Olympic Aquatics Stadium
This article is about the venue for swimming and water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics. For venues for aquatics in previous Olympic games, see List of Olympic venues in swimming.
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Exterior view of the stadium in May 2016 | |
| Location | Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Coordinates | 22°58′51″S 43°23′42″W / 22.980746°S 43.394918°WCoordinates: 22°58′51″S 43°23′42″W / 22.980746°S 43.394918°W |
| Capacity | 14,997 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | Q2 2014 |
| Opened | April 8, 2016 |
| Construction cost | $38 million |
The Olympic Aquatics Stadium is a temporary aquatics center in the Barra Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro. The venue will host the swimming events and water polo finals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the swimming events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Structure
The center is designed as a temporary structure, a form of nomadic architecture similar to the Future Arena, which hosts handball. After completion of the games, it will be dismantled and its parts will be used in the construction of two new, different facilities. [1]
The exterior of the building features art by Brazilian artist Adriana Varejão.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Sustainable Olympic aquatics stadium unveiled ready for Rio 2016 Games". 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
External links
Media related to Olympic Aquatics Stadium at Wikimedia Commons
- Rio2016.org.br bid package. Volume 2. p. 56.
- Sports and venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic Aquatics Stadium
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