Cup stadiums white elephantsDaily Yomiuri, May 7... The Yokohama municipal government has allocated funds in its fiscal 2003 budget to study introducing naming rights for International Staduium Yokohama. ... The worst case is Saitama Stadium 2002, which was expected to incur 690 million yen in losses last fiscal year as it operated for only 36 days that year.
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Yomiuri Shimbun May 7
International Stadium is expected to incur 538 million yen in losses and Saitama Stadium 480 million yen this fiscal year, the survey said.
