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TOKYO .- Work for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is progressing at a good pace and 40% of the work is already completed at the national stadium while there are still two years for the fair, according to organizers Wednesday.
The Japanese Sports Council, which administers the state-owned stadium, said the facility will be ready by November 2019. The stadium will host the opening ceremony, the events of athletics and the closing ceremony
The work began with a year late in December 2016 because the project was ruled out because it was too expensive.
The new project has a cost of $ 1500 million. At present, some 2,000 workers are working there, and later there will be 3,000
The Council says that the main obstacle is the construction of the roof, a very delicate project
"We have been working on the roof for six months and we left nine months to come, we install the roof, divided into four parts, and we can not measure even an inch, "said Tadashi Mochizuki, a Council official.
A wooden trellis was chosen that reproduces the traditional style of altars and pagodas. Japanese The goal is to integrate the stadium in the park that surrounds it and to be a structure that minimizes the costs of heating and air conditioning.
The organizers said this week that between 20% and 40% of the work was completed. in all new installations.
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