No alternative Bird's Nest
(Photo/The Brid's Nest)
The National Stadium is known as the Bird's Nest and will host the opening and closing ceremonies of Beijing 2022.
The reuse of ready-made facilities to optimize savings in venue operation is expected to significantly cut the cost for Beijing.
"There is absolutely no doubt about Beijing 2022 being cost-effective," said Christophe Dubi, the IOC's executive director for Olympic Games.
(Photo/Courtesy of the Bird's Nest)
According to Beijing's candidature file submitted to the IOC in 2015, the combined infrastructure and operational budgets for the 2022 Games total about $3.5 billion - significantly less than the cost of staging a Summer Olympics.
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