All four bid cities propose plans for temporary construction on existing venues for table tennis for the 2016 Olympics. 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 table tennis.
Chicago Chicago’s table tennis venue will be located less than 5 km from the Olympic Village. (Chicago2016.org)
• Lake Michigan Sports Complex West
• 6,000 Capacity
• $3.5 million for temporary construction
• 2 km from Olympic Village
• 7 km from IOC Hotel
• Currently used as a convention center
Madrid Madrid’s IFEMA Pavilion 7 is currently used as an event venue.(Madrid2016.es)
• IFEMA Pavilion 7
• 5,000 Capacity
• $4.8 million for temporary construction
• 6 km from Olympic Village
• 10 km from IOC Hotel
• Currently used as IFEMA event venue
Rio de Janeiro Riocentro-Pavilion 3 in Rio will have different capacities for center court and preliminaries. (Rio 2016)
• Riocentro – Pavilion 3
• 5,000 (Center Court) / 2,000 (Preliminaries) Capacity
• $6.5 million in temporary construction
• 2 km from Olympic Village
• 32 km from IOC Hotel
• Currently used as an exhibition center
Tokyo Tokyo’s table tennis venue will hold up to 8,000 spectators. (Tokyo2016.or.jp)
• Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
• 8,000 Capacity
• $4 million for temporary construction
• 17 km from Olympic Village
• 6 km from IOC Hotel
• Currently used as 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 Isia ReavesFor general comments or questions, click here
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