The cost of building the arenas for the 2016 Olympic Games is currently R$6.6B ($2.1B), but to "avoid white elephants, there is already a plan in place" for after the Games end, according to SPORTV. Two of the seven arenas, one being the Olympic Tennis Center, will be reused under the plan called "nomad architecture." These arenas will "form the Olympic Training Center for high-performing athletes." Municipal Olympic Committee (EOM) Project Dir Roberto Ainbinder: "You can surprise yourself and find that a temporary arena is more expensive than a permanent one. But if you think, maybe in 10 years, you see that the cost-benefit relationship has already been profoundly altered, especially along its useful life." Another example of "utilization [of the arenas] post-Games" is the handball arena. At its site, "four public schools will be built" after the Games. The key for the plan is the arena construction engineering, which is "of fundamental importance" as each structure is fitted "like building block toys" and welders will not be used. Ainbinder added, "If they [the structures] are welded, then they'll crumble when pulled apart. It would cause damage and would complicate its reuse. All of the parts were well-thought-out ... to be reused post-Games" (SPORTV, 3/11).
