The Copacabana Stadium during an Olympic volleyball match
Location
Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Capacity
12,000
Surface
Sand
Construction
Built
2016
Opened
July 26, 2016
Copacabana Stadium in May 2016, while under construction
Copacabana Stadium, also known as the Beach Volleyball Arena[1][2] (Portuguese: Arena de Vôlei de Praia),[3] was a temporary stadium located on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that hosted the beach volleyball competition of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4][5] It was erected in 2016 specifically for the Olympic Games and was planned to be dismantled after the Games.[6]
It opened on 26 July 2016[7] and had a seating capacity of 12,000.[8]
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