TOKYO, Apr 16 – Organizers of the Olympic Games should cut costs related to the event to be held in Tokyo next year, focusing only on “must-have” expenses, IOC Coordination Commission chief John said on Thursday. Coates, after a meeting with the Japanese authorities.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Japanese government last month made the unprecedented decision to postpone the Games, which were due to start in July, due to the global crisis from the new coronavirus.
Organizers of the Olympic Games must now re-plan the event at huge additional costs.
In an interview with the German newspaper Welt on Sunday, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, said that the entity faces several hundred million dollars in additional costs.
“We will analyze all the options to optimize and rationalize the scope (…) of the Games, and reduce
the costs caused by the postponement, “Coates said after the meeting.
(Edited in Spanish by Rodrigo Charme)
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