Parque Olímpico da Barra | |
Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Coordinates | 22°58′37″S 43°23′38″W / 22.977°S 43.394°W |
Facilities | |
Owner | Prefecture of Rio de Janeiro |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 6 July 2012[1] |
Opened | 6 August 2016 |
Construction cost | R$ 2.34 billion |
Builder | Odebrecht, Andrade Gutierrez, Carvalho Hosken[2] |
The Barra Olympic Park (Brazilian Portuguese: Parque Olímpico da Barra), originally the City of Sports Complex, is a cluster of nine sporting venues in Barra da Tijuca, in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The park, which served as the Olympic Park for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics, was originally built for the 2007 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 the Olympic Training Center.