New York Times reporter Hiroko Tabuchi originally alerted us to an important sports update on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics:
The Tokyo Olympic stadium that looked like a toilet is not happening
Japanese Twitter complaining that Tokyo's planned Olympic stadium looks like a giant toilet https://t.co/GmFzYUqawO pic.twitter.com/DdIx4JKcOg
— Hiroko Tabuchi (@HirokoTabuchi) July 9, 2015 We were skeptical because of how much like a toilet could it possibly loo--
ああ、こう言うことか #新国立競技場 pic.twitter.com/WFwT8y5xvD
— study2007(アベ政治を許さない) (@study2007) July 7, 2015 Yeah ... it looked a lot like a toilet.
The thing is, every stadium kinda looks like a toilet, you know?
didn't know Spurs new stadium was a toilet seat tho pic.twitter.com/OObUkuola5
— haya (@Haltunaib) July 8, 2015 This design for the Warriors arena looks like a giant toilet. http://t.co/ERQUR7Gdkt pic.twitter.com/4d80K7BF97
— SB Nation (@SBNation) September 23, 2014 But now Japan has killed the project due to cost, via The Verge:
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today announced that plans for Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium will be scrapped due to escalating costs. The 80,000-seat stadium, designed by famed British architect Zaha Hadid, was to be the central venue for the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Construction was set to begin this fall.So, who will design Tokyo’s new stadium? And will it look like a toilet? Curbed has ideas.
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