of
its spaces. The venue, which will be the most modern in the country for the sport, will welcome
the best cyclists from Brazil for technical improvement and also host classes linked to social
sporting projects as well as international competitions and other sporting events. The core of
the track will receive equipment for the practice of other four sports: taekwondo, fencing,
boxing and weightlifting. In all, for this purpose, the Velodrome may have 740 students per
month linked to social projects.
Tennis Center - The complex will have 16 courts during the Rio 2016 Games. It will be reduced
after the event, but will keep welcoming high-performance athletes and will receive young
people enrolled in tennis academies. With a capacity of 19,750 people in its 10 game courts the other six are for training and warm-up - the Tennis Center will have three arenas during the
Games: for 10,000, people, 5,000 people and 3,000 people.
The main arena for 10,000 people and eight other courts will remain after the Games. The
Tennis Center, although smaller than the one used in the Games, will keep a structure capable
of hosting international tournaments, such as Rio Open. Thus, besides the permanent structure
in the main court, it will be possible to build temporary grandstands in other courts.
Maria Lenk Aquatic Park - Used for the 2007 Pan-American Games and for local training of
high-performance athletes, in addition to hosting competitions such as the Troféu Maria Lenk,
the Aquatic Park will host diving and synchronized swimming competitions during the 2016
Games. After the event, it will maintain its usage for high-performance athletes, but its role will
be expanded to offer places for 800 youngsters from social projects. For this audience, it will be
possible to train four Olympic aquatic disciplines: swimming, water polo, synchronized
swimming and diving. Students from the neighboring GEO will also use the Maria Lenk Aquatic
Center for swimming lessons. As from its inauguration, the venue will continue to host national
and international competitions.
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Athletics track, beach volleyball courts and accommodation (nomadic architecture) - The
athletics track will be one of the biggest sporting legacies of the Games for the city. It will be
built after the Games with the official size of 400 meters and will be placed right next to the
Carioca Arena 2, enabling the practice of all types of track and field competitions. As with other
facilities of the Olympic Park, it will have shared use among high-performance athletes, GEO
students and social project members. In the latter two groups, it will assist circa 1,080 people.
Between the athletics track and the Rio Arena there will be a dormitory following the concept,
which is a milestone in the organization of the Rio 2016 Games: the nomadic architecture, also
used in the Future Arena, which will be transformed into four municipal schools, and the
Aquatic Stadium, which will be turned into two aquatic centers. Regarding the dormitory, it will
arise from the technical galleries’ structure from the International Broadcast Centre (IBC),
which will be dismantled after the Paralympic Games. The accommodation building will have
116 rooms with two beds each, cafeteria, auditorium, physical therapy rooms and a restaurant.
The high-level accommodations will house foreign delegations of various modalities in Rio de
Janeiro for internships and trainings on the site that will have hosted the Olympic and
Paralympic Games.
At the other end of the athletics track, opposite to the dormitory, there will be two beach
volleyball courts, which may also be used by professional players and social project members.
Rio Arena - Also used in the 2007 Pan-American Games, the Rio Arena has established itself in
the cultural and sporting landscape of the city as a stage of big concerts, NBA basketball games
and MMA fights. In January this year, the Gymnastics Training Center was opened, with 1,400
square meters, which is run by COB and will remain after the Games. In 2016, the Arena will
host the Olympic competitions of artistic, rhythmic and trampoline gymnastics and wheelchair
basketball.
Olympic Way - Vertically cutting the Olympic Park with curves inspired by the Copacabana
beach sidewalk, the Olympic Way will be the path that will lead viewers to the venues. After
2016, it will be transformed into 890 meter long public park with 47,000 square meters of total
area, including five terraces and two kiosks. The Way begins at the entrance gate, at
Embaixador Abelardo Bueno Avenue, runs through the center of the Park and ends on the
banks of the Jacarepaguá Lagoon, joining the Live Site. Designed with inclination of up to 3.9°,
below the legal requirement, it ensures comfort to the public, especially to people with
disabilities.
After 2016, it will become a big public park, with boulevards, squares, bike lanes, leisure areas
and sports courts, with free access for sports practitioners. Divided in four sectors, the Olympic
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Way will be will offer a wide green area, with typical species of tropical vegetation, park for
children, picnic tables, recreational area with seats and exercising equipment.
Following by the winding road, you arrive to the Olympic Way Park, which will be divided in two
areas: sportive and civic. The first will have several facilities, a park for children, a kiosk and an
esplanade that will give access to the multi sports courts and ping-pong tables. Between the
courts - surrounded by protection nets and painted in different colors to signalize the lines of
the various sports that may be practiced - there will be tree-lined boulevards, bicycle paths and
bike racks. In its upper part, opposite the future GEO, the Olympic Way will be nearly 10 meters
above the ground, which will provide a privileged view of the park.
At the second part of the Olympic Park Way, in the civic area, the public will enjoy various
gardens of diverse features and plenty of shady areas, one dedicated for children, leisure
spaces for art installations and small events as well as kiosks and areas for picnics.
Closing the Olympic Way is the South Park where, during the Games, the Live Site will be
installed. With 30.000 square meters, the space will be a large recreation area with ramps for
skateboarding practice, gardens, open lawn for leisure activities with family and friends. The
site may also house restaurants, cafes and shops.
LEGACY OF TEMPORARY FACILITIES OF THE OLYMPIC PARK - NOMADIC ARCHITECTURE
At the time of the bid for the Rio 2016 Games, studies were conducted to identify which
Olympic Park facilities would be permanent and which would be temporary. When permanent,
the correct dimensioning for future use was broadly analyzed, so in some cases the capacity of
the plant was reduced in the Legacy Mode in comparison to the Games Mode. The three
Carioca Arenas, the Velodrome and the existing facilities (Maria Lenk Aquatic Park and Rio
Arena) will be permanent. The Tennis Center will have seven of its 16 courts removed,
remaining the main permanent court with 10,000 seats, and eight others, where is possible to
eventually build temporary bleachers to host major competitions.
The Aquatic Stadium and the Future Arena will be temporary. Regarding the non-permanent
arenas, it was developed the concept of nomadic architecture. The Aquatic Stadium and the
Future Arena are being built according to this concept. After the Games, the Aquatic Stadium
will be turned into two aquatic centers, one of them with a covered Olympic swimming pool (50
m) and a grandstand with seating for 6.000 spectators, and the other with an Olympic pool and
a grandstand with seating for 3.000 people. As for the Future Arena, it will be dismantled and
transformed into four municipal schools, each one with capacity for 500 students.
In order to enable the transformation of an Olympic facility into four new schools, the
construction of the Future Arena is being fully implemented in accordance to the post-2016
use. The specifications were determined since the process of choosing the company responsible
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for the project development. Precast ramps and stairs of the arena will be reused in the access
and circulation areas of the schools. The roof structure is made up of metal beams and tiles
with standard size for reuse on the roofs of the schools. There will also be standardization of
the dimensions from the panels of internal closures and front of the arena.
DEODORO X-PARK
Located on the border of the North and the West zones, Deodoro gathers many Army facilities
in an area with the highest concentration of youngsters lacking leisure options in the city.
Surrounded by the neighborhoods of Anchieta, Campo dos Afonsos, Deodoro, Guadalupe,
Jardim Sulacap, Magalhães Bastos, Parque Anchieta, Realengo, Ricardo de Albuquerque and
Vila Militar, the Deodoro Complex borders three populated municipalities in the metropolitan
region - Nilópolis, Nova Iguaçu and Mesquita - which will also be benefitted by the legacy left
from the Games at the X-Park. In 2016, the Deodoro Sports Complex will be the second largest
competition cluster of the Games, with 11 Olympic and four Paralympic sports. The X-Park will
be almost 500 square meters large, will offer various choices of recreation and sports activities including a bike path - and will be the second largest leisure area of the city, after the Flamengo
Park.
Plans for the full utilization of the X-Park, which will host the canoe slalom, BMX and mountain
bike competitions, divide the area into four sectors, according to each of their profiles. In sector
1, which includes the canoe slalom circuit and the BMX track, the idea is to have combined use
among the population and the high-performance athletes. The canoe slalom venue will become
a large pool. The obstacles that increase the difficulty of the athletes during the Games will be
removed and will make way to a recreational lake and a canal for swimming or sliding.
The Olympic BMX Track will remain, with its challenging waves, for the best BMX practitioners
in the world. At the ground next to it will be installed multi sports courts.
The sector 2 will be the one most dedicated to nature, with eco trails, fitness equipment including for Senior Citizens - and places for rest and contemplation, with seats, kiosks and
gardens.
The third sector foresees one more radical equipment and will be a meeting point for families,
with leisure places with grills and trails. An observation deck will provide broad view of the
park. In this sector there will be a mini mountain bike track for those who like to venture out for
more radical tracks.
Other sports courts, a bike path, a skating rink and other BMX track, for beginners, make up the
sector 4 of the X-Park.
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The sector 5 will be dedicated to citizens, with community service offer. The intention is to
install an on-site Knowledge Center, a Family Clinic and environmental education equipment.
OLYMPIC PARK HISTORY: GAMES MODE
The Rio 2016 Olympic Park is considered to be the heart of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
It occupies an area of 1.18 million square meters that will host competitions of 16 Olympic
sports (basketball, track cycling, artistic gymnastics, trampoline gymnastics, rhythmic
gymnastics, handball, judo, greco-roman wrestling, wrestling, synchronized swimming,
swimming, water polo, diving, taekwondo, fencing and tennis) and nine Paralympic (wheelchair
basketball, boccia, cycling, football 5-a-side, goalball, judo, swimming, wheelchair rugby and
wheelchair tennis).
In August 2011 it was completed the international architectural competition for the choice of
the general plan of the Olympic Park. The winner was the English office AECOM, who
participated in the Olympic Park project in London. In addition to contemplate the definition of
public spaces (streets, open spaces, accesses etc.) on Games and Legacy modes, the urban
proposal predicted the transition between the two scenarios. There were 60 entries, 41 with
the participation of international architects.
The location of the Rio 2016 Olympic Park was proposed in the 2016 Dossier for Rio de Janeiro's
Candidature to the Games in 2016. The area was proposed to be a public land with the required
dimensions to house the sports facilities and for being next to the Athletes’ Village and
Riocentro (where will also be played Olympic and Paralympic sports). The buildings of the
Olympic Park and Athletes’ Village in these specific areas represent savings of public funds
because, besides allowing private participation in the construction of buildings and structures
of the Athletes' Village, are being executed on land belonging to the Municipality, which
enabled the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) of the Olympic Park.
In March 2012, the concessionaire Rio Mais won the bid of the Olympic Park PPP. The
government counterpart was the municipal land itself in which the Olympic Park is being built,
in addition to resources of the Municipal Treasury. Rio Mais will receive allotments that can be
used after the Games, when the temporary structures are removed. At these allotments will be
built housing and commercial buildings that will develop a new residential neighborhood (open,
without barriers) of equivalent size to the Leme neighborhood. It will be a neighborhood with
new energy-efficient components, sustainability and accessibility and served by two BRT lanes,
the Transolímpica and Transcarioca.
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The land where there are the permanent gyms, the live site (recreation area where the public
can watch the events), public areas and the ecological park that will be built on the shores of
the lagoon (area of the Marginal Strip Protection) are not part of the counterpart allotments.
They will be a part of the Olympic Park in the post-Games mode and represent 60% of the total
land of Rio 2016 Olympic Park.
In order to enable the construction of the Aquatic Stadium, the Tennis Centre, the Velodrome
and the Future Arena, the City signed a technical cooperation agreement with the Federal
Government. The Union contributed with the resources for the works and the municipal
government funded the basic and executive projects, besides taking responsibility for the
execution of works.
OLYMPIC EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOLS
One of the legacies of the 2016 Olympic Games in Education, the Experimental Olympic Schools
program (GEO) aims to provide opportunities for students with sports skills from the 6th to 9th
grades of the municipal net to develop their potential while receiving quality education. The
program has already opened three units - Santa Teresa, Guaratiba and Caju - and 1.207
students were benefited.
In the three GEOs currently in operation, the sports offered are athletics, table tennis,
volleyball, handball, judo, chess, wrestling, football and badminton. Besides these disciplines,
the units of Santa Teresa and Pedra de Guaratiba also offer swimming. In order to join the GEO,
the student must take a physical fitness test.
In addition to the practice routine, at least two daily hours of sports activities and participation
in various competitions, students have Portuguese, Mathematics, Science and English classes,
tutoring and the obligation to get good grades to continue training. In addition to academic
excellence, support to the life project of the student and the values for education also form the
basis of the education program of these units.
The program's first school, in Santa Teresa, is named after the former IOC president Juan
Antonio Samaranch, who died in April 2010. The unit started operating in early 2012 and
already serves 525 students. In 2013 were inaugurated the Olympic Schools Dr. Sócrates, in
Pedra de Guaratiba, currently with 353 students, and Félix Mielli Venerando, at Caju, with 329.
Educational Results
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The GEO Samaranch, in Santa Teresa, opened in 2012, was among the top 10 results of the
educational network in IDERio in Final Years (6th to 9th grade), with an average grade of 7.4.
Published in 2015, the index used to measure the quality of teaching was based on the
evaluation of the Rio Exam of 2014.
Sports Results
The GEOs have featured in various disciplines and received numerous awards in sports
competitions. The wrestling team of GEO Felix Mielli Venerando in Caju Neighborhood, opened
in 2013, was champion in all events in which they participated. Among them, two stages of the
Wrestling State Champions League of Rio de Janeiro State and the Student Games of the Rio de
Janeiro State. In addition, two school students were classified to the national stage of the Youth
Games (COB).
In 2014, GEO Santa Teresa was the first public educational unit to win the Intercollegiate in
history, a competition between private and public schools of Rio State.
The Municipal Education Department partners with the Olympic Committee of the Netherlands
since 2013, allowing sports missions to be made with Olympic and Paralympic athletes to
workshops with students and teachers of GEOs Juan Samaranch, Felix Mielli and Dr. Socrates.
Visits are made twice a year.
OLYMPIC VILLAGES
The Municipal Secretariat of Sports and Leisure (SMEL, its acronym in Portuguese) develops the
practice of physical activities and sports in their 21 Olympic Villages around the city. There are
100 free activities among Olympic, non-Olympic, Paralympic, recreational and cultural assisting
more than 30.000 children and adults of all ages enrolled in activities with set schedules and
guided by skilled professionals.
The Olympic Villages are located throughout the city as follows: nine in the North Zone
(Mangueira, Vila Isabel, two in Ramos, Maré, Encantado, Penha, Honório Gurgel and Acari),
seven in the West Zone (Jacarepaguá, Vila Kennedy, Padre Miguel, Campo Grande, Santa Cruz,
Pedra Guaratiba and Deodoro), four Downtown (Center, Gamboa, Santo Cristo and Caju) and
one in the South Zone (Vidigal). The Olympic Villages are open from Tuesdays to Sundays (in
certain cases on Mondays), and Saturdays and Sundays it opens only for recreation purposes.
In order to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities, SMEL develops the practice of
50 sports and leisure activities for 3.014 students with physical limitations in 18 Olympic
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Villages. There are 62 specialized professionals available, 18 coordinators (14 postgraduates
and four Masters) and 44 teachers.
RIO EM FORMA OLÍMPICO
The program was created in 2009 with the goal to serve children, youngsters, adults, seniors
and disabled people in public places, taking advantage of extracurricular schedules in the case
of children. The project offers 34 sports classes for more than 18.000 people enrolled in 375
units.
The sports activities offered in the project help improve physical health and also act as
development of psychosocial skills tools such as the development of self-confidence, selfcontrol, decreased anxiety and promotion of team spirit, beyond the socialization of the
participants. In addition, the school performance of children participating has significant
improvements.
The activities offered at the Rio em Forma Olímpico program are: athletics, badminton, ballet,
basketball, boxing, capoeira, karate, ballroom dancing, folk dancing, belly dancing, beach
soccer, outdoor soccer, indoor soccer, futsal, gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, handball, hydro
gymnastics, jazz, jiu jitsu, judo, kickboxing, greco-roman wrestling, wrestling, muay-Thai,
swimming, surfing, taekwondo, tai chi chuan, tennis, table tennis, archery, volleyball and beach
volleyball.
OLYMPIC PARK
● Infraestructure
Status – Regarding the general infrastructure of the Olympic Park, the works on the
underground networks currently reach 91% of completion. More than 10.6 km of drainage
networks, 6.6 km of sewers, 10.9 km of water networks, 8.7 km of fire networks, 17.9 km of
public lighting network, 13.5 km of medium voltage lighting, 23.8 km of telecommunication
networks and 4.3 of gas networks have already been installed. Works on the car parks, on the
Olympic Way, on the viewpoints for spectators, on the recovery of the lagoon margins, on the
deck of the Live Site are ongoing. The overpasses that will connect the Olympic Way to the
Carioca Arena 1 and the Aquatic Center are complete.
The Olympic Way is the main access for the spectators to the sports venues at the Olympic
Park. It is a 1 km long street, with five terraces and two lookouts. Its curvy shape was inspired
by the traditional boardwalk of Copacabana. The street begins at the entrance gate and makes
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its way through the Park, ending at the edge of the Jacarepaguá Lagoon, where the Live Site will
be.
The Olympic Way was designed to tilt up to 4%, ie considerably below the legal requirement of
8.33% and the 5% suggested by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), to ensure
comfort to the public especially people with disabilities. The earthwork was completed and the
paving of the road is in the final phase. The viewpoints 4 and 5 are complete. The surface
drainage (board channel) is underway and the execution of the access gardens to the Olympic
Park are ongoing.
● Carioca Arenas 1, 2 and 3
Estimated delivery – Third trimester 2015.
Carioca Arena 1
Status – Mounting of the roof is in final phase. The last steps of the permanent grandstands are
almost concluded. The drywalls, the elevators, the changing rooms’ ceramic tiles and the
distribution of the venues are under executions. The self- leveling sub-floor was completed and
the wall painting has started.
Capacity: 16,000 seats
Sports:
Olympic: basketball
Paralympic: wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby
Carioca Arena 2
Status – Roofing has been completed as well as the installation of the natural lighting system
and the façade. The temporary grandstands are under installation. Parallel to it, the execution
of the monolithic flooring and the drywalls is underway. Next step is fixating compartment
doors, toilet seats, sinks, and metal handles.
Capacity: 10,000 seats
Sports:
Olympic: judo, greco-roman wrestling, wrestling
Paralympic: boccia
Carioca Arena 3
Roofing has been completed, as well as assembling the elevators and the natural lighting
system. The guardrails are being installed, so as the drywalls and the temporary grandstands.
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The monolithic flooring, the placement of the compartment doors and the installation of toilet
seats, sinks, and metal handles are underway.
Capacity: 10,000 seats
Sports:
Olympic: fencing, taekwondo
Paralympic: judo
● Tennis Center
Status – The first phase of the concrete structure for the main grandstand is concluded.
Mounting of the metal roofing is in final phase – the area which will be covered is ready. The
second layer of asphalt at the Arena 1 court will be painted shortly. The first layer of binder
from the court at the arenas 2 and 3, as well as the outside and warm up courts have been
executed.
Estimated delivery – Third trimester of 2015
Total capacity: 19,750 seats
Main court: 10,000 seats
Court 2: 5,000 seats
Court 3: 3,000 seats
Seven courts, each one with 250 seats, six warm up and training courts
Sports:
Olympic: tennis
Paralympic: wheelchair tennis, football 5-a-side
● Velodrome
Status – The assembly of the steel structure and concrete slabs are underway. In basements,
the internal access ramps are completed and the external, are ongoing. Slabs and walls are
under execution as well as the technical annex. In the reservoir, cistern and pump house have
been concreted.
Estimated delivery – Fourth trimester of 2015.
Capacity: 5,000 seats
Sports:
Olympic: cycling
Paralympic: cycling
● Future Arena (Handball)
Status –The foundation and the metal cover mounting, including the main pillars, the cover
main beams and the latticework have been concluded. The mounting of the pre-molded
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grandstands, the concreting of the floor slab and the execution of the internal networks are
ongoing.
Estimated delivery – Fourth trimester of 2015.
Capacity: 12,000 seats
Sports:
Olympic: handball
Paralympic: goalball
● Aquatic Stadium
Status – The metallic grandstand is concluded. The roofing of the main arena, the
infrastructures services, painting and drywalls are ongoing. The excavation works of the main
pool have begun.
Estimated delivery - First trimester 2016.
Capacity: 18,000 seats
Sports:
Olympic: swimming and water polo
Paralympic: swimming
● Maria Lenk Aquatic Park
Status – Spiking pile works at the warmup swimming pool and the power cabin have been
completed. The flooring of the warmup swimming pool is being concreted. Indoors, the
renovation of the four Level 3 bathrooms, located at the east and west areas, and the medical
center on level 2 are underway. The hot water pipe of the one of the competition pools was
replaced.
Estimated delivery - First trimester 2016.
Capacity: 5,000 seats
Sports:
Olympic: diving and synchronized swimming
● Rio Arena
Status - The venue has already been built and needs only adaptations which will start on the
second trimester of 2015.
Estimated delivery – Second trimester of 2016
Capacity: 12,000 seats
Sports:
Olympic: artistic gymnastics, trampoline gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics
Paralympic: wheelchair basketball
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● International Broadcast Centre (IBC)
The IBC will have 12 studios, 5,000 square meters each, with a capacity of 10,000 people.
Status – The civil works at the pump houses are complete, so as the assembly of the social
elevators. The construction works of the energy substation are in final phase, with the
completion of the internal and external walls. At the restrooms, ceramic tiles, the granite
countertops, the sanitary wares and doors are being executed. Internal painting of the ceiling
and walls have begun, so have the guardrails and handrails of the galleries and stairs
installation. Assembly of the cargo elevators, lighting and acoustic liner of the ceiling at the
superior floor are ongoing.
Estimated delivery – Third trimester of 2015
● Main Press Centre (MPC)
Status – Sealing is underway with partitions and masonry, and the building facilities and the air
conditioning system installation are ongoing.
Estimated delivery - Fourth trimester of 2015
● Hotel
With 404 rooms, the Olympic Park Hotel will have a complete leisure area, with pool, a
convention center, a gym and a bar.
Status – The aluminum frames are under installation on the facade. Sealing is underway with
partitions and masonry, and the building facilities and the air conditioning system installation
are ongoing. The installation of prefabricated bathrooms has been completed.
Estimated delivery – Second trimester of 2016
DEODORO SPORTS COMPLEX
Existing venues:
● National Shooting Centre – the seven existing stands are under renovation.
Status: The construction works such as the structural recovery of the building’s facade,
restrooms renovation, among others are ongoing. In addition to the brick wall works in
concrete blocks in the Pedanas, the old sidewalks are being demolished and new ones will be
rebuilt. The earthmoving works in the area to be used for overlay structures among others are
also ongoing.
Estimated delivery: Second trimester of 2016
Total capacity: 7,577 seats
Sports:
Olympic: shooting
Paralympic: shooting
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● Modern Pentathlon Aquatics Centre
The pool is under renovation and will have a temporary grandstand with 2,000 seats.
Status: The venue is under renovation, with works such as the waterproofing of the pool, the
construction of support buildings and renewals in the sanitary facilities.
Estimated delivery: First trimester of 2016
Capacity: 2 thousand seats
Sports:
Olympic: modern pentathlon (swimming)
● National Equestrian Centre
The cross-country track, training tracks, and the jumping and dressage arena will be renovated
and expanded. There will be a new veterinary clinic, a coliseum, a waste shelter and
accommodation for grooms and veterinarians (72 three-bedroom apartments), to remain as
legacy items after 2016. The jumping and dressage arena will have 14,200 seats (1,200
permanents and 13,000 temporaries). In addition, the covered riding arena will be renovated.
The jumping and dressage arena will have 14,200 seats, 1,200 of them permanent and 13,000
temporary. The cross-country track will have a capacity of 20,000 spectators standing and 1,000
temporary seats.
Status: The cross-country irrigation system is complete. Drainage and construction of new
water obstacles are nearing completion. The construction of the surgical room for the
veterinary clinic is in progress are also nearing completion. The works of the groom’s village is
in foundations and structure phase.
Estimated delivery: Second trimester of 2016
Total capacity: 35,200 seats
Sports:
Olympic: Equestrian eventing, jumping and dressage
Paralympic: Equestrian eventing, jumping and dressage
● Olympic Hockey Centre
The two existing pitches will be renovated. The new venue will include changing rooms, a
permanent grandstand with 2,500 seats for the main pitch and an administrative center. During
Games Time, the Olympic Hockey Centre will have 5,000 temporary seats at the secondary
pitch and 8,000 seats in the main pitch – 2,500 of them permanent.
Status: The foundation works of the permanent grandstands are complete. Mounting of the
metal structure of the dressing rooms have been finalized and the installation and brick wall
works are ongoing. The preparation of the 1, 2 and warm up fields, pillars, walls, and slabs are
complete. Also underway are the construction of the walls at the military condominium, the
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grass placement on the bank of the Marangá River, the crushed stone placement for the
perimeter of the fields, and the settlement of the concrete slabs, among others.
Estimated delivery: Fourth trimester of 2015
Total capacity: 15,293 seats
Sports:
Olympic: field hockey
New permanent venues:
● Youth Arena
The gymnasium will have 2,000 permanent seats and 3,000 temporary ones.
Status: Mounting of the metal structures of the building, permanent grandstand, construction
of the pre-molded concrete grandstand, renovation of services, concreting of the elevator
landing are underway.
Estimated delivery: First trimester of 2016
Capacity: 5,000 seats
Sports:
Olympic: modern pentathlon (fencing), preliminaries women’s basketball
● Olympic BMX Centre
Status: The execution of the asphalt coating and floor paint are ongoing and the starting ramp
structure is nearing completion.
Estimated delivery: Fourth trimester of 2015
Capacity: 7,500 temporary seats
Sports:
Olympic: BMX cycling
● Olympic Whitewater Stadium
Status: the concreting of the slab at the lake are is complete and the execution of its drainage
in concrete shackles is in progress. The frame and waterproofing of the competition and
training channels are mearing completion. The obstacle rails are under installation. In the
Common Domain of the X-Park, the drainage network for rainwater and lighting are underway,
the landscaping are underway.
Estimated delivery: First trimester of 2016
Capacity: 8,424 temporary seats
Sports:
Olympic: canoe slalom
Temporary venues:
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● Olympic Mountain Bike Park
Works at the competition track are in progress, so as the instalment of the obstacles and the
grass planting at the common domain area of the Mountain Bike venue.
Estimated delivery: First trimester of 2016
Capacity: 25,250 seats – 5,000 temporaries and 20,000 standing
Sports:
Olympic: mountain bike
● Deodoro Stadium
Estimated delivery: First trimester of 2016
Capacity: 15,000 seat
Sports:
Olympic: rugby, modern pentathlon (running, shooting and equestrian)
Paralympic: football 7-a-side
More information:
To download the presentation of the press conference access:
http://www.riomediacenter.com.br
http://www.rio.rj.gov.br/
For more information about the preparation of the city for the Rio 2016 Olympic and
Paralympic Games access:
www.cidadeolimpica.rio
Press Information: Rio City Hall - Communication for the Games / Municipal Olympic
Company 2016-9726 / 2016-9732 / 2016-9728 /olimpiada.prefeituradorio@gmail.com
Government Coordination Secretariat
Melissa Gadelha – 99180-8563/98806-7630/2976-1113/segovrio@gmail.com
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