Olympics2028 Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 The 2020 stadium was not only expensive for Japan (versus re-using the classic field from 1964), but it also lacked the tradition and history of Tokyo's original National Stadium. If the 2020 OOC and other Japanese decisionmakers had at least fully salvaged the original cauldron (instead of tossing it out to another town) and incorporated it into the new building, that would have helped. But the architect of the replacement didn't even bother to have a design where a cauldron - gimmicky or otherwise - could have been accommodated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted August 28, 2022 Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 olympics2028 stop being dumb challenge * * i m p o s s i b l e * * 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 The legacy of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will too survive until at least 2025, as Tokyo has been selected to host the 25th Deaflympics that year https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1127974/tokyo-2025-deaflympics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympics2028 Posted September 17, 2022 Report Share Posted September 17, 2022 On 8/27/2022 at 8:39 PM, Bear said: olympics2028 stop being dumb challenge * * i m p o s s i b l e * * You'd rather I stick with big-smiley talk? Okay, I actually thought the 2020 (2021 games) were fantastic. That make you happy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustralianFan Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 Former Vice-President of Tokyo 2020 believed to have been interrogated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted November 26, 2022 Report Share Posted November 26, 2022 Dentsu has been raided https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1130837/dentsu-raided-over-suspected-bid-rigging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) On 8/26/2022 at 6:35 PM, Olympics2028 said: The 2020 stadium was not only expensive for Japan (versus re-using the classic field from 1964), but it also lacked the tradition and history of Tokyo's original National Stadium. If the 2020 OOC and other Japanese decisionmakers had at least fully salvaged the original cauldron (instead of tossing it out to another town) and incorporated it into the new building, that would have helped. But the architect of the replacement didn't even bother to have a design where a cauldron - gimmicky or otherwise - could have been accommodated. The 1964 cauldron is right around the corner from the NEW Olympic Stadium. It sits outside the Japan Olympic Museum, alongside the cauldrons from Sapporo 1972 and Nagano 1998. Nothing was wasted. See the new National Stadium in the bkgd. And, of course, for 2020ne, there were two cauldrons: the show one at the Stadium lit by Naomi Osaka and, like Vancouver and Rio, the permanent outdoor one near the Ariake Arenas and waterfront. Edited November 28, 2022 by baron-pierreIV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palette86 Posted November 28, 2022 Report Share Posted November 28, 2022 Quote Olympic bid-rigging investigation widens to ad agency Hakuhodo Japanese prosecutors and a fair trade watchdog on Monday searched offices including the headquarters of major advertising agency Hakuhodo Inc. on suspicion of bid rigging for contracts related to test events for last year's Tokyo Olympics, just days after raiding another ad giant. The latest searches, also covering Tokyu Agency Inc. and event production companies, were conducted as investigations related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have expanded from a scandal involving the alleged receipt by a former games organizing committee executive, Haruyuki Takahashi, of 200 million yen in bribes from five companies. On Friday, the prosecutors and the Japan Fair Trade Commission raided advertising giant Dentsu Inc., and premises linked to a former senior official of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee and event production company Cerespo Co., after Japanese advertising agency, ADK Holdings Inc., reported to the watchdog that it had participated in bid rigging. It is alleged that 26 open bids held in 2018 for the rights to plan 56 test events were rigged, with the amount of the contracts totaling more than 500 million yen ($3.6 million). Prior arrangements are said to have included organizing committee members asking companies whether they were interested in taking part in the bidding, according to sources. Date:2022/11/28 News source:Kyodo News Link to this article:https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/11/0c075b444f79-olympic-bid-rigging-investigation-widens-to-ad-agency-hakuhodo.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryker Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1131922/tokyo-costs Turns out after an audit the folks running the Tokyo Olympics were lying about the final costs. Another nail in Sapporo's coffin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 The Tokyo 2020 Official Report is now public https://library.olympics.com/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/2954165/tokyo-2020-official-report-the-tokyo-organising-committee-of-the-olympic-and-paralympic-games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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