Osaka Mayor Wants Stadium Even If 2022 World Cup Bid Fails
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Osaka Mayor Kunio Hiramatsu backs a plan to build an 80,000-seat sports stadium next to the city’s busiest rail station even if Japan fails in its bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
“It could also serve as a health and fitness center,” he said today at a news conference while representatives of FIFA, soccer’s governing body, visit Japan on an inspection tour. “The aim would be to build facilities where people can also enjoy the field inside the stadium even when no games are on.”