Tokyo 2020 News - General

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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.

 

[Bear]

olympics2028 stop being dumb challenge   * * i m p o s s i b l e * *

[Bear]

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

[Olympics2028]

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?

[AustralianFan]

Former Vice-President of Tokyo 2020 believed to have been interrogated.

 

[Bear]

Dentsu has been raided

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1130837/dentsu-raided-over-suspected-bid-rigging

[baron-pierreIV]

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

[Palette86]

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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

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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

 

[Bear]

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

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NTT Docomo-led group may operate Japan's National Stadium

The Japan Sport Council (JSC) said Monday it has selected a consortium headed by mobile phone carrier NTT Docomo as the preferred bidder for the proposed private sector-led operation of the National Stadium.
The group, also including the J. League, general contractor Maeda and SMFL Mirai Partners, which operates real estate and other businesses, has offered to pay ¥52.8 billion for the operating rights of the stadium in Tokyo for 30 years.

The stadium was used as the main venue for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2021.

In the preferred bidder selection process, the NTT Docomo-led group scored some 460 out of 500 points, easily beating its two rival bidders. The three bidders' proposals were examined by a panel of experts formed by the JSC, an independent administrative agency.

The NTT Docomo-led group's proposal includes steps in accordance with the goals of the Japan Sports Agency, which is leading the initiative to switch the stadium to private-sector operation, such as introducing naming rights, sources familiar with the matter said.

The consortium's proposal is ambitious and appears to be designed to open up new business possibilities using outdoor stadiums in Japan, JSC President and CEO Satoshi Ashidate said.

Date:2024/6/3

News source:The Japan times

Link to this article:https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/03/japan/docomo-national-stadium-operation/