'Sad, lonely feeling': Tokyo man evicted twice, 50 years apart, for Olympic construction

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/sad-lonely-feeling-tokyo-man-evicted-twice-50-years-apart-olympic-construction-2021-07-01/

TOKYO, July 1 (Reuters) - When Kohei Jinno was evicted from his family home to clear the way for the construction of the National Stadium for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, he was sad but proud to contribute to Japan in a moment of national triumph.

But when he was evicted again in 2013, at age 80, so the government could rebuild the stadium for the 2020 Games, it felt like a bitter twist of fate made worse by what he saw as official indifference.

It also forced him and his wife, Yasuko, out of a tight-knit public housing community in the Kasumigaoka neighbourhood where they'd lived for over half a century.

"It was so hard to leave," said Jinno, now 87. "It was the place I'd lived the longest in my life."

End this boondoggle. It wrecks lives.

[madaboutharry]

1. These Olympic venues are mostly left to rot.

Google what happened in Sapporo, Japan for just one example. They turn into abandoned eyesores. So depressing.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. One Reason Why The 1984 Olympics Was...

...more successful.
They were able to use so many venues that already existed that it didn't take billions (adjusted) to prepare.
So many of the Olympiads lost money on the investment, then were abandoned!
It was a loss on top of a loss!

[dsc]

4. At least in the modern era the USA has done OK with Olympics

LA and Utah came out with decent numbers. I think Lake Placid did as well and Atlanta at least used the stadiums.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Seems To Be The Formula

Use as much already there as you can, then build stuff the city might actually use as an improvement of what's there, but not quite good enough.
I think the sports infrastructure, being quite diverse, gives the US an advantage in this area, compared to many other countries that hosted Olympiads

[UpInArms]

2. I think the olympics should be held in the same location

And countries can sponsor and maintain the structures …

The current system does not work.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Why Not Athens?

Make it the permanent home, and use your plan.
It would likely result in fine facilities and cost less.
But, that leaves fewer giant dollars every other year for the IOC to skim, and a simpler accounting method, making it easier to get caught grifting.
The IOC will never go for it!

[UpInArms]

7. That was where I was thinking it should be

and it would be so much more environmentally friendly than the constant construction and habitat destruction

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Alas, It Won't Happen

The idea derails the corruption train.
There are few organizations more corrupt than the IOC.
Our plan takes away their oxygen.

[UpInArms]

9. I know ...

I can still wish for a better world for all of us