The parcel of land housing the Rio de Janeiro Olympic organizing committee headquarters could become the new location for a U.S. consular office.

The organizing committee’s temporary home in central Rio will be abandoned in the next few weeks when staff move to smaller quarters in downtown Rio. Rio organizers say only 300 employees remain from a peak of about 5,000 when the games opened on Aug. 5. The committee will be dissolved next year.

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