Noah’s Ark coming to Rio Games

A Dutch Christian organization is planning to take their “replica” of Noah’s Ark to Brazil for the 2016 Olympic and the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Longer than an official soccer field, the vessel was built following the biblical measurements given in Genesis 6:15, the director of the Ark of Noah Foundation, Herald A.M.A. Janssen, told ABC News.

The ark, which spans five floors and can hold more than 5,000 people, weighs roughly 2,500 tons and is 95 feet wide, 410 feet long and 75 feet tall. Carpenter Johan Huibers said he began building it after dreaming about an intense storm that flooded his hometown in the Netherlands.

The Olympics start in August and the Paralympics the following month. Transportation of the Ark of Noah from The Netherlands to Brazil will be done by barge.

After the Games, it is then scheduled to visit San Diego, Long Beach,and Seattle.

More information: arkofnoah.org