The National Equestrian Center, known as the Olympic Equestrian Centre during the 2016 Summer Olympics, is an equestrian venue located at the Deodoro Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The venue hosted the equestrian events for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the equestrian events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[1][2]
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Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Coordinates | 22°52′10″S 43°24′21″W / 22.8695126°S 43.405931°W |
Capacity | 14,000 |
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Broke ground | 2007 |
Opened | 2007 |
Renovated | 2015 |
Construction cost | $11 million (renovation) |
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Equestrian events for the 2016 Summer Olympics Equestrian events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics |
Footnotes
edit- ^ "Rio 2016 opens Olympic Equestrian Centre". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "Experts at Rio 2016 equestrian venue ready for Olympic and Paralympic Games". Rio 2016. 28 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
References
edit- Rio2016.org.br bid package. Volume 2. p. 18.