Barra Velodrome
Appearance
Rio Olympic Velodrome | |
Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Capacity | 5,000 |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 2007 |
Opened | 2007 |
Construction cost | $35 million |
Tenants | |
Cycling and will used to be same events for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Cycling events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics |
The Barra velodrome is one of three sports venues located on the site of the Nelson Piquet International Autodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (the other two are the Rio Olympic Arena and the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center). It hosted the track cycling events of the 2007 Pan American Games and will host track cycling events in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
References
- Rio2016.org.br bid package. Volume 2. p. 18.
- Sports and venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics