{"id":797864,"date":"2019-07-22T16:32:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T22:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/year-to-go-to-tokyo-games-with-costs-ticket-demand-rising\/"},"modified":"2019-07-22T16:32:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T22:32:01","slug":"year-to-go-to-tokyo-games-with-costs-ticket-demand-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/year-to-go-to-tokyo-games-with-costs-ticket-demand-rising\/","title":{"rendered":"Year to go to Tokyo Games, with costs, ticket demand rising"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.9324675324675\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-369038-816\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Former Japanese Olympic gymnast Kotono Tanaka performs as a\" banner hangs outside ariake gymnastics july tokyo. despite rising costs doubts about economic the olympics will must-see event if you can find ticket or hotel room when they open in year. tokyo was supposed to be a=\"safe\" pair of after rio de corruption and near-meltdown three years ago. c. class=\"h-100\" readability=\"2.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"16\">\n<p><strong>Former Japanese Olympic gymnast Kotono Tanaka performs as a &#8220;1-Year to Go&#8221; banner hangs outside the Ariake Gymnastics Center, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Tokyo. Despite scandals, rising costs and doubts about the economic payoff, the Tokyo Olympics will be a must-see event \u2014 if you can find a ticket or a hotel room \u2014 when they open in a year. Tokyo was supposed to be a &#8220;safe pair of hands&#8221; after Rio de Janeiro&#8217;s corruption and near-meltdown three years ago. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9.jpg\" alt=\"Former Japanese Olympic gymnast Kotono Tanaka performs as a \" banner hangs outside ariake gymnastics july tokyo. despite rising costs doubts about economic the olympics will must-see event if you can find ticket or hotel room when they open in year. tokyo was supposed to be a=\"safe\" pair of after rio de corruption and near-meltdown three years ago. c.><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Two children pose for photos with the Olympic Rings in front of New National Stadium in Tokyo, June 23, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Two children pose for photos with the Olympic Rings in front of New National Stadium in Tokyo, June 23, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-1.jpg\" alt=\"Two children pose for photos with the Olympic Rings in front of New National Stadium in Tokyo, June 23, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | A tourist takes pictures from the Kyu Goryo-tei Pavilion in Shinjuku Gyoen national garden in Tokyo, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>A tourist takes pictures from the Kyu Goryo-tei Pavilion in Shinjuku Gyoen national garden in Tokyo, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-2.jpg\" alt=\"A tourist takes pictures from the Kyu Goryo-tei Pavilion in Shinjuku Gyoen national garden in Tokyo, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Members of the media gather near a\" banner during tour july tokyo. despite rising costs doubts about economic the olympics will must-see event if you can find ticket or hotel room when they open in year. tokyo was supposed to be a=\"safe\" pair of after rio de corruption and near-meltdown three years ago. c. class=\"h-100\" readability=\"2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"15\">\n<p><strong>Members of the media gather near a &#8220;1-Year to Go&#8221; banner during a tour Monday, July 22, 2019, in Tokyo. Despite scandals, rising costs and doubts about the economic payoff, the Tokyo Olympics will be a must-see event \u2014 if you can find a ticket or a hotel room \u2014 when they open in a year. Tokyo was supposed to be a &#8220;safe pair of hands&#8221; after Rio de Janeiro&#8217;s corruption and near-meltdown three years ago. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-3.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the media gather near a \" banner during tour july tokyo. despite rising costs doubts about economic the olympics will must-see event if you can find ticket or hotel room when they open in year. tokyo was supposed to be a=\"safe\" pair of after rio de corruption and near-meltdown three years ago. c.><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | A worker walk near a 1 Year to Go banner at the Ariake Gymnastics Center, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Tokyo. Despite scandals, rising costs and doubts about the economic payoff, the Tokyo Olympics will be a must-see event \u2014 if you can find a ticket or a hotel room \u2014 when they open in a year. Tokyo was supposed to be a\" safe pair of after rio de corruption and near-meltdown three years ago. c. class=\"h-100\" readability=\"2.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"16\">\n<p><strong>A worker walk near a 1 Year to Go banner at the Ariake Gymnastics Center, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Tokyo. Despite scandals, rising costs and doubts about the economic payoff, the Tokyo Olympics will be a must-see event \u2014 if you can find a ticket or a hotel room \u2014 when they open in a year. Tokyo was supposed to be a &#8220;safe pair of hands&#8221; after Rio de Janeiro&#8217;s corruption and near-meltdown three years ago. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-4.jpg\" alt=\"A worker walk near a 1 Year to Go banner at the Ariake Gymnastics Center, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Tokyo. Despite scandals, rising costs and doubts about the economic payoff, the Tokyo Olympics will be a must-see event \u2014 if you can find a ticket or a hotel room \u2014 when they open in a year. Tokyo was supposed to be a \" safe pair of after rio de corruption and near-meltdown three years ago. c.><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | FILE - In this June 17, 2019, file photo, the Olympics rings and New National Stadium are reflected on the facade of a building in Tokyo. The stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong, File)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>FILE &#8211; In this June 17, 2019, file photo, the Olympics rings and New National Stadium are reflected on the facade of a building in Tokyo. The stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong, File)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-5.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - In this June 17, 2019, file photo, the Olympics rings and New National Stadium are reflected on the facade of a building in Tokyo. The stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong, File)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-6.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Kiyoshi Ozawa, 77, takes pictures of the Skytree, the world's tallest tower in Tokyo, June 20, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Kiyoshi Ozawa, 77, takes pictures of the Skytree, the world&#8217;s tallest tower in Tokyo, June 20, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-6.jpg\" alt=\"Kiyoshi Ozawa, 77, takes pictures of the Skytree, the world's tallest tower in Tokyo, June 20, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-7-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-7.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Smartphones are propped on tripods in the observation deck of the Mori Tower to capture Tokyo's skyline view in Tokyo, June 17, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Smartphones are propped on tripods in the observation deck of the Mori Tower to capture Tokyo&#8217;s skyline view in Tokyo, June 17, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-7.jpg\" alt=\"Smartphones are propped on tripods in the observation deck of the Mori Tower to capture Tokyo's skyline view in Tokyo, June 17, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-8-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-8.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | Holding a Hello Kitty doll, 8-year-old Grace Fetherston, of Australia, looks at beckoning lucky cat figurines at Gotokuji Temple in Tokyo, June 25, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Holding a Hello Kitty doll, 8-year-old Grace Fetherston, of Australia, looks at beckoning lucky cat figurines at Gotokuji Temple in Tokyo, June 25, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-8.jpg\" alt=\"Holding a Hello Kitty doll, 8-year-old Grace Fetherston, of Australia, looks at beckoning lucky cat figurines at Gotokuji Temple in Tokyo, June 25, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-9-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-9.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"AP | AP | FILE - In this July 3, 2019, file photo, media tour the New National Stadium in Tokyo. Scandals and rising costs have not deterred interest in Japan in the Tokyo Olympic. They open in a year with unprecedented ticket demand. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong, File)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>FILE &#8211; In this July 3, 2019, file photo, media tour the New National Stadium in Tokyo. Scandals and rising costs have not deterred interest in Japan in the Tokyo Olympic. They open in a year with unprecedented ticket demand. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong, File)<\/strong><br \/>AP | AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/Tokyo_1_Year_Mark_70624-0dfc9-9.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - In this July 3, 2019, file photo, media tour the New National Stadium in Tokyo. Scandals and rising costs have not deterred interest in Japan in the Tokyo Olympic. They open in a year with unprecedented ticket demand. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong, File)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports-news\/year-to-go-to-tokyo-games-with-costs-ticket-demand-rising\/?#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports-news\/year-to-go-to-tokyo-games-with-costs-ticket-demand-rising\/?#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">TOKYO \u2014 The countdown for the Tokyo Olympics has hit 365 days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">To mark the year-to-go mark, the gold, silver and bronze Olympic medals are to be unveiled Wednesday as part of daylong ceremonies around the Japanese capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Tokyo\u2019s 1964 Olympics showcased bullet trains, futuristic designs and a new expressway, underlining Japan\u2019s recovery following World War II. Those games were the first seen worldwide by early satellites, sending the Olympics into a new era.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Japan\u2019s capital has less to prove this time when the games open July 24, 2020. Many of the venues are completed, Tokyo has abundant infrastructure and Japan is a byword for know-how. There are, however, other matters: Expected heat (though this summer has been wet and mild), traffic and subway congestion, costs, earthquake preparedness and ticket scarcity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ticket demand by Japan residents alone is reported to be at least 10 times the supply. Abroad, prices are sure to soar on secondary ticket markets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Organizers have shattered records for local sponsorship revenue, which has passed $3 billion \u2014 about three times more than any previous Olympics. The main driver has been Japan\u2019s giant advertising and marketing company Dentsu Inc., the exclusive marketing agency for Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe fact that the talk is so much about not being able to get tickets,\u201d Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said a few days ago, \u201cis a symbol, a representation of the enthusiasm and expectations that a lot of people have toward the games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Tokyo doesn\u2019t need the Olympics to build infrastructure. It has some of the world\u2019s best. Pressed to justify spending billions on the games, Koike described the Olympics and Paralympics as an \u201caccelerator\u201d to get more things done, even if evidence overwhelmingly shows that working on Olympic deadlines drives up costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Sports economist Robert Baade, who teaches at Lake Forest College outside Chicago and has researched the Olympics, says the games are \u201cabout marketing and branding. The most important part from a commercial standpoint is the opening and closing ceremony. Sport is the subtext.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Tokyo is building eight venues. The other 35 are defined as \u201ctemporary\u201d or older buildings being reused, which organizers say has saved billions. But even existing venues need renovation. The centerpiece is the $1.25 billion National Stadium, which will open at the end of the year, and the Olympic Village for more than 10,000 athletes on the edge of Tokyo Bay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Tokyo will showcase four new sports \u2014 karate, skateboarding, sports climbing, surfing. A fifth \u2014 baseball and softball \u2014 is returning after being dropped following the 2008 Olympics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Exact costs \u2014 what are and are not Olympic expenses \u2014 are difficult to sort out. But Tokyo is spending about $20 billion to get ready, 70% of which is taxpayer money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">IOC President Thomas Bach has repeatedly called Tokyo\u2019s preparations \u201cthe best\u201d in history. But there have been glitches and links to corruption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A group of anti-Olympic activists, many from outside Japan, has held small protests and other events in the last few days under the Japanese title \u201cHangorin no Kai\u2019 \u2014 roughly No Olympics. They question Olympic spending and have raised local housing and environmental issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Tsunekazu Takeda, the head of the Japanese Olympic Committee , was forced to resign this year when he was implicated in a vote-buying scheme to land the games. He has denied wrongdoing, but acknowledged he signed off on about $2 million that French investigators allege went to buy votes of some IOC members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics are implicated the same kind of vote-buying bribery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Tokyo organizers were also forced to redesign their logo when the original draft faced charges of plagiarism, and an international labor union has alleged work-safety violations at Olympic venues, largely regarding migrant labor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A futuristic design for the new stadium by the-late British architect Zaha Hadid was scrapped when costs soared to $2 billion. Japanese architect Kengo Kuma was chosen instead with a design focused on wood lattice and greenery that will be finished by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Baade says the games have reached an \u201cinflection point,\u201d with cities realizing short-term benefits are scant and long-term payoffs unclear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThere are fewer cities and nations wiling to compete in this international auction of the games,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd, in absence of this, the IOC,\u201d is not going to be able to wring the kind of concessions from potential host cities that they did before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports-news\/year-to-go-to-tokyo-games-with-costs-ticket-demand-rising\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Japanese Olympic gymnast Kotono Tanaka performs as a &#8220;1-Year to Go&#8221; banner hangs outside the Ariake Gymnastics Center, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Tokyo. Despite scandals, rising costs and doubts about the economic payoff, the Tokyo Olympics will be a must-see event \u2014 if you can find a ticket or a hotel room \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-797864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 06:12:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}