The Japanese government asked Tokyo to pay a quarter of the Olympic Stadium

Zaha Hadid

The Japanese government will assume half the cost of the Olympic stadium for the 2020 Games in Tokyo and wants the city council of the capital contribution a quarter of the budget, amounting to 1,190 million dollars, reported today the public broadcaster NHK.

Strong criticism over its excessive cost led the Japanese executive last August to scrap the original project, designed by architect Zaha Hadid, and reduce the budget of the new stadium nearly half, to 155,000 million yen ($ 1,190 million ).

Construction costs, redesigning and demolition of the previous stage, where the new Olympic venue for 2020 Games will sit, will total 160.000 billion yen (1,230 million euros), according to the Executive encryption.

Of these, the central government will provide 80,000 million yen (615 million euros) and intended contribution Tokyo city a total of 40,000 billion yen (307 million dollars).

The Curta remaining part will be financed through lottery and sports pools.

Tokyo authorities initially refused to take over part of the cost of the original design of the stadium for being "excessive", sparking controversy and subsequent decision of the Executive.

The authorities of the central government and the prefecture of Tokyo have been negotiating how splitting the cost, according to NHK.

In this regard, the Minister responsible for Toshiaki Endo Olympics, will meet next week with the governor of Tokyo, Yoichi Masuzoe, in order to get the input.

The Executive is now open the call to submit new designs for the Olympic stadium, after discarding the original project due to its excessive cost soared to 252,000 million yen (1,837 million euros).

 The capacity of the new stadium was also reduced to 68,000 seats, 80,000 under the huge project of Zaha Hadid.