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Passage 4 Olympic Stadium Is for Sale
奥运场馆打包待售 《卫报》
The Guardian has learned that 55,000 seats from London's 80,000-seat arena
could be transported to Washington Park in the Illinois city
and used to enlarge a planned, 7,500-capacity community arena
into Chicago's main Olympic stadium.
The tactic of recycling the Olympic stadium has been billed
as the first step in a new approach to the games,
which could become more like a travelling circus to keep costs down
and allow poorer countries to play host.
The plan could also raise tens of millions of pounds
to help offset the rising costs of the London games
which have quadrupled to 9.3bn.
The cost of the main stadium has already risen from 280m to 496m.
[01:07]A spokesman for London's Olympic Delivery Authority said:
[01:11]"It is right that we should explore any opportunities that
[01:16]would recoup some of the cost incurred by the lottery and the public purse."
[01:23]David Higgins, chief executive of the ODA,
[01:28]last week began talks with his counterpart in Chicago
[01:32]and said he is willing to have the same discussions
[01:36]with other bidding cities in the coming months.
[01:40]London's deal with Chicago has become a possibility
[01:43]because both cities have decided to build main stadiums
[01:48]with small numbers of permanent seats
[01:51]while erecting giant seating scaffolds for the two weeks of the competition.
[01:57]Talks have focused on how London's stadium might be bolted
[02:02]rather than welded together,
[02:05]ensuring the materials used allow it to function properly in another country
[02:10]and climate, and how sections might fit on a cargo ship. Doug Arnott,
[02:17]director of sports and operations at Chicago 2016 says:
[02:23]"We have had preliminary discussions about what London's stadium design team
[02:29]are planning and how it might fit in.
[02:33]This is to do with the responsible use of materials
[02:37]and trying to avoid leaving infrastructure that will burden a city."
[02:43]Chicago could include the plan to reuse London's stadium in its bid documents
[02:50]which will be presented to the International Olympic Committee later this year.
[02:56]A spokesman for the ODA said:
[03:00]"We have only held preliminary and very recent discussions with Chicago
[03:05]at their instigation-covering some of the technical aspects
[03:11]of relocating so many seats, but it is obviously good news
[03:15]that there is already interest in re-using them.
[03:19]We will also continue to explore options to relocate facilities
[03:24]within the UK as a priority wherever possible."
[03:29]HOK Sport, architects of London's Olympic stadium,
[03:35]have deliberately designed the arena as a kit in part.
[03:40]A permanent concrete bowl of 25,000 seats will remain in place for athletics,
[03:48]lower league football and rugby, but every other component could be sold on.
[03:54]Chicago has made staging a low-impact games a core part of its bid.
[04:01]It is using several existing arenas, including Soldier Field
[04:07]where the Chicago Bears NFL team play,
[04:10]and the Chicago Bulls' basketball arena will host gymnastics and basketball.
[04:16]"Chicago thinks this would be a coup for their bid,
[04:20]and would show they are putting their money
[04:22]where their mouth is on their commitment to sustainability," said a source.