One of the key selling points of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bid was its compact plan, which called for 85 percent of the venues to be within 8 km of the Olympic Village.
It¡¯s obvious, though, that changes will be made to the venue plan, and that percentage will decrease. How much so is unclear at this time as financial concerns and what amounts to a too-many-chefs-in-the-kitchen reality change the equation.
Which brings us to basketball. The Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee¡¯s official bid to the IOC called for a new basketball venue to be be built in Tokyo.
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