Future Arena

{{Short description|Sports venue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil}}

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| native_name = Arena do Futuro

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| location = Barra Olympic Park
Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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| opened = 2016

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The Future Arena (Portuguese: Arena do Futuro) was a temporary sporting venue in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that was used for handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

After the games, the venue was planned to be dismantled and reassembled as four schools.{{cite web|url=http://www.rio2016.com/en/handball |title=Olympic Handball |publisher=Rio 2016 |access-date=7 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224161852/http://www.rio2016.com/en/handball |archive-date=24 February 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.rio2016.com/en/barra-olympic-park/future-arena |title=Future Arena |publisher=Rio 2016 |access-date=7 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128174130/http://www.rio2016.com/en/barra-olympic-park/future-arena |archive-date=28 January 2015 }}{{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 |publisher=Rio 2016 |date=29 July 2015 |access-date=7 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=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 |archive-date=10 March 2016 }} As of August 2017, these plans had been abandoned by Rio's mayor Marcelo Crivella, but were reinstated sometime after.{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/20292414/the-reality-post-olympic-rio|title=One year after Rio: What's left behind after the flame goes out|work=ESPN.com|access-date=2017-08-11}}

In 2022, demolition of the arena started.[https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/radioagencia-nacional/esportes/audio/2022-03/prefeitura-do-rio-comeca-desmontar-arena-no-parque-olimpico Prefeitura do Rio começa a desmontar arena no Parque Olímpico] The first of the two reassembled schools opened in February 2024, with the other two opening in March, all in a lesser developed part in the west of Rio de Janeiro. All four schools teach will teach STEAM fields, as part of a model introduced by the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro. {{Cite news|url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/rio-2016-arenas-become-schools-and-public-facilities-as-games-legacy-unfolds|title=Rio 2016 arenas become schools and public facilities as Games legacy unfolds|work=olympics.com/ioc/|access-date=2017-08-11}}