Olympic Athletes Will Have To Pay For Own Air Conditioning In Rio De Janeiro

The reasoning? Budget cuts.

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“We don’t think it’s going to be critical (to have air conditioning) there,” said Rio 2016 spokesman Mario Andrada.

According to Andrada, up to 2 billion reals ($520 million) need to be cut from Brazil’s Olympic budget of 7.4 billion reals ($1.9 billion).

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Included in the budget are operating costs for the Games, along with income from the International Olympic Committee, marketing, tickets sales and local sponsorships.

Even though the Olympics will be held during Brazil’s winter months (Aug. 5-21), the temperatures will likely still be warm. The average temperature in August is 71 degrees, but this year on Aug. 19, the temperature was a steamy 95 degrees.