&gt; but if there were a large, aging building in my area that the city wanted to relocate in order to build new businesses and services<p>But Tsukiji&#x27;s not an &quot;aging building&quot;; it&#x27;s a bustling, energetic neighborhood. It&#x27;s the <i>biggest fish market in the world</i>. They sell any kind of fish or seafood you can think of, and those you can&#x27;t dream of, also. Some of the best sushi restaurants in Japan are in the area (Sushi Dai, for one). It&#x27;s a marvel of efficiency and economy - specialized transport carts with zero turning radii, etc.<p>I&#x27;d be sad if my city wanted to move one of its biggest markets, dealing with a food culture absolutely integral to my country&#x27;s history, to a contaminated toxic site, because it wanted to create a temporary press site &amp; traffic artery for a temporary sports event.<p>But of course, it&#x27;s the other way around; giant events like the Olympics or the World Cup are political opportunities for megaprojects&#x2F;infrastructure to be pushed through under the excuse of being a host city. Most probably, the Tokyo city government has been wanting to move the Tsukiji market for a while, and the Olympics is a great excuse under which to do so.