By the Book: 2016 Olympic Tennis Venues

(ATR) All four bid cities propose different capacities for the various tennis courts 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 tennis.

Chicago

• Lincoln Park Tennis Center

• 10,000 (Center Court), 9,500 (Additional) Capacity

• $31 million for temporary construction

• 13 km from Olympic Village

• 8 km from IOC Hotel

• Currently used as public park

Madrid

• Manzanares Park Tennis Center

• 12,500 (main court), 5,000 (court 1), 3,000 (court 2), 250 (courts 3 to 9)Capacity

• $3.1 million for temporary construction

• 13 km from Olympic Village

• 9 km from IOC Hotel

• Currently used as tennis center

Rio de Janeiro

•Olympic Tennis Center

• 10,000 (Center Court), 5,000 (Show Court 1), 3,000 (Show Court 2), 250 (Match Courts) Capacity

• $16.7 million for temporary construction/$46.1 million for permanent construction

• 6 km from Olympic Village

• 29 km from IOC Hotel

• Construction has not started

Tokyo

• Ariake Tennis Park

• 10,000 / 5,000 / .3,000 Capacity (not detailed in bid book)

• $6 million for temporary construction / $50 million for permanent construction

• 2 km from Olympic Village

• 7 km from IOC Hotel

• Currently used as tennis center

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 Reaves

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