Tokyo Olympics / Parallel Schedule Decision A wide range of issues including venues and personnel March 31 0:37
The new schedule for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has been decided, and the main challenges for the Games in the future are securing venues, the people involved in the management, the costs of the Games, and various contracts related to the Games.
Immediate issues to secure competition venues
The first thing that needs to be adjusted is to secure facilities.
In addition to 43 competition venues, the Tokyo Big Sight, which will serve as a media coverage base, the athlete village, practice venues, and warehouses, must be re-used so that facilities can be used again. I am starting a request.
Staffing staff are volunteers
The people involved in the operation are also issues.
What will happen to the organizational committee staff, which has now grown to more than 3,500?
In addition, there may be some volunteers who are difficult to participate in the event volunteers who have been recruited by 80,000, so it is necessary to reconsider whether to recruit again.
How to bear "extra large additional expenses"
A major issue is the cost of the tournament.
The impact of having to rebuild preparations for the Games, such as re-securing facilities and staffing systems, is expected to squeeze finances in various places, and Secretary-General Muto of the Organizing Committee said, "Additional expenses are expected to be huge. Will be ".
The Organizing Committee considers the total cost of the Tokyo Games, including the Organizing Committee, Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the government, to be 1.35 trillion yen. Separately, the Organizing Committee has set aside 27 billion yen for unexpected situations. We account for “contingency” but may exceed these planned spending.
The candidate file for inviting the Tokyo Games is that "If the Organizing Committee runs out of funds, the capital will make up, and if the capital is not enough, the government will make up for it." However, it is important how to deal with the new cost burden including IOC.
Various contracts Procurement of equipment
Various contracts related to the tournament are also being reviewed, and it is necessary to change contracts such as procurement of equipment and materials for the venue for the implementation of the tournament.
Accommodation security Heat measures ... A wide variety of issues
In addition, there are a wide variety of issues related to tournament management, such as accommodation, transportation, and security.
In addition, measures to deal with severe heat, as well as measures against new coronavirus, are also important as summer events continue.
With the schedule fixed, the Organizing Committee will enter into concrete coordination of various issues.