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© 2019 AFPTokyo 2020 unveils 15,000-seat Olympic aquatics center
By Kazuhiro NOGI TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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noypikantoku
Great! Now I'm wondering what are they going to do with this after the Olympics is over?
taj
Use it. For decades to come. Same as with the venues built for the 1964 Tokyo games, the 1972 Sapporo games, and the 1998 Nagano games.
Alex Einz
no tats i presume?
powderb
In a display of confidence, perhaps they could use the contaminated water from Fukushima instead of releasing it back into the ocean.
alwaysspeakingwisdom
In a display of confidence, perhaps they could use the contaminated water from Fukushima instead of releasing it back into the ocean.
I would rather swim in Fukushima water than fly on a 737 jet. LOL
noypikantoku
The venues in Sapporo and Nagano can be converted to skii / snow board resorts that can be beneficial to the people and city . I am wondering how this aquatic facility generate profit and pay for it's bills and maintenance? There's not much aquatic sports being held in the city regularly?
Seawolf
Is there a big public indoor pool in Tokyo already? I don't think so, which would make it workable, summers are getting too hot for outdoor pools anyway. BTW, as for the Nagano facilities, they closed the Ice bob course last season for good, despite it being the only one in Japan bc of too high maintenance costs...
David Varnes
I lived in Nagano for 10 years. A vast majority of the facilities in Nagano are underused, abandoned, or rotting. M-Wave hosts skating for under half the year, and little else the rest of the year. Big Hat the same. There is, in fact, no year-round skating in Nagano. The lifting and training facilities in M-Wave were sad. As an avid lifter, to see the training area in the back corner of M-Wave, or the larger training room in the basement/parking level totally unused was pathetic.
Many of the ski jump, bobsled, and other facilities in Hakuba are dilapidated and unused. Never mind the Medal Park, etc which is basically a rotting park.
So don't try to shovel that line, it's just not true.
nandakandamanda
Back to the good news for a second, it sure does look good!
factchecker
¥56.7 billion for 2 x 2 weeks of events. That's value for money!
redelmotalking
Greater Tokyo is 30 million people and the only place in Japan that is growing and will continue to suck in population for the next 50 years. They will have no problem with using these facilities after the Games.
Tawkeeo
Doesn't work like that folks. Might as well cancel the Olympic Games on a global scale then.
That's like the inventor of cars going "what's the point of a car when you have a train".
Yuka
I wanted to go to the Olympics. I wanted to watch the basket. I especially wanted to watch the American team. I can't believe I can see the players playing in NBA in Japan.