Tokyo panel details venue changes, cost cuts for 2020 Games
TOKYO — The rowing and canoeing venue for the 2020 Olympics should either be moved to a site hundreds of miles (kilometres) away in northern Japan or downgraded to a temporary facility in Tokyo, a city government cost-cutting panel said Tuesday.
The recommendation came as officials of the International Olympic Committee, Tokyo’s city government and other key parties gathered to review the cost of the games.
The panel has said the cost of the Tokyo Olympics could exceed $30 billion — four times the initial estimate — unless drastic cuts are made.
In a final report presented to Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, the panel said another option is to stick with the original plans for the Sea Forest venue in Tokyo Bay but to find ways of cutting the costs.