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Rio De Janeiro Announces Construction For Barra Olympic Park 92% Complete

Rio de Janeiro City Hall, which is overseeing the construction work of the venues for the 2016 Olympic Games, has announced that the Barra Olympic Park is 92 percent ready. In Deodoro, the next largest Games site, some arenas are finished and the canoe slalom is 98 percent built. - See more at: http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-sports/rio-2016-barra-olympic-park-92-per-cent-complete/#sthash.sSrA3XKd.dpuf
Rio de Janeiro City Hall, "which is overseeing the construction work of the venues for the 2016 Olympic Games," announced that the Barra Olympic Park is 92% ready, according to Georgia Grimond of the RIO TIMES. In Deodoro, "the next largest Games site," some arenas are finished and the canoe slalom is 98% built. Nine sport sites at the Olympic Park in Barra, the "heart of the Games," have reached a 90% completion rate or more. They "include three Carioca Arenas, the Main Press Centre, International Broadcast Centre, Futuro Arena and the Aquatic Stadium." Figures from mid-October show construction of the Olympic Hotel (84% complete), Velodrome (70% complete) and the Tennis Centre (80% complete), "which are all in Barra, going at a slower rate." The Youth Arena in Deodoro "was also only 68 percent finished." In Brasília, "there are doubts over whether the Mané Garrincha National Stadium, which was built especially for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, will be able to afford to host some of the Olympic football games." The cash-strapped capital "is struggling to bear the cost of the country’s most expensive stadium" (RIO TIMES, 11/5).

Nine sport sites at the Olympic Park in Barra, the “heart of the Games”, have reached a ninety percent completion rate or more. They include three Carioca Arenas, the Main Press Centre, International Broadcast Centre, Futuro Arena and the Aquatic Stadium.

In Deodoro, in Rio’s Zona Norte (North Zone), the BMX and Mountain Bike tracks are finished and have already held Aquece Rio test events on the courses.

Figures from mid-October show construction of the Olympic Hotel (84 percent complete), Velodrome (seventy percent complete) and the Tennis Centre (eighty percent complete), which are all in Barra, going at a slower rate. The Youth Arena in Deodoro was also only 68 percent finished.

In Brasília, there are doubts over whether the Mané Garrincha National Stadium, which was built especially for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, will be able to afford to host some of the Olympic football games. The cash-strapped capital is struggling to bear the cost of the country’s most expensive stadium.

- See more at: http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-sports/rio-2016-barra-olympic-park-92-per-cent-complete/#sthash.sSrA3XKd.dpuf

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