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Construction of National Stadium to start in early 2017

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By Elaine Lies

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Construction of National Stadium to start in early 2017

and pigs might fly.....

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Why don't they just go with one of the other entries from the previous design submissions and get started pronto? How about January 2016?

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So the land is going to sit their idle in the mean time and for what?

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The stadium, now estimated to cost 155 billion yen ($1.26 billion), still has no design plan

They estimated the cost before the design was completed? This was the same problem as last time where they "selected" the construction company before the design was selected.

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So they know the cost, the start date, and the completion date, all without knowing who is going to build it, or what they are going to build!

Talk about putting the cart before the horse.

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How long does it take to build a typical state-of-the-art stadium that won't, like, collapse on you?

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I predict it will look rather similar to the stadium that was there previously, with the exception of a roof over the spectators to prevent them from being burned to a crisp in the summer sun. The athletes will have to suffer the full summer heat. Ganbarimashou!

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Brown envelopes had to be cleared - now we're good to go, people!

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@Speed - I completely agree.

What was the point of having the first design contest when none of the other designs are even considered when the first choice gets scrapped? Surely you just go with the second place design (if that's how it worked), or reconvene the panel and make another choice from the ones that didn't originally make it.

No extra costs, time, research needed. Do it tomorrow.

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they estimate start date without design chosen? and why really not use the previous designs.. is that like a double bribe thing ?

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