Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Simplified Temporary construction will be available at 18:14 on September 26th.
As discussions on the simplification of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics progress, one of the focal points of how much costs can be reduced is the temporary construction of spectator seats and other facilities scheduled at 43 competition venues.
Construction has been suspended in all places, and some of the equipment once built has been removed, experts point out that rationalization discussions are also necessary.
It is said that the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games expenses, which were expected to be 1,350 billion yen, will cost an additional hundreds of billions of yen due to the postponement, and discussions are underway to reduce costs.
Of this amount, the cost of temporary spectator seats, lighting, tents, etc. that will be removed after the tournament was estimated to be 316 billion yen, but it is expected to increase due to the extension of the contract period due to postponement and additional construction.
All the planned construction work at the 43 competition venues has been suspended, and for safety reasons, the equipment once built has been removed.
Of these, "Aomi Urban Sports Park" in Koto-ku, Tokyo is a venue for three-player basketball "3x3" and sports climbing that can accommodate about 7,000 to 8,000 people, and the initial budget for temporary construction is more than 2.6 billion yen. was.
It was almost completed by March, but after the decision to postpone it, the stands for the spectators' seats will be dismantled and the climbing walls will be removed to avoid danger due to deterioration, and construction will be carried out again.
On the other hand, at the "Ariake Arena", which is a venue for volleyball, construction was interrupted while the waiting rooms for athletes and management staff were being prepared, and materials and other items remained.
For the purpose of reducing the cost of removal, we will prohibit the people concerned from entering with shoes until the event is held, and we will also save the cost of cleaning.
The Games Organizing Committee has included reductions in temporary construction in the 52 items of simplification agreed on the 25th, and is planning to resume the construction from the beginning of the year by proceeding with the estimation of additional costs due to changes in contracts.
Tokyo "Cost control is important for understanding the people of Tokyo"
Hiroyuki Kashihara, Director of Preparation for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, said, "At the stadium, which is expensive to remove, temporary construction has been suspended and left as it is. It will be newly generated to gain the understanding of the citizens of Tokyo. It is important to keep costs down. Among them, we would like to devise ways to balance the use of facilities and foster the momentum of the Games. "
Expert "should be reduced and rationalized according to the situation"
Tomoyuki Suzuki, a visiting professor at the Faculty of Law, Kokushikan University, who was a former employee of Tokyo and was also involved in the bid for the Olympics, said, "Temporary equipment is a big expense. Even if you reduce the number of officers or simplify the meal, it is not so big. It is not an amount, and reducing the cost of temporary construction as much as possible will lead to a big reduction. Since it seems that most of the additional cost will have to be borne by the Japanese side, there is a debate about how to include spectators, including non-spectators. It is important that it should be reduced and rationalized according to the situation of the new corona virus. "
After that, regarding the future discussion, "The Games Organizing Committee will start preparations for implementation from January next year. Once it starts preparations for implementation, it will not be stopped, so we will conclude by that point what to do with the scale of the temporary construction. Should be issued. "
Persons concerned at the removal location such as a temporary stand
At "Aomi Urban Sports Park" in Koto-ku, Tokyo, the almost completed temporary stands have been removed, and only some of the competition equipment and prefabricated offices remain on the asphalt site.
Takayuki Otsubo, the owner of "Koto Phoenix", a three-player basketball team and a 3x3 professional team, was looking forward to the tournament by visiting the venue with the players.
If it was held as planned, he was hoping to hold an event to convey the charm of 3x3 at this place around this time after the tournament.
Mr. Otsubo said, "I really wanted to keep the equipment as much as possible even after the decision to postpone it, but I feel that it is unavoidable to remove it if there is a danger. Even if I look down, I will go ahead. I can't proceed to, so I would like to think about how we can make it more exciting as a venue for the competition. "
Consideration of utilization during temporary construction suspension
At the "Ariake Arena" in Koto-ku, Tokyo, where the temporary construction has been suspended, equipment and other items remain and cannot be used by competition groups.
Therefore, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government came up with a non-audience live performance in which artists perform and distribute using the vacant space in the arena.
It only takes a few days including preparation, and since there are no customers, a "three-dense" space is not created, which also helps prevent infection with the new coronavirus.
Shinji Matsui, Chief of the Facility Development Section 1 of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Preparatory Bureau, who is in charge of the Ariake Arena, said, "I want to get familiar with the facility and raise interest in the Tokyo Games by using it live." It was.