RIO DE JANEIRO -- The parcel of land housing the Rio de Janeiro Olympic organizing committee headquarters could become the new location for a United States consular office.The organizing committees 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.We have narrowed our search and are finalizing a site -- potentially the current space that Rio2016 now occupies, the Rio de Janeiro consulate said in an email to the Associated Press on Thursday.The organizing committee has been in temporary buildings, which would be dismantled in order for a new building to be erected on the property in a part of town called Cidade Nova (New City).The consulate declined to disclose the purchase price, but Rios most influential newspaper, O Globo, put the figure at 180 million reals ($57.3 million).Consular officials said there was no timeline for the move from its 1950s-era building downtown. The statement called the building a beautiful and historic site, but said its no longer suitable for a diplomatic post.Organizing committee spokesman Mario Andrada said there was some shock as the committee began to disband.People were happy the way the Olympics ended, but at the beginning of the phase were in now, it was kind of strange, Andrada said. Well move to a smaller office downtown, and eventually all that will remain will be a lawyers office to deal with eventual legal issues.Andrada said the committee has been busy paying bills, and he said some have complained of late payments.In the beginning we had 20,000 different payments to make, either for creditors or for employees, Andrada said. Now we have about 900. So its moving fast.The privately funded organizing committee ran short of money just as the games opened and needed at least a $30 million bailout in public funding to meet its obligations.The organizing committee has said its operating budget was $2.8 billion, which was for running the game themselves.In addition, Brazil is estimated to have spent $10-12 billion in public and private money to ready the city. Much of the private money was lured in by tax concessions and favorable loan terms from government lenders.---Stephen Wade on Twitter: http://twitter.com/StephenWadeAP .His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/stephen-wade Wholesale Air Max 720 Mens . The 28-year-old from Calgary matched his career best after missing just one shot in his two rounds of shooting in the mens 10-kilometre sprint competition. Smith finished in 23 minutes 15. Nike Air Max Plus Discount .J. -- New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his left knee. http://www.airmax720wholesale.com/air-max-plus-clearance.html . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. Buy Air Max 720 . 24 Baylor in a Big 12 clash between teams trending in opposite directions. Andrew Wiggins made 10-of-12 from the foul line and scored 17 for Kansas (14-4, 5-0 Big 12), which capped a stretch of four straight games against ranked opponents unscathed. Air Max 720 Mens Sale . Pierce was ejected in the third quarter of Indianas 103-86 win Monday. George Hill stole a bad pass and was going in for a layup, and Pierce hustled back and appeared to be trying to wrap him up. DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Jordan Watkins scored 22 points and made 6 of 8 3-pointers, Will Magarity had 12 points and a career-high 10 rebounds, and Davidson broke away early to beat cross-county rival Charlotte 79-57 on Saturday for the Hornets Nest Trophy.Jon Axel Gudmundssons layup sparked a 29-4 run for a 28-8 lead while the 49ers went nearly nine minutes without scoring a field goal. Will Magaritys 3-pointer with 57 seconds left put Davidson up 43-28 at halftime and the Wildcats held the 49ers to 27.3 percent shooting from the floor andd 12.dddddddddddd5 percent (1 of 8) from long distance.Peyton Aldridge capped the 11-2 run Davidson (4-1) used to open the second half and the Wildcats led by 30 points on Watkins jumper with 10:50 to play.Jack Gibbs scored 13 and made all six of his free throws, Aldridge had 13 points, and Gudmundsson added 11.Freshman Najee Garvin led Charlotte (3-2) with 12 points. Jon Davis had 11 and Andrien White 10. ' ' '