{"id":16410,"date":"2016-08-16T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/blog\/en\/?p=16410"},"modified":"2025-12-12T00:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T23:42:08","slug":"the-olympic-games-changed-the-citys-skylines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/blog\/en\/2016\/08\/the-olympic-games-changed-the-citys-skylines\/","title":{"rendered":"The Olympic Games changed the city’s skylines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great sporting events such as World Championships<\/a>, the Olympic Games<\/a> or the World Fairs <\/a>changed the skylines<\/strong> of the host cities.\u00a0 An event like the Olympic Games requires new infrastructures, highways, new spaces, stadiums… and in most cases they are a driving force that changes the outlook of a city or even of an entire country.<\/p>\n

In the light of the transformation of Rio de Janeiro, host city of the 2016 Olympic Games, we review some of Ferrovial\u2019s projects that changed the future of the host cities.<\/p>\n

Ferrovial and the Barcelona 92 Olympic City <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Olympic City<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It is now more than 20 years since Barcelona began to \u201clook to the sea\u201d, which is how the inhabitants of the city describe the change it underwent to host the 1992 Olympic Games. The transformation was such that even Eduardo Mendoza in his famous book No word from Gurb<\/a><\/em> ( Sin Noticias de Gurb<\/a>)<\/em> describes a pre-Olympic Barcelona with all its works and new constructions.<\/p>\n

For the Barcelona 92 Olympic Games Ferrovial constructed and remodelled parts of the Olympic Village area and Montju\u00efc where the great event would take place and structures that improved the mobility of the city such as the Sant Adri\u00e0 Ring Road<\/strong> and the Ciutadella collector road.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Poble Nou Park<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This park, located in the Olympic Village, is a former industrial area. The City devoted the area to green zones for the great event, with a walkway surrounded by pines that provides access to the beach. Did you know that the remains of a ship named Ashraf II, registered in Lebanon, can be found in this park?<\/p>\n\n\t\t