Rio Olympics 2016: 5 venues you need to know about

The Maracana hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final between Germany and Argentina

#2 Olympic Stadium (Engenhao)

The Olympic Stadium in Rio is known by many names

Capacity: Approximately 60,000.

Events hosting: Athletics and football.

Facts:

- It’s nickname “Engenhão” refers to the locality of the stadium. The stadium is known by many names but the official name is “Olympic Stadium”.

- The stadium was built in 2007 and is under the Brazilian football club Botafogo.

- The original budget of the stadium was only $60m. But the actual cost of building the stadium stood at $192m which is more than 300% of the actual budget.

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