Jeunesse Arena

Jeunesse Arena
The Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro
Earlier names
Arena Olímpica do Rio (July – December 2007, 2016) HSBC Arena (March 2008–2016)
Data
place	Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
Coordinates	22 ° 58 ′ 31 ″  S , 43 ° 23 ′ 25 ″  W Coordinates: 22 ° 58 ′ 31 ″  S , 43 ° 23 ′ 25 ″  W
owner	City of Rio de Janeiro
operator	GL events
start of building	November 2005
opening	July 2007
surface	parquet
capacity	15,000 seats (basketball) 15,000 seats (futsal) 15,000 (arena football) 12,000 (Olympic Games) 16,000–22,000 seats (concerts)
Societies)
Flamengo basketball
Events
2016 Summer Olympics ( gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics , Trampoline ) Summer Paralympics 2016 ( wheelchair basketball ) Pan American Games 2007 (basketball, artistic gymnastics) World Judo Championships 2007 Concerts

The Jeunesse Arena is a multi-purpose hall and is located in the Barra da Tijuca district in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . With the Parque Aquático Maria Lenk and the Velódromo da Barra , it forms the Complexo Esportivo de Autódromo in the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet race track .

It was built on the occasion of the 15th Pan American Games in 2007 (July 13-29) and basketball and gymnastics took place there. The Judo World Championships were held from September 13 to 16, 2007 .

The 2016 Summer Olympics were held in the arena artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining at the Summer Paralympics in 2016 , the wheelchair basketball -Competitions instead.

In addition to sporting events, the hall is also used for concerts. Guests were here z. B. Andrea Bocelli , Alanis Morissette , Bob Dylan , Korn , Lily Allen , Ozzy Osbourne , Roberto Carlos , Rod Stewart , Scorpions , Seal , The Offspring , Queen + Paul Rodgers

From March 29, 2008 until the beginning of the Olympic Games, the event hall was named HSBC Arena , after the world's largest banking group HSBC . Since 2016 the sports facility has been called Jeunesse Arena after the company Jeunesse Global .

photos

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  The arena during the 2007 Pan American Games

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  The basketball court

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  Arena grandstand

Web links

Commons : Jeunesse Arena  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hall website (Portuguese / English)
• Information about the sports complex (Portuguese)
• Rio Olympic Arena on rio2016.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ diariodorio.com: Computer- animated video of the sports facilities (Portuguese)