2020 Tokyo Olympics - National Stadium in Tokyo,Japan Inaugurated Sunday Dec 15,2019

The new National Stadium in Tokyo was inaugurated on Sunday Dec 15,2019, six months ahead of the Olympic Games here and it will be used for the first time during the Emperor`s Cup final next month.

With its 68,000-seat capacity and design details that highlight Japan`s taste for nature, the stadium was inaugurated by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe three months after construction started

The opening ceremony was also attended by the architect behind the project, Kengo Kuma.
It was built on the ground where the old Olympic stadium stood that was used for the 1964 Games.

The National Stadium will host the opening and closing ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as well as athletics competitions.

It cost around $1.44 billion to build, slightly under budget. The original proposal for the new stadium was rejected for being too expensive