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On Friday the Olympic Committee voted to award Rio de Janeiro the 2016 games, putting the Olympics in South America for the first time, ever.
Rio beat finalist Madrid in the last round of voting.
The decision culminates Brazil's remarkable rise over the past decade from a weak nation to an economic and diplomatic heavyweight.
Just as the Beijing Olympics of 2008 marked China's revival as a world power, Rio 2016 may be seen as a stamp of approval on the South American giant's coming of age.
What’s the trade?
Most people are forgetting that Brazil is already going to host the 2014 World Cup. If you put the two events together, the amount of investment that will have to be done, particularly on the infrastructure side, is significant,” says Vinicius Silva, equity strategist at Morgan Stanley.
(And) some things need to be done many years in advance of these events actually happening -- roads, rail, airports, energy to support the investments.
I like the infrastructure play, says Zach Karabell. I’d look at Vale [VALE
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I also like infrastructure, says Tim Seymour. Or you can look at cellphone makers such as Vivo Participacoes [VIV
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Our news partner Reuters compiled a list of some principal challenges Rio faces with the games and resulting opportunities for investment. We thought you might be interested. They follow:
STADIUMS
Despite the considerable sports infrastructure built for the 2007 Pan-American Games, Rio will have to build from scratch nearly half the stadium capacity it needs and carry out renovations to provide another 24 percent of the minimum required seating.
This will require building a wide array of facilities such as an arena for diving and water polo. The Maracana soccer stadium is expected to be up to par by 2016 because it will be upgraded for the 2014 soccer World Cup to be held in Brazil.
TRANSPORTATION
Beating traffic will be a top priority for Rio because the city has a limited metro system that does not link the city center and most of its hotels to the outskirts of Barra da Tijuca, where the venues are concentrated.
The city will spend $5 billion on rapid-transit bus lines to cut through traffic between Barra and the beachside neighborhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema. Organizers say athletes should get to events within 25 minutes, though fans may sit through up to an hour of traffic.
The city failed to honor ambitious transportation promises made in the run-up to the Pan-American Games, including metro extensions and a system of ferries along Rio's coastline. And even the new bus system will not link the international airport to the venue circuit.
SECURITY
Renowned for its natural wonders including beaches and the Sugar Loaf mountain, Rio is also notorious for violent crime in its shantytowns, or "favelas," driven largely by warring drug gangs.
While most of the events are far from Rio's slums, some venues are in areas considered to be high risk. The Maracana soccer stadium, for example, is close to the Manguiera favela where gang confrontations and shootouts are not uncommon.
The organizers note that despite these concerns, there were no serious security problems during previous events such as the Pan-American Games and the 1992 Earth Summit.
ENVIRONMENT
Rio's abundant lakes and vast coastline make it ideal for water sports, but heavy investments are needed to clean up years of pollution.
The Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon suffers from draining of sewage from nearby neighborhoods that is the subject of complaints by the rowers and sailors who use it. The Guanabara Bay is polluted and heavily used by oil tankers. The government says it will invest $4 billion to clean up the waters.
ACCOMMODATION
Rio needs to build several complexes including the Olympic Village that will provide some 25,000 of the 48,000 hotel rooms needed for the Games.
Even with these facilities, the city still plans to provide a considerable amount of the total accommodation through cruise ships docked in rundown port areas of Rio.
A proposal to spend $210 million to revitalize the port area is stalled.
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