Trade fairs, congresses, conventions, product launches, concerts and television productions can be organized here for audiences from 100 to 16,750 people. Riocentro is a convention and exhibition center in the Barra Olímpica area of Rio de Janeiro, run by the French events group GL events, with four pavilions, a convention center, an amphitheater, recording studios and a hotel on the same site.
Seminars and company events
The convention center is built for events with several sessions at once. Its 13,532 m² hold air-conditioned modular rooms with retractable walls and acoustic partitions. On the first floor, the main modular room covers 3,926 m² under a 5 m ceiling and seats up to 4,000, with a VIP room that has its own restroom and pantry, an industrial kitchen and a stock of 5,000 chairs. The second floor has 20 modular rooms seating 100 to 720 people around an 865 m² hall. Pavilion 4 adds an auditorium for up to 400.
Services are supplied through exclusive commercial partners: food and beverage, internet, Wi-Fi and telephony, generators, electrical and water installations, rigging, waste management, fabric enclosures and advertising space on site.
Rooms and capacities
Pavilion 2 has a 10,706 m² hall with a 10 m ceiling and holds up to 7,500 people, depending on the layout. Pavilion 3 has a 15,725 m² hall, also 10 m high, for up to 9,000. Pavilion 4 is the largest, with a 21,453 m² hall, a 12 m ceiling and room for up to 16,750 people. Pavilions 2, 3 and 4 each have air-conditioned mezzanines and loading docks, for up to 17 trucks at once in Pavilions 2 and 4.
The Amphitheater covers 7,737 m² with a 15 m ceiling. It takes 12,000 people in total, 9,000 in an auditorium layout, and has a grandstand of 3,648 fixed seats. It is free of columns and can be divided by a curtain.
The Pavilhão das Artes, covering 22,715 m², holds two exhibition halls of 2,354 m² and 4,688 m², offices, studios and a large collection of street art. The studios serve audiovisual production, with Studio 3 in Pavilion 3 split into rooms of 1,107 m² and 637 m², each with dressing rooms, audio rooms and space for an audience.
Accommodation
The Lagune Barra Hotel stands inside the complex, with 306 rooms, six event rooms, a restaurant, a rooftop pool, a gym, saunas, free parking and a helipad.
Catering
Food and beverage is handled by the center's commercial partners, which hold the exclusive right to supply it. The convention center has its own industrial kitchen, and the Café das Artes in the Pavilhão das Artes is open on weekdays and Saturday mornings.
History and setting
Riocentro opened in 1977 in the west of Rio de Janeiro, in the Barra da Tijuca area, and has hosted large international congresses, trade fairs and sports events since.
Getting there
The address is Avenida Salvador Allende 6555, Barra Olímpica. The nearest BRT bus rapid transit stations are Olof Palme and Riocentro. The official drop-off point for taxis and ride-hailing cars is at the Pavilhão das Artes, through Gate B. The site has more than 5,800 parking spaces for cars and 17 for buses.
