30 billion yen reduction in Tokyo Olympics and para simplification Reported to the IOC Executive Board October 7, 22:16
The reduction in simplification of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, which was postponed to next year, will be about 30 billion yen, it was reported at the IOC = International Olympic Committee board meeting held on the night of the 7th.
The Organizing Committee says, "Because 90% of the competition was ready, it was difficult to reduce it, and the monetary effect was limited. We will continue to reduce it."
Last month, the Tokyo Organizing Committee agreed with the IOC to simplify the Games with 52 items, with the main purpose of reducing the cost of the postponed Games, and has estimated the amount of reduction for each item.
As a result, the total reduction amount is currently about 30 billion yen, which was reported at the IOC Executive Board meeting held online on the night of the 7th.
According to the Organizing Committee, the main items with large reductions are about 15 billion yen for reviewing temporary facilities such as reduction of spectator seats, about 3 billion yen for reviewing the offices and staff of the Organizing Committee, competition venues and It is about 1 billion yen for reviewing the decoration of the athletes' village, etc., and about 800 million yen for reviewing the operation method of the torch relay.
Regarding the Tokyo tournament, it is expected that the first postponement of the tournament cost due to the new coronavirus will cost an additional hundred billion yen to the tournament cost of 1,350 billion yen, and controlling the increasing cost is an issue. ..
The Organizing Committee said, "Because 90% of the competition was ready when it was decided to postpone it, it was difficult to reduce it and the monetary effect was limited.
However, the unprecedented postponement made the people involved We were able to reduce some parts with the cooperation. We will continue to strive for further reductions. "