City of Rock

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The Cidade do Rock (City of Rock), located in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, is an events venue best known for hosting the music festival Rock in Rio.


Old City of Rock

The City of Rock was created for the Rock in Rio festival in 1985. In 2001, the event returned there for its third edition. It held crowds of up to 250,000 people in one night.

With the name "Complexo Esportivo Cidade do Rock" (City of Rock Sports Complex), the area became one of the venues of the 2007 Pan American Games. Temporary stadiums for baseball and softball, with a capacity of 3,000 and 2,000 respectively, were erected on the site.[1] The venue suffered with rain and energy drops, and both tournaments had games cancelled for bad field conditions.[2]

The Olympic Village for the 2016 Summer Olympics will be built upon the original site of the Cidade do Rock.[3]

New City of Rock

A new Cidade do Rock was constructed to the southeast of the nearby Riocentro exhibition center, in a partnership between the city of Rio de Janeiro and Rock in Rio creator Roberto Medina. Known as "Parque Olímpico Cidade do Rock" (City of Rock Olympic Park) or "Parque dos Atletas" (Athletes' Park), the venue started being built in 2010 and was completed one year later, to host the fourth edition of Rock in Rio.[4] A fifth edition is happening in 2013.[5]

On 2012, two international concerts were hosted there. Lady Gaga performed at the park during her Born This Way Ball tour on November 9,[6] and Madonna had a gig from the MDNA Tour on December 2, attended.[7] The Red Hot Chili Peppers will perform there in November 2013 on their 2013 Tour.

The park is also set to host facilities for the 2016 Olympics.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Rio 2007
  2. ↑ Em 2007 Beisebol teve estrutura provisória e foi fiasco no Rio; relembre, ESPN Brasil
  3. ↑ Lar Olímpico na Salvador Allende
  4. ↑ "Parque Olímpico começa a virar a Cidade do Rock". Veja. Retrieved 2012-11-11. 
  5. ↑ http://www.rockinrio.com.br/en/live/lineup.php
  6. ↑ "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard (New York City, New York) 124 (51). January 5, 2013. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on January 7, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  7. ↑ http://g1.globo.com/musica/noticia/2012/12/em-show-morno-madonna-faz-homenagem-periguetes-no-rio.html
  8. ↑ Cidade dos Atletas Um Paraíso dos Esportes para toda a Cidade

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