By the Book: 2016 Olympic Handball Venues

ATR) Three of the four bid cities’ handball venues will require only temporary construction. In this installment of By the Book, Around the Rings presents a look at the venues planned by Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo for the sport of handball.

Chicago

Preliminaries

• Lake Michigan Sports Complex North

• 10,000 Capacity

• $3.9 million in temporary construction

• 2 km from Olympic Village

• 7 km from IOC hotel

• Currently used as a convention center

Finals

• Chicago Arena

• 21,700 Capacity

• $8.8 million in temporary construction (venue also will be used for basketball and handball finals)

• 10 km from Olympic Village

• 5 km from IOC hotel

• Currently used as a indoor arena

Madrid

• Madrid Arena

• 12,000 Capacity

• $2.8 million in temporary construction

• 12 km from Olympic Village

• 6 km from IOC hotel

• Currently used as an indoor sports hall

Rio de Janeiro

• OTC – Hall 4

• 12,000 Capacity

• $9.5 million in temporary construction / $195.2 million in permanent construction (permanent cost also includes OTC-Halls 1-3 which will be used for basketball, judo, taekwondo and wrestling)

• 4 km from Olympic Village

• 30 km from IOC hotel

• Construction has not started

Tokyo

• Yoyogi National Stadium

• 12,000 Capacity

• $15 million in temporary construction

• 21 km from Olympic Village

• 9 km from IOC hotel

• Currently used as a sports arena

By the Book is a series of reports on the 2016 candidate cities, using information provided in the candidate file of each city.

Edited by Utsav Yadav and Isia Reaves

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