Tokyo Olympics / Para 1 year postponed Various issues to secure venue

Tokyo Olympics / Para 1 year postponed Various issues to secure venue May 3 17:31

The opening of the Tokyo Olympics has been postponed to July 23 next year, and it has been over a month. The first hurdle for the event is to secure a venue one year ahead, but we have come to understand the issues that may delay the compensation of companies affected and the urban development of the city.

Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the opening of the Tokyo Games was postponed until the Olympic Games on July 23 next year and the Paralympics on August 24 next year.

With the end of the infection still unclear, the Games Organizing Committee is currently identifying issues in each field with the aim of holding the event one year later, and the venue and competition schedule that will serve as the basis for a concrete plan. I want to decide this by summer.

The first hurdle is whether it is possible to secure 43 competition venues, athlete villages, and the same venue that will serve as the base of the media one year later, but in order to achieve it, compensation for companies affected and urban development of the city will be realized. Even now, I have come to understand the problems that may delay the process.

Specifically, the use of "Tokyo Big Sight," which is the base of the media, will be restricted because about half of the facilities will not be available for business until the fall of next year after the end of the competition. , It is estimated that there will be more than 50,000 companies affected, and some companies are calling for compensation such as securing alternative places.

At Yokohama Stadium, the venue for baseball and softball, we plan to use the Yokohama City Hall beside the stadium for competition management. Construction is scheduled to begin, and difficult adjustments are unavoidable.

The Organizing Committee will proceed with full-scale negotiations with the owners of all venues in the future, and requires careful consideration.

After that, we will continue to review the plan for the entire tournament, including the items to be reduced, by accumulating how much additional costs will be required for postponement.

Exhibition planning company "New Olympics Corona postponed Mie Wan"

Tokyo Big Sight, located in Koto Ward, Tokyo, is Japan's largest convention facility with exhibition halls and conference rooms, and exhibits and events of all types are held throughout the year.

One of the affected companies, Zeal Associates, headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, has more than 100 employees and handles interior and planning for exhibitions and events, and last year's sales were about 2.2 billion yen.
Last year, about 40% of the work related to exhibitions was held by Tokyo Big Sight, which means that we are expecting a V-shaped recovery in business results after the fall when the use of Tokyo Big Sight is resumed after the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have ended. It was.
However, with an unexpected postponement of one year, the "East Exhibition Building", which is about half of the Tokyo Big Sight, will be unavailable until the fall of next year due to preparations for the tournament, and the large-scale trade fair for machine tools scheduled for December will be canceled. It has already been affected.
In addition, the number of jobs since April is drastically reduced due to the new coronavirus, and timber is piled up at the subsidiary's factory without being used.

The exhibition industry is not only a place of business for small and medium-sized companies to exhibit, but also a wide-open industry where various industries are involved in one event, and postponing the event may affect employment in the industry. We are complaining that we need compensation such as securing an alternative place during the period when it is unavailable.

President Daisuke Nagamon said, “Exhibition work was reduced by the original plan of the Olympics, reduced by the new coronavirus, and reduced by the postponement of the Olympics, and it is in a state of“ triple pain ”. Anyway, providing a place to open the exhibition etc. I want it. We can't do anything without it. "

Alternative exhibition venue About 1 year extension

Due to the one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the venue for exhibitions in Tokyo may become tight, so Tokyo is a temporary exhibition of the Tokyo Big Sight, which was opened last year in the Aomi area of ​​the waterfront. We are temporarily discontinuing the demolition of the building and adjusting the usage for about a year.

During the period before and after the Tokyo Games, the Tokyo Big Sight in the Ariake district of Koto Ward will become a hub for media both inside and outside Japan, and will not be usable as a venue for exhibitions.

For this reason, the capital opened a temporary exhibition building at Tokyo Big Sight, which is also about 23,000 square meters in the Aomi area of ​​the waterfront in April last year, and this exhibition building was planned to be used until November this year and then demolished. .

However, due to the one-year postponement of the Tokyo convention, the venues of exhibitions in Tokyo may become tight, so the city will temporarily suspend the demolition scheduled in December and extend the use for about one year. We are adjusting in the direction.

"A sense of crisis" in the redevelopment plan of Yokohama City Hall

Concerning the Yokohama stadium, the baseball / softball venue, there is concern that the redevelopment project, which is expected to be the "prime-initiator of the local excitement," will be delayed.

The Yokohama City Hall adjoining the stadium and the road has an 8-story administrative building and a building that houses the city council, and the Games Organizing Committee has established a media and security relationship through wiring for communication between the stadium and the stadium. I want to use it for people.

Meanwhile, Yokohama City plans to move the functions of the government office to another location by next month, and sell the dilapidated government building in March next year to start repairs and dismantling.

With the redevelopment, the government building will be used as a hotel, and a 30-story building that houses companies, universities, etc. will also be constructed, and it is planned to become a new center of the area.

However, with the postponement of the Olympics by one year, the impact on the planned construction schedule is inevitable.

The person in charge of Yokohama City said, "I want you to use Yokohama Stadium at the Olympics, but you must prevent the plan from being delayed and the" hollowing out of the city "to be prolonged. We want to make it compatible with the redevelopment project." Fumiko Hayashi said, “I'm having a hard time discussing with the companies involved in the redevelopment. At the Olympics, I would like people to concentrate on using it for as short a time as possible, and then begin construction. I'm looking for it. "

Organization Committee "I want to explain politely and seek cooperation"

While the Organizing Committee wants to draw conclusions as soon as possible about securing venues, which are the prerequisites for preparations for all competitions, it emphasizes the need to negotiate carefully according to the circumstances of each venue.

Chairman Mori said, "The contract details and owner's position differ depending on the venue. I would like to explain to the other party carefully and seek cooperation".