Nike park

Nike, he US worldwide known sportbrand is in plans to build a ‘Nike park’ in Tokyo. This has come under criticism though. Nike paid the local authorities of Shibuya, the area in which the park is to be built, 17mn yen a year for a decade, for naming rights.

The plan is to turn the current park, into a park for futsal, football, skateboarding and build rock climbing facilities. Although homeless people have been moved from the park, activists have stepped in to help prevent the Nike park from being developed. The activists see the park as a home for the homeless.

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