Barra Olympic Park

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The site of the Barra Olympic Park was formerly occupied by the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, also known as Jacarepaguá.{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Peter |title=Rio Olympics 2016: Brazilian city in a race against time to be ready to play host to the Games |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-15/rio-prepares-for-olympic-sized-makeover/4958554 |website=ABC News Australia |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |accessdate=14 May 2016 |date=15 September 2013}}{{cite web |last1=Watts |first1=Jonathan |title=The Rio property developer hoping for a $1bn Olympic legacy of his own |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/04/rio-olympic-games-2016-property-developer-carlos-carvalho-barra |website=The Guardian |accessdate=14 May 2016 |date=5 August 2015}} It was a former Formula One circuit that hosted the Brazilian Grand Prix on a number of occasions throughout the 1980s, before the Grand Prix went back to its original home at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, in 1990. Jacarepaguá was partly demolished to make way for the City of Sports Complex, a cluster of three venues constructed for the 2007 Pan American Games, held in Rio de Janeiro. The venues consisted the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, which held diving, swimming and synchronized swimming events, the Rio Olympic Arena, which held basketball and artistic gymnastics events, and the Barra Velodrome, which held track cycling and speed roller skating events. Construction of the City of Sports was not without setbacks – the original plan for the complex called for a large-scale entertainment complex, valued at R$ 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.{{cite web |author1=Universo Online staff |title=Pan 2007 - Complexo do Autódromo [Portuguese] |url=http://pan.uol.com.br/pan/2007/sedes/sede2.jhtm |website=Universo Online |publisher=Grupo Folha |accessdate=20 August 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820132756/http://pan.uol.com.br/pan/2007/sedes/sede2.jhtm |archivedate=20 August 2016 |date=2007}} 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. 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.

In 2009, Rio de Janeiro successfully bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. 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 the International 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,{{cite web |title=Barra Region - Portal Brasil 2016 |url=http://www.brasil2016.gov.br/en/olimpiadas/facilities/barra |website=Brasil 2016 |publisher=Federal government of Brazil |accessdate=21 August 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820163648/http://www.brasil2016.gov.br/en/olimpiadas/facilities/barra |archivedate=20 August 2016 |date=2015}} thus the Rio 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 the Carioca Arenas, the Olympic Tennis Center, and the temporary Olympic Aquatics Stadium, built on the site of the former Barra Velodrome, and Future Arena venues.

Domestic broadcaster Rede Globo constructed a studio for its coverage of the Games in Barra Olympic Park.{{cite news |title=An Olympic Wrap-Up Show That Doesn't Quite Translate | work=The New York Times | date=20 August 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/sports/olympics/an-olympic-wrap-up-show-that-doesnt-quite-translate.html?_r=0 |accessdate=26 August 2016 | last1=Segal | first1=David }}

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;Current{{cite web |url=http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/introducing-carioca-arena-1-the-new-home-of-olympic-basketball |title=Introducing Carioca Arena 1… the new home of Olympic basketball |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |accessdate=4 March 2016 |date=12 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310171827/http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/introducing-carioca-arena-1-the-new-home-of-olympic-basketball |archivedate=10 March 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.brasil2016.gov.br/en/olimpiadas/facilities/barra |title=Barra Region |work=Portal Brasil 2016 |publisher=Governo Federal do Brasil |accessdate=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820163648/http://www.brasil2016.gov.br/en/olimpiadas/facilities/barra |archivedate=20 August 2016}}

• Carioca Arena 1: basketball, wheelchair basketball, and wheelchair rugby (capacity: 16,000)
• Carioca Arena 2: wrestling, judo, and boccia (capacity: 10,000)
• Carioca Arena 3: fencing, taekwondo, paralympic judo, and paralympic fencing (capacity: 10,000)
• Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre: diving, synchronised swimming, water polo (capacity: 5,000)
• Olympic Tennis Centre: tennis, wheelchair tennis and 5-a-side football (capacity: 10,000; Main Court)
• Farmasi Arena: gymnastics and wheelchair basketball (capacity: 12,000)
• Rio Olympic Velodrome: track cycling (capacity: 5,000)

;Former

• Barra Velodrome (capacity 5,000)
• Future Arena: handball and goalball (capacity: 12,000)
• Olympic Aquatics Stadium: swimming, synchronised swimming, water polo play-offs and paralympic swimming (capacity: 15,000)

File:Arenas Cariocas (2).jpg|The three Carioca Arenas (3, 2 and 1 on top)

File:Arena do Futuro Rio 2016.jpg|Future Arena

File:Maria Lenk Aquatic Center.jpg|Maria Lenk Center

File:Esportes Aquáticos Rio 2016.jpg|Aquatics Stadium

File:Tênis Rio 2016.jpg|Olympic Tennis Center

File:Arena Olímpica do Rio.jpg|Rio Olympic Arena

File:Rio2016 julho ParqueOlimpico Barra 012 8301 -c-2016 GabrielHeusi HeusiAction.jpg|Rio Velodrome

After the conclusion of the games, the site was repurposed to become the Olympic Training Center, a sports training facility operated by the Brazilian Ministry of Sports.{{cite web |url=http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/rio-2016-olympic-and-paralympic-games-venues-to-leave-sporting-educational-and-social-legacy-to |title=Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games venues to leave sporting, educational and social legacy to city |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |date=29 July 2015 |accessdate=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310164800/http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/rio-2016-olympic-and-paralympic-games-venues-to-leave-sporting-educational-and-social-legacy-to |archivedate=10 March 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/barra-olympic-park-heart-of-the-rio-2016-games-95-per-cent-complete |title=Barra Olympic Park, heart of the Rio 2016 Games, 95 per cent complete |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |date=29 December 2015 |accessdate=6 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308113904/http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/barra-olympic-park-heart-of-the-rio-2016-games-95-per-cent-complete |archivedate=8 March 2016}} 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 Rio.{{cite web |author1=World Build 365 staff |title=Sustainable Olympic aquatics stadium unveiled ready for Rio 2016 Games |url=https://www.worldbuild365.com/news/qzt4sogps/building-architecture/sustainable-olympic-aquatics-stadium-unveiled-ready-for-rio-2016-games |website=World Build 365 |publisher=ITE Group |accessdate=21 August 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820141420/https://www.worldbuild365.com/news/qzt4sogps/building-architecture/sustainable-olympic-aquatics-stadium-unveiled-ready-for-rio-2016-games |archivedate=20 August 2016 |url-status=usurped |date=5 August 2016}} Carioca Arena 2 became a branch of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology, serving 1400 students, while Carioca 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 of public schools across Rio de Janeiro, and the Rio Olympic Velodrome now houses the Rio Olympic Museum.{{cite web |author1=Rio 2016 staff |title=Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games venues to leave sporting, educational and social legacy to city |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/rio-2016-olympic-and-paralympic-games-venues-to-leave-sporting-educational-and-social-legacy-to-city |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |accessdate=21 August 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820142053/https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/rio-2016-olympic-and-paralympic-games-venues-to-leave-sporting-educational-and-social-legacy-to-city |archivedate=20 August 2016 |date=29 July 2016}}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-09 |title=Rio 2016 arenas become schools and public facilities as Games legacy unfolds |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/rio-2016-arenas-become-schools-and-public-facilities-as-games-legacy-unfolds |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Olympics.com}}

In 2017, it was announced that the Olympic Park will be the new site of the bi-annual music festival, Rock in Rio, situated on the premises of the former Olympic Way.{{cite web |last=Miranda |first=Beatriz |title=New 'Cidade do Rock' is Ready to Host Rock in Rio 2017 this Friday |url=http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-entertainment/new-cidade-do-rock-is-ready-to-host-rock-in-rio-2017-this-friday/ |work=Rio Times |date=September 14, 2017 |accessdate=December 14, 2017}}

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