(ATR) You can almost start to envision where the world's best tennis players will play at Rio 2016.
Bleachers have been added to the construction of the tennis center in the Olympic Park. The venue will host the first test event of the Olympic Park in December 2015.
Rio de Janeiro's government said to Around the Ringsthat foundation work on the stadium is in "an advanced stage," and the structure's pillars are being put into place.
The center is expected to have a capacity of 10,000. Two temporary courts with capacities of 5,000 and 3,000 will be built for the Games.
The Ibeg/Tangram/Damiani consortium won the tender for the Games, which is coordinated by Rio City Hall.
New Operations Manager for Galeão.
The Rio de Janeiro airport will receive $890 million in upgrades ahead of the Olympics from a new operator.
Odebrecht took over operational control of Galeão International Airport earlier in August, pledging $2.2 billion in upgrades.
It is the Brazilian conglomerate’s first attempt at airport management.
Odebrect will partner with the Changi Airport Group, which runs Singapore’s airport, the world’s fifth-largest.
By 2015, four new floors are expected to be added to the airport’s concourse, as well as a three-story parking garage. A new 26-gate concourse is planned for April 2016, which would double the amount of gates.
"Our objective is to create a whole new experience at the airport by 2016," said Renata Pinheiro, communications and marketing director for Rio Galeão, in an interview with the Miami Business Herald.
Rio de Janeiro is hoping to add international flights ahead of the Olympics, as many residents must travel to Sao Paolo to fly internationally.
"There is also a lot of room for the airport to grow. We have plenty of space to add a third runway if needed."
Rio Begins Favela Relocation
Around 900 families have begun to be moved to make room for Rio de Janeiro’s TransOlímpica rapid bus system.
According to a report in Al Jazeera, 1,500 families will be relocated from the Vila União and placed in apartments in Colônia.
The Rio de Janeiro government spent $46 million on the apartments, which will begin taking in families inSeptember.
The government says that the relocation will help the residents, despite pleas from the residents of Vila União trying to keep their community.
"This is a peaceful, safe community. We don’t have trafficking or crime," Vânia Júlio, president of the Vila União residents’ association, told Al Jazeera.
"But the works have to happen. The TransOlímpica has to pass through here. I’m doing everything I can to make sure the community is satisfied."
Written by Aaron Bauer
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