{"id":30998,"date":"2016-12-24T12:13:48","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T12:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=30998"},"modified":"2016-12-24T12:13:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T12:13:48","slug":"brazil-takes-over-olympic-park-after-rio-fails-to-woo-private-bidder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=30998","title":{"rendered":"Brazil takes over Olympic Park after Rio fails to woo private bidder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-13142\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rio-olympics-2016.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"247\" alt=\"rio olympics 2016\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rio-olympics-2016.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rio-olympics-2016-150x148.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes has handed over management of the Olympic Park to Brazil&#8217;s federal Sports Ministry after a failed effort to attract a private bidder to operate its facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor&#8217;s office had pledged to award the rights to manage the Olympic facilities to a private company for 25 years to ensure public funds would not be used to cover high maintenance costs, reports Efe.<\/p>\n<p>But due to a lack of interest, the Brazilian government has on Friday taken over management of facilities including the Carioca Arena 1 and 2 indoor stadiums, the Velodrome, the Olympic Tennis Centre, and the Aquatics Stadium, although the latter will be dismantled because another Olympic-sized pool is located very nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Also read:&nbsp;T<a href=\"cricket-news\/42651-the-way-ashwin-is-performing-he-will-find-his-name-among-pantheon-of-great-cricketers\">he way Ashwin is performing, he will find his name among pantheon of great cricketers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sports Minister Leonardo Picciani said at a ceremony on Friday that the entire Olympic Park would be transformed into a sports\/recreation area, as well as a training ground for elite athletes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-13142\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rio-olympics-2016.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"247\" alt=\"rio olympics 2016\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rio-olympics-2016.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rio-olympics-2016-150x148.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes has handed over management of the Olympic Park to Brazil&#8217;s federal Sports Ministry after a failed effort to attract a private bidder to operate its facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor&#8217;s office had pledged to award the rights to manage the Olympic facilities to a private company for 25 years to ensure public funds would not be used to cover high maintenance costs, reports Efe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[19795,466,19796,19737,10245],"class_list":["post-30998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-others","tag-eduardo-paes","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-leonardo-picciani","tag-other-news","tag-rio-de-janeiro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brazil takes over Olympic Park after Rio fails to woo private bidder - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=30998\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brazil takes over Olympic Park after Rio fails to woo private bidder - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes has handed over management of the Olympic Park to Brazil&#039;s federal Sports Ministry after a failed effort to attract a private bidder to operate its facilities. 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