Two Pritzker laureates, Toyo Ito and Fumihiko Maki, created a petition that gained nearly 15,000 signatures to stop the construction of the stadium. Even as recently as a month ago, Japan was still set on continuing with the stadium, citing that any modifications would lead to construction delays.Ĭritics said the stadium would have encroached on local green space, like the Jingu Outer Gardens, and would have put a financial strain on future generations. The project was riddled with revisions and delays, along with some serious design flaws. In 2014, the cost of the project was 163 billion yen, but that rose to 252 billion yen this year-the equivalent of jumping from $1.3 billion to around $2 billion. The rising price tag was one of the downfalls of the 70-meter-tall, 290,000-sm stadium.
In 2012, Zaha Hadid's architecture firm, Zaha Hadid Architects, won the rights to design the bicycle helmet-shaped stadium. Tokyo will have to find a new signature venue for the 2020 Olympics.ĪrchDaily reports that Japan, led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, announced today that it is ditching its plans to build an 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium in the city.
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