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Las Vegas vs. Brazil: How our Rio matches up with the Olympic host city

Didn’t get tickets to the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro? Don’t want to leave the 702 area code? No worries, you can still enjoy the sporting spectacle at a Rio much closer to home.

Say tchau to Zika woes and support Team USA while sipping a tropical drink at the hotel and casino’s white sand beach. Here’s how to tell the difference between the Las Vegas fixture and the beleaguered South American Olympic host city.

Rio Olympics 2016 compared to Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas (Gabriel Utasi/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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