Rio 2016 Olympic Games organisers to reveal first venue
The organizers of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games will be revealing their first Olympic venue over the weekend. The Brazilian city is up next for hosting the international sporting event after the London 2012 Olympic Games, in 2016.
The Olympic venue that Rio de Janeiro will be showing off soon is the Sambadrome. The site will be shown to the public during the Carnival parades. These parades are one of the city’s most popular sporting event and are scheduled to take place over the weekend.
Apart from the parades, the Sambadrome will also be welcoming the archery competition as well as the opening and closing of the Carnival. The Carnival is going to act as a test event for the first Rio Olympic venue.
The president of the Rio 2016 Olympic Committee, Carlos Nuzman, shared his views by making the following statements, “The opening of the Sambodromo is a testament to how the Games are integrated with the city. The choice of this venue for the archery and
the marathon events not only gives us the opportunity to stage competitions against a worldwide known setting, but also offers Rio de Janeiro a renovated, enlarged stage for one of the city's largest popular celebrations.”
The Sambadrome site has been renovated for the purposes of making it suitable for the Olympic Games. The total amount of money spent on the renovations activities sum up to be $US20 million. Initially, the Sambadrome could house a total of 60,000 spectators.
However, the recent renovations have increased its capacity to hold 72,500 spectators. The Sambadrome has not only been adorned with new grandstands, it has also been provided with options that would facilitate the people with disabilities. This has been
done by the addition of facilities such as new sounds systems that would make for better hearing as well as new hospitality boxes. The renovations that have now been completed on the Sambadrome were started in 2011.
The first 2016 Olympic site experienced its official opening on the Sunday gone by with the presence of a total of 1000 athletes that took part in the Carnival.
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