Centro Olímpico de Tênis
| Centro Olímpico de Tênis Maria Esther Bueno | |
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| place |
 Olympic Park Rio de Janeiro Barra da Tijuca , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil |
| Coordinates | 22 ° 58 '43.8 " S , 43 ° 23' 47" W |
| start of building | 2013 |
| opening | 2015 |
| First game | December 2015 |
| surface | Hard court |
| costs | R $ 201.7 million |
| architect | Gerkan, Marg and Partner , Schlaich Bergermann Partner |
| capacity | 18,000 seats (total) 10,000 seats (Maria Esther Bueno Court) 5,000 seats (Show Court 1) 3,000 seats (Show Court 2) 250 seats (Match Courts) |
| playing area | Hard court |
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The Centro Olímpico de Tênis Maria Esther Bueno ( German Olympic Tennis Center ) is a tennis center in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Park , which was built for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics on the former site of the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet . At the Paralympics, the games in wheelchair tennis and 5-a-side football were used here.
history
During construction, which started in 2013, there were some problems. The construction work came to a standstill when the city of Rio de Janeiro terminated the construction contract 200 days before the start of the Games. The cost of construction was 201.7 million Brazilian reals .
The complex has a tennis stadium and 15 other tennis courts. The Center Court, which has been named after the former Brazilian tennis player Maria Bueno since 2015 , has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. Show Court 1 had a capacity of 5000 seats, Show Court 2 offered 3000 spectators during the games. The other places were designed for 250 spectators each.
After the Olympic Games, beach volleyball games were played in the Maria Bueno Stadium in February 2017.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Olympic Games Tennis legacy may leverage the sport after the “Age of Guga”. In: rio2016.com. June 24, 2013, accessed March 2, 2016 .
- ^ Barra region. In: brasil2016.gov.br. Accessed March 2, 2016 .
- ↑ Rio 2016 tennis test event heralds new sporting era for Brazil. In: rio2016.com. December 13, 2015, accessed March 2, 2016 .
- ↑ Olympic Park Rio 2016 - Tennis Venues. In: sbp.de. Retrieved December 9, 2019 .
Competition venues for the 2016 Summer Olympics
