Vasco da Gama to revamp stadium for Olympic rugby

 RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Vasco da Gama will increase the capacity of its Sao Januario football stadium to 43,000 for the 2016 Olympic rugby sevens tournament.

The club has until Wednesday (Oct. 31) to present redevelopment plans to Rio's Olympic Organizing Committee, O Globo reported on Friday.

The 25,000-seat stadium - one of the oldest in Brazil, having been built in 1927 - had previously¹ been left out of considerations to stage an Olympic event.

Work on the venue² is not expected to begin until June next year, after the reopening of the revamped Maracana Stadium.

The Rio Games will mark the return of rugby to the Olympic program for the first time since the 1924 Paris Games.

1 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

2 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。