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4 Jul, 2014

Construction Begins

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0407-Rio-2016s-DeodoroWork begins on Rio 2016’s Deodoro Olympic Park. This will be the second largest park of the 2016 Games.The site is divided into north and south regions, separated by a railway line. Today’s construction began on the north region. Construction in the south region will begin by August. Rio 2016 President, Carlos Nuzman, says

This is a very important day. We are very proud to see work start on Deodoro Olympic Park. It underlines the important legacy that the Pan-American Games left to Rio, and the new confidence in the success of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Today, Brazil has a highly positive image due to the FIFA World Cup, and I’m certain that our Games will be no different.

The park is slated to be completed in early 2016.

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hanlyn14
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I can only hope they will be ready. I keep hearing reports on the news that from the looks of thins Rio won’t be ready with some of their venues in time. But then there were those same reports about Sochi before the winter games and they manage to pull it off.

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Angela
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Agreed! But even in Sochi there were still some pretty significant issues. I just don’t understand why on earth they thought it would be a good idea to give them the Olympics after the country is already hosting the World Cup! It seems that that would have been a bit much for just about /any/ country to take on. It’s a bit of a “setting them up to fail” sort of thing. :-/

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