5 months until the opening of the Tokyo Olympics Construction progress such as temporary spectator seats

It takes 23 days and 5 months to start the Tokyo Olympics.

At competition venues around the world, construction of temporary spectator seats has begun so that the originally planned number of spectators can be accommodated, but it is necessary to adjust the schedule so that the construction content can be changed depending on the situation. ..

The Tokyo Organizing Committee will set an upper limit for the spectators of the Tokyo Olympic Games, which will start on July 23, by spring, but at 43 competition venues, construction work such as temporary spectator seats will be carried out sequentially from January before the decision. It has begun.

Of these, at venues such as sports climbing at "Aomi Urban Sports Park" in Koto Ward, a temporary stand that can accommodate 8,000 people will be installed as originally planned, and a steel frame with a height of about 10 meters will be assembled. Rarely, construction is underway.

At this venue, the temporary stand was almost completed by March last year, but it was dismantled to avoid the danger of deterioration due to the postponement of the tournament, and this is the second construction work.

In addition, ▼ equipment work at the waterside is underway at "Odaiba Kaihin Park" in Minato Ward, which is the venue for the triathlon, and ▼ construction of temporary spectator seats is underway at the Canoe Slalom Center in Edogawa Ward.

At each venue, it is necessary to adjust the construction schedule so that the design and work order can be changed after the upper limit of the number of spectators has been decided.

The Games Organizing Committee has announced that the additional costs due to the postponement of the Games will be 294 billion yen, of which 73 billion yen will be the cost of redeveloping temporary equipment.

Associate Professor Isao Uebayashi of Otemon Gakuin University, who is familiar with the sports environment, said, "We will quickly decide whether to include spectators or not, and focus on specific measures such as temporary seating and measures for corona. It should be. In order to effectively improve the venue, it is necessary to set out the size of the spectators and the vision of the competition at an early stage. "