Riocentro
22°58′45″S 43°24′48″W / 22.97917°S 43.41333°W
Riocentro is an exhibition and convention center located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built in 1977, it is the largest exhibition center in Latin America.
Notable events
1981 May Day attack
On April 30, 1981, during a
Earth Summit
In 1992, Riocentro hosted the United Nations Earth Summit.
Sports events
In 2007, Riocentro hosted a variety of events for the Pan American Games in several pavilions. Capacity of the pavilions ranges from 2,000 people to 4,500 people. When Rio was bidding for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics which it won in October 2009, four of its six pavilions were proposed as venues. During these games, Pavilion 2 hosted the Olympic boxing competitions, Pavilion 3 hosted the Olympic and Paralympic table tennis competitions, Pavilion 4 hosted the badminton competitions, and Pavilion 6 hosted the Olympic weightlifting and Paralympic powerlifting events. During the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Riocentro was utilised as the headquarters of the International Broadcast Centre (IBC).
In November 2022, the arena will host the Challengers Stage and the Legends Stage of the IEM Rio Major 2022, the eighteenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major Championship.
References
- ^ "Como deveria ser o ataque a bomba no Riocentro - Revista CartaCapital" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2015-06-04.
- ^ "A Bomba do Riocentro e a Farsa dos Militares Brasileiros" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2015-06-04.
- ^ "Relatório da CNV aponta que atentado do Riocentro foi realizado por militares para retardar a abertura política" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2015-06-04.
External links
- Official website
- Rio2016.org.br bid package. Volume 2. p. 18.