I saw this on China Economic Review and had to share it. Since China is quite proud of it’s on-schedule construction work, this is big news.

The completion date for the Beijing Olympics’s marquee venue has been pushed back by a month, a top organizer said, as workers put finishing touches on the stadium that symbolizes China’s ambitions for the games.

Work on the futuristic “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium has been slowed by preparations for the opening and closing ceremonies and it will not be ready until late April, Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice president of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee, told the China Daily newspaper.

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There have been few venue construction delays on the often-bumpy road to the games. While China has had to defend against criticism on everything from its dirty air to its diplomatic policies in Darfur, every venue but the Bird’s Nest was completed on schedule by the end of last year.

Via China Economic Review and AP