By the Book: 2016 Olympic Fencing Venues

Three of the four bid cities have existing venues for fencing. In this installment of By the Book, Around the Rings presents a look at the venues planned by Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo for the sport of fencing.

Chicago

• Lake Michigan Sports Complex West

• 7,500 Capacity

• $2.7 million for temporary construction

• 2 km from Olympic Village

• 7 km from IOC Hotel

• Currently used as convention center

Madrid

• IFEMA Pavilion 4

• 8,000 Capacity

• $4.7 million for temporary construction

• 6 km from Olympic Village

• 10 km from IOC Hotel

• Currently used as IFEMA(event venue)

Rio de Janeiro

• Deodoro Arena

• 5,000 Capacity

• $41.1 million for permanent construction/ $4.98 million for temporary construction

• 18 km from Olympic Village

• 43 km from IOC Hotel

• Construction has not started

Tokyo

• Tokyo Big Sight Hall B

• 8,000 Capacity

• $29 million for temporary cost (will also be the venue for taekwondo)

• 2 km from Olympic Village

• 7 km from IOC Hotel

• Currently used as exhibition center

By the Book is a series of reports on the 2016 candidate cities, using information provided in the candidate file of each city.Edited by Utsav Yadav and Isia ReavesFor general comments or questions, click here