Allergi is scheduled to vote today on a project to approve the sale of the stadium and 61 other properties owned by the Rio government.

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In addition to the Maracanã sports complex, Aldeia Maracanã, the urban indigenous occupation adjacent to the stadium, is also included in the list of properties that may change hands. CCJ’s representatives estimate that the combined market value of these areas is approximately 2 billion reais. They argue that the sale of these and other assets is essential to relieve pressure on the national treasury, which is expected to have a deficit of almost 19 billion reais next year, and according to the 2026 Annual Budget Law Project (PLOA), the country will have to pay 12.33 billion reais in terms of public debt service alone.

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Currently, the contract gives Flamengo and Fluminense the rights to the Maracanandinho stadium and gymnasium until 2044. The Julio de la Mare Water Park and the former Serio de Barros athletics stadium, also part of the sports complex, remain under state control.

— Currently, the state government is paying huge sums to maintain the Maracanã complex without making any long-term concessions. CCJ acting president Rodrigo Amorim (Unian) claims that the executive team spends an average of R$1 million on each match held at the stadium. — I asked to include (in the list) Welge Real Estate, which has over 300 unique properties. The list of assets includes, for example, a Nababesque-style property where Welge’s directors live by the water, he says.

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A plan submitted by members of Congress to replace the executive branch’s original project removed 16 from an initial list of 48 properties for sale and added 30 more, bringing it to 62 properties to be assessed on this Wednesday’s vote. Important areas are also included in the list, such as the 6th Gendarmerie Battalion in Tijuca, in Rio’s northern zone. Also demolished were the Caio Martins Sports Complex in Niteroi, the Lebron Military Police Battalion area in the southern district, and the Villa Lobos Music School in the center of the capital.

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During afternoon discussions, the bill’s language could be amended again to include or exclude more locations.

View a list of properties currently available for sale.

• 1 – Rua do Rosario, 164, Centro do Rio
• 2 – Rua Buenos Aires, 29, Centro do Rio
• 3 – Rua Buenos Aires, 321, Centro do Rio
• 4 – Rua Costa Pereira, 25 to 31, Vila Isabel, Rio North Zone
• 5 – Avenida Ernani Cardoso, 415 and 425, Cascadura, Rio’s North Zone
• 6 – Iliha Pombeba S/n, Barra da Tijuca, Southwest Rio
• 7 – Avenida Geremário Dantas, 48, Tanque, Southwest Rio
• 8 – Rua Guilherme Maxwell, 542, Bonsucesso, Rio North Zone
• 9 – Rua Humberto de Campos, 315, Leblon, Rio South Zone
• 10 – Rua Passo da Pátria, 120, San Domingos, Niterói
• 11 – Rua Real Grandeza, 293, Botafogo, Rio South Zone
• 12 – Rua Ribeiro de Almeida, 11 and 25, Centro de Marica
• 13 – Rua Sete de Setembro, 191, Centro do Rio
• 14 – Plaza Tiradentes, 47 to 57, Central Rio
• 15 – Rua Uruguai, 62, Andaraí, Rio North Zone
• 16 – Rua Almirante Baltazar, 493 / 501 / 509, San Cristovan, Rio North Zone
• 17 – Rua Monsenhor Manoel Gomes, 358, Caju, Rio Port Zone
• 18 – Rua São Clemente, 345, Botafogo, Rio South Zone
• 19 – Rua da Constitution, 29, Centro do Rio
• 20 – Rua do Lavradio, 9, Centro do Rio
• 21 – Rua do Lavradio, 112 and 114, Centro do Rio
• 22 – Travessa do Mosqueira, 6, Lapa, Rio Centro
• 23 – Rua do Resende, 90 and 92, Lapa, Centro do Rio
• 24 – Rua da Quitanda, 106, Centro do Rio
• 25 – Rua Mário de Alencar, 24, Tijuca, Rio North Zone
• 26 – Avenida Prefeito Dulcídio Cardoso, 521, Casa 2, Barra da Tijuca, Southwest Rio
• 27 – Rua da Carioca, 35, Centro do Rio
• 28 – Rua da Carioca, 39, Centro do Rio
• 29 – Rua da Carioca, 47, Centro do Rio
• 30 – Rua da Carioca, 49 and 51, Centro do Rio
• 31 – Rua Visconde de Maranguape, 19, Lapa, Centro do Rio
• 32 – Rua Carlos Seidl, 714, Caju, Rio’s Port Zone
• 33 – Largo de San Francisco, 25, Centro do Rio
• 34 – Rua Professor Eurico Rabelo, S/n, Maracanã, Rio North Zone
• 35 – Rua Mata Machado, 126 and 127, Maracanã, Rio North Zone
• 36 – Rua Barão de Mesquita, 625, Tijuca, Rio North Zone
• 37 – Rua Arquias Cordeiro, 254, Mayer, Rio North Zone
• 38 – Rua Teodoro da Silva, 813, Casa 4, Vila Isabel, Rio North Zone
• 39 – Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana, 610, Copacabana, Rio South Zone
• 40 – Avenida Ministro Edgard Romero, 9 and 11, Madureira, Rio North Zone
• 41 – Rua da Coragem, 421, Villa da Peña, Rio North Zone
• 42 – Rua do Catete, 243, Catete, Rio South Zone
• 43 – Rua Barão de Itapagipe, 311, Rio Comprido, Rio North Zone
• 44 – Rua Carolina Machado, 478-A, Madureira, Rio North Zone
• 45 – Rua Carolina Machado, 478-B, Madureira, Rio North Zone
• 46 – Rua Carolina Machado, 476, Madureira, Rio North Zone
• 47 – Rua Visconde de Itamarati, 165, apt 705, Tijuca, Rio North Zone
• 48 – Rua Coronel Valença, 75, Magalhães Bastos, Rio West Zone
• 49 – Alamenda dos Pavões, 137, Pavna, Rio North Zone (accessed via Rua Barra do Rocha, 120)
• 50 – Avenida Atlântica, 3.806, apt 423, Copacabana, South Zone of Rio
• 51 – Rua Senador Vergueiro, 238, apt 402, Flamengo, Rio South Zone
• 52 – Rua Sara, 195, Santo Cristo, Rio Port Zone
• 53 – Rua Tirol, 591, Jacarepagua, Rio Southwest Zone
• 54 – Rua Visconde de Itamarati, 167, apt 703, Tijuca, Rio North Zone
• 55 – Calle Afonso Francisco Tranin. S/n,, Block 52, Lot 11, Cachoeiras de Macaque, Castalia
• 56 – Rua Maranhão, 196, Mayer, Rio North Zone
• 57 – Rua Barran da Torre, 698, Apartment 10, Ipanema, Rio South Zone
• 58 – Rua dos Rubis, 1,529, Rocha Miranda, Rio’s North Zone
• 59 – Rua Belisário Pena, 1.117, apt 202, Pena, Rio’s North Zone
• 60 – Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana, 610, apt 1.014, Copacabana, Rio South Zone
• 61 – Avenida Ministro Edgard Romero, 9/9A, 11/11A, Madureira, Rio North Zone
• 62 – Rua São Joaquim, 133, Casa 3, Cachambi, Rio North Zone