(ATR) In this installment of By the Book, Around the Rings presents a look at venues planned by Istanbul, Madrid, and Tokyo for rugby in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Istanbul
• Inonu Stadium
• 32,000 Capacity
• $11.4 million for temporary construction/ $22.3million for permanent construction
• 30 km from Olympic Village (2012), 28 km from Olympic Village (2020)
• 1 kmfrom Main Hotel Area
• Currently a Multi-use Stadium
Madrid
• Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium
• 25,000Capacity
• $8.8 million for temporary construction
• 7 kmfrom Olympic Village
• 12 km from Main Hotel Area
• Currently used as a Football Training Center
Tokyo
• Kasumigaoka National Stadium (Olympic Stadium)
• 80,000 Capacity
• $43 million for temporary construction/ $1.5 billion for permanent construction
• 6 km from Olympic Village (2012), 5 km from Olympic Village(2020)
• 10 km fromMain Hotel Area (2012), 7 km from Main hotel Area (2020)
• Construction has not started
By the Book is a series of reports on the 2020 candidate cities, using information provided in the candidate file of each city.
Written by Nicole Bennett.
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