Future Arena

Future Arena
Arena do Futuro

Location	Barra Olympic Park Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Owner	City of Rio de Janeiro
Type	Stadium
Capacity	12,000 (Olympics)
Opened	2016

The Future Arena (Portuguese: Arena do Futuro) is a temporary sporting venue in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that will be used for handball, volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics and goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. After the games, the venue will be dismantled and reassembled as four schools.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics

Barra Cluster	Carioca Arena 1 Carioca Arena 2 Carioca Arena 3 Future Arena Maria Lenk Aquatics Center Olympic Aquatics Stadium Olympic Golf Course Olympic Tennis Centre HSBC Arena Pontal Riocentro (four venues) Rio Olympic Velodrome

Copacabana Cluster	Copacabana Stadium Fort Copacabana Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon Marina da Glória

Deodoro Cluster	Deodoro Aquatics Centre Deodoro Stadium National Equestrian Center National Shooting Center Olympic BMX Centre Olympic Hockey Centre Mountain Bike Centre Deodoro Olympic Whitewater Stadium Youth Arena

Maracanã Cluster	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange Maracanã Maracanãzinho Sambódromo

Football stadia	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Arena Fonte Nova Mineirão Arena Corinthians Arena da Amazônia

Venues of the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Barra cluster	Olympic Aquatics Stadium Olympic Tennis Centre Carioca Arena 1 Carioca Arena 2 Carioca Arena 3 Future Arena Pontal Beach Rio Olympic Arena Riocentro - Pavilion 3 Riocentro - Pavilion 6 Rio Olympic Velodrome

Copacabana cluster	Fort Copacabana Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon Marina da Glória

Deodoro cluster	Deodoro Stadium National Equestrian Center National Shooting Center

Maracanã cluster	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange Maracanã Sambódromo

Olympic venues in handball

1936 BSV 92 Field & Stadium, Olympic Stadium (final), Police Stadium 1972 Böblingen Sportshalle, Donauhalle Ulm, Hohenstaufenhalle Göppingen, Olympiahalle (final), Sporthalle Augsburg 1976 Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal Forum (final), Pavillion de l'éducation physique et des sports de l'Université Laval 1980 Dynamo Palace of Sports, Sokolniki Sports Palace (final) 1984 Titan Gymnasium 1988 Suwon Gymnasium 1992 Palau D'Esports de Granollers, Palau Sant Jordi (final) 1996 Georgia Dome (men's final), Georgia World Congress Center 2000 The Dome and Exhibition Complex 2004 Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Hellinikon Indoor Arena (final) 2008 Beijing National Indoor Stadium (final), Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium 2012 Basketball Arena (medal round), Copper Box 2016 Future Arena

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