No McDonald's at Main Press Center in Rio

(ATR) A familiar sponsor will not be serving the media in the Main Press Center.

McDonald’s confirmed to Around the Rings that they will only be installing a restaurant in the Olympic Village, forgoing the standard restaurant in the MPC.

"McDonald’s will be at the Olympics as we have been for the past 35 years," a spokesperson for the company said to ATR.

"We elected to build a restaurant in the International Zone of the Olympic Village, which is a central location open to athletes, their friends and family, and members of the media. We consider many factors when deciding where we will build restaurants, such as size and layout of the venues."

The spokesperson added that the 33 restaurants in the city of Rio de Janeiro will be more than enough to serve Olympic visitors coming down to South America for the Games. McDonald’s is a TOP sponsor for the Olympic Games, making it one of 12 companies able to use the Olympic rings on their advertisements year round.

Rio 2016 declined to comment on the situation to ATR saying it was up to McDonald’s to decide where to put their restaurants during the Games. Although, documents provided to the media at the second press operations briefing in August 2014 show a planned McDonald’s for media operations.

During the 2016 Olympics, the MPC will feature a restaurant to serve the press as well as a bar area that will offer food when the restaurant is closed.

Written by Aaron Bauer in Rio de Janeiro

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