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Arena Santos

Southeast region / São Paulo / Santos

Booking and enquiries

  • Arena Santos Av. Rangel Pestana, 104, Bairro Vila Mathias Santos, São Paulo
  • Get in touch with: Mr. Marcelo Vasques Casati +55 13 3269 8080 / +55 13 99714 4654 mcasati@iron.com.br; gab.semes@santos.sp.gov.br

Services

  • Accommodation on site
  • Available on an exclusive use basis
  • Café on site
  • Controlled access and security personnel on site
  • Dedicated medical treatment room
  • First aid room
  • Meeting / Briefing room
  • Multimedia room
  • Rest area
  • Restaurant on site
  • Strength and conditioning room
  • Team management office

Arena Santos is located in the city of Santos, on the southern coastline of São Paulo (Southeast Region of Brazil), and was built in October 2010. Despite its brief existence, this venue is fully capable of hosting international sporting events and offers training structures for various sports such as Basketball, Wheelchair Basketball, Volleyball, Sitting Volleyball, Handball, Goalball and Wheelchair Rugby.

The venue provides infrastructure to receive delegations, including on-site accommodation, 118 parking spaces and meeting/briefing rooms (private and multimedia). It also includes a restaurant, café, strength and conditioning room, first aid room, rest area for athletes and security.

Experience in sporting events:

Currently, the Arena Santos is used on a daily basis as a training venue for the city’s high performance athletes and teams. Due to this sports venue being a public area, it is widely used for a Judo social project and is also used by Brazilian confederations for training sub-professional teams, such as the Brazilian Youth Basketball Team. The arena has already hosted large-scale sporting events, the most notable was the Women's World Championship 2011 - BRA (Handball).

About the city:

Santos is a coastal city, located in the southeast region of São Paulo state, 507km from Rio de Janeiro. The city has a population of 419,757 (IBGE index).

 

 

SPORTS OFFERED AT THE CAMP AND SPORT VENUE SPECIFICATIONS

Olympic sports

Basketball

Number of courts (28m x 15m): 1
Clear height: 20m
Wooden sprung floor
Line markings: synthetic mat markings
Maximum lighting level: 1,900lux
Temperature controlled environment
Timing device

Handball

Number of courts (40m x 20m): 1
Clear height: 20m
Wooden sprung floor
Line markings: synthetic mat markings
Maximum lighting level: 1,900lux
Temperature controlled environment

Volleyball

Number of courts (34m x 19m): 1
Clear height: 20m
Wooden sprung floor
Line markings: synthetic mat markings
Maximum lighting level: 1,900lux 
Temperature controlled environment

Paralympic sports

Goalball

Number of courts (22m x 13m): 1
Wooden sprung floor
Line markings: synthetic mat markings
Can create silent conditions
Temperature controlled environment

Volleyball (sitting)

Number of courts (10m x 6m): 1
Wooden sprung floor
Line markings: synthetic mat markings
Maximum lighting level: 1,900lux 
Temperature controlled environment

Wheelchair Basketball

Number of courts (28m x 15m): 1
Clear height: 20m
Wooden sprung floor
Line markings: synthetic mat markings
Maximum lighting level: 1,900lux
Temperature controlled environment
Timing device

Wheelchair Rugby

Number of courts (34m x 21m): 1
Clear height: 20m
Wooden sprung floor
Line markings: synthetic mat markings
Maximum lighting level: 1,900lux
Temperature controlled environment

Distance Chart

Distances
Nearest airport Aeroporto Internacional de Guarulhos (Cumbica) – Guarulhos/SP
Distance to nearest airport (km) 90
Nearest port Porto de Santos
Distance to nearest port (km) 2
Distance to nearest major hospital (km) 2

accommodation

Type Number available Occupancy
Dormitory with Shared Bathroom 8 5
Total number of bed spaces 8 5

Climate information - Santos


Climate information - Santos

 

Notes:
1. Daily minimum temperature may reach 10°C from May to July.
2. Relative humidity may reach 35% in June and July.
3. Average values of past 9 years.
 
Source: INMET

Climate information - Rio de Janeiro


Climate information - Rio de Janeiro

 

Notes:
1. Daily minimum temperature may reach 14°C from May to July.
2. Average values of past 10 years.
 
Source: INMET
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