Rio de Janeiro Parque Olímpico Cidade do Rock

The park during one of the editions of Rock in Rio

Parque Olímpico Cidade do Rock (English: City of Rock Olympic Park), also known as Parque dos Atletas (Park of the Athletes) or simply just the New City of Rock, is a park and an open-air events venue, located in the neighbourhood of Barra da Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The park is most known for hosting the Rock in Rio music festival.

The Parque Olímpico Cidade do Rock was built in 2010, next to the Riocentro exhibition centre and the original Cidade do Rock, which was built in 1985, specifically for the Rock in Rio festival. The latter one has seen many expansions after that. In 2007, the area became one of the venues for the 2007 Pan American Games and was called the "Complexo Esportivo Cidade do Rock" (City of Rock Sports Complex). Two temporary stadiums for baseball and softball with capacities of 30,000 and 2,000 were erected at the site. In 2016, the Olympic Village for the 2016 Summer Olympics were built on the site.

Apart from Rock in Rio, the venue has also hosted standalone tour gigs, including performances by artists such as Lady Gaga, Red Hot Chili Peppers, One Direction and Madonna.

Regarindg Rock in Rio, out of eight editions hosted at the afforementioned City of Rock since 1985 (four of them being on the New City of Rock), Muse appeared on two of them. Both times, they were the headlining act.

Muse appearances

• 2019-10-06 (Rock in Rio Festival)
• 2013-09-14 (Rock in Rio Festival)

Venue address

Parque Olímpico Cidade do Rock
Salvador Allende Avenue
Barra da Tijuca
Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22780-160, Brazil

See also

• Rock in Rio website