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Olympics 2012

     03rd August' 2009

Olympics-2012 Logo

Stadium Aerial View

Aerial View Of Stadium Site

London Olympic 2012 Village

Aquatics Centre After The Games

Aquatics Centre

Bus Handover Ceremony By Beijing

Aerial View Of Velodrome Site

Inside The Velodrome

Olympic Park Gallery

Making The Olympic Stadium

Olympic Stadium Aerial

Olympic Stadium Exploded View

Olympic Stadium Field Of Play

Olympic Stadium During May 2009

Olympic Stadium Progress On Construction

Olympic Stadium Terracing

Olympic Village Aerial

Thornton's Field Railway Sidings

Welcoming The Games

Following four rounds of voting by members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 6 July 2005, gave London the majority that it needed to be elected as the host city for the 2012 Games. The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be held in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012, followed by the 2012 Paralympic Games from 29 August to 9 September. The Olympic Stadium will be at the south of the Olympic Park on an island site surrounded on three sides by waterways, within easy walking distance of the Olympic Village and warm-up facilities.

The logo for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics was unveiled in a star-studded ceremony in London in June 2007. The jagged emblem, based on the date 2012, comes in a series of shades of pink, blue, green and orange and will evolve in the run-up to the Games. The word London and the Olympic rings are included in the first two digits of the new logo.

The innovative Olympic Stadium design allows for an 80,000 seat. It will have 25,000 permanent seats and 55,000 temporary seats that will be removed after the Games to host a variety of sporting, educational, cultural and community events. A 20m-high 'wrap' will encircle the 900m circumference of the Stadium. Artists will create a large mural on the wrap of historical sporting champions, participating countries' flags and sponsor logos, giving the Stadium its distinctive appearance. Up to 180,000 spectators a day will enter the Park to enjoy the Games.

Construction officially started on the Stadium on 22 May 2008. Prime Minister Gordon Brown was on site to see the work begin. In October 2008 the first steel was erected on the Olympic Stadium reaching 35 metres above the ground and creating a visible landmark for miles. Steel terracing supports, each weighing 35 tonnes are being lifted into place above the podium level to hold the 55,000 seats in the upper tiers. The Olympic Village built next to the Park will be home to thousands of athletes and officials, with easy access to training and competition venues.

Seven bridges will be structurally complete, 10 further bridges and underpasses will be under construction and the building of the permanent roads will have started. The refurbishment of the waterways in the Olympic Park will be complete. The new primary substation at Kings Yard will be substantially complete, with the new equipment also in place to transmit permanent power to the Olympic Park from the wider national network. The construction of the new Energy Centre will be well underway. Significant progress will have been made on the transport projects that are increasing capacity to support the Games. Of the 25 underway, 13 will be nearing completion.

Below is an ongoing list of the venues as they are confirmed:

Venue	Sport(s)	Comment
Olympic Stadium	athletics	80,000-seat venue also to be used for opening and closing ceremonies
Olympic Park Arenas	volleyball, handball, basketball, fencing, modern pentathlon	four new arenas holding between 8,000 and 12,000 spectators
Aquatics Centre	swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, water polo and modern pentathlon	50m and 25m pools
Velodrome	cycling	seating for 6,000 spectators.
BMX circuit	BMX	purpose-built for the newest Olympic event
Hockey centre	hockey	a competition pitch and a warm-up pitch in a 15,000-seat outdoor arena
Wembley	football	see also regional centres below
Wimbledon	tennis
Lord's Cricket Ground	archery
Horse Guards Parade	beach volleyball
Regents Park	softball, baseball, cycling
Hyde Park	triathlon
Eton Dorney	rowing, flatwater canoe/kayak
The Dome	gymnastics, basketball
ExCel Arena	weightlifting, taekwondo, table tennis, boxing, wrestling, judo
Greenwich Arena	gymnastics and badminton	next to the Dome, temporary indoor venue with 6,000 capacity
Greenwich Park	equestrian, modern pentathlon
Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich	shooting
Broxbourne	canoe/kayak (slalom)
Weald Country Park	mountain biking
Weymouth, Dorset	sailing
Hampden Park, Old Trafford, Villa Park, St James' Park	football

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