On Friday, Japan’s
Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe stopped the construction plans on Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic
Stadium. Abe’s directive is fallout of Japanese public outcry over the huge
price tag placed on the sporting facility.
While address reporters early on Friday after a meeting
with Japanese sports officials, Prime Minister Abe said: I have decided we must
go back to the drawing board. We have looked at the logistics and construction
period and I have made this decision because I was assured that we can
definitely complete construction on time. We must control costs as far as
possible. We are determined to draw up the best possible plan, and we have to
draft that plan as quickly as possible.
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Shinzo Abe |
Minister of Sports Hakubun Shimomura disclosed a new bidding process would
be launched. He said: We will decide the design in six months. From design to
completion of construction, 50-plus months is looked at. The aim is to finish
it by the spring of 2020.
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Further works suspended on Japanese national stadium for 2020 Olympic |
To some Japanese society watchers, the rejection
of the facility construction might not be unconnected with racial sentiment of
the Japanese people over involvement of the Iraqi-British architect, Zaha Hadid
in the project and the futuristic design he had put in place. The project ran
into crisis when it drew the rage of some Japanese architects who galvanized public
opinion and strive against the cost of the project.
Many events slated within the stadium will be negatively
affected by the decision of the Prime Minister to put on hold construction plans
on the Olympic Stadium and list includes 2019 Rugby World Cup scheduled to hold
in the stadium.
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