Go-kart, helmet, potty? Alternative uses for Zaha Hadid's Olympic stadium

Friday, 17 Jul 2015

As prime minister Shinzo Abe announces that Japan has scrapped Zaha Hadid’s Tokyo Olympic stadium design, here are the most hilarious Photoshops of the controversial $2bn stadium that’s become a laughing stock

The troubled history of Zaha Hadid’s Tokyo Olympic stadium project

新国立競技場×スターウォーズネタかぶってそうで怖いが #新国立競技場クソコラグランプリ pic.twitter.com/bnt4pjfuse
— クラッシャーいなけん (@inaokun21) July 11, 2015

#新国立競技場クソコラグランプリ pic.twitter.com/mYsnvXWpjn
— 黒華音マキト@憤怒の罪 (@Makito_Kurokane) July 11, 2015

たとえ出来上がっても、どうせ壊しに来る。 #新国立競技場クソコラグランプリ pic.twitter.com/iKDFij7MnU
— 渡辺篤 AtsushiWatanabe (@nabe_chan_) July 11, 2015

#新国立競技場クソコラグランプリ都営浅草線に導入される新型車両です！予算は2520億円です！！！ pic.twitter.com/iqrMnFeXCt
— だいもんぐらし！ (@eidan_08) July 11, 2015

NO MORE #新国立競技場クソコラグランプリ pic.twitter.com/Nvda4bdzcE
— 2520億円相当のｾｱﾌﾞﾗ (@SAY_A_BLUR) July 12, 2015

#新国立競技場クソコラグランプリ pic.twitter.com/USXdhUVDt0
— 超必殺技伝授 (@641236A) July 11, 2015

『新国立競技場怒りのデス・コンペ』 #新国立競技場クソコラグランプリ pic.twitter.com/MAEe2j2DWY
— goking(山田剛毅) (@goking5) July 11, 2015

ルンバのおともだち。　#新国立競技場クソコラグランプリ pic.twitter.com/ANxvinglWf
— あきお (@AKID_0831) July 11, 2015

#新国立競技場クソコラグランプリ pic.twitter.com/KP9STR5fc7
— にく二日目東ナ50aあき (@nickjil) July 11, 2015

#新国立競技場クソコラグランプリ pic.twitter.com/L9ODraA1Ox
— りおん.:*✡7/20はっぴーばーすでー (@rion__ava) July 11, 2015

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— クラリシッド/Terraria1.3 (@ibuprofen1000) July 12, 2015

Joining all the Japanese folks mocking the fraudulent new National Stadium for the 2020 Olymics at: #新国立競技場クソコラグランプリ pic.twitter.com/BbSaJ2jwLr
— taro3yen (@taro3yen) July 12, 2015

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