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Olympic Stadium
Location	Stratford, London
Opened	Unknown (Expected completion by 2011)
Closed	N/A
Demolished	N/A
Owner
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	Unknown
Architect	Team McAlpine HOK Sport Buro Happold
Tenants
Capacity
80,000 (25,000 Post Olympics)

The London Olympic Stadium will be the centrepiece of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The stadium will be located at Marshgate Lane in Stratford in the Lower Lea Valley and will have a capacity for the Games of approximately 80,000. Land preparation for the stadium will begin in mid-2007, with construction beginning in mid-2008 and completion scheduled for mid-2011. Image File history File links Current_sport. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Stratford, historically Stratford Langthorne, is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... HOK Sport is a division of the international architectural firm HOK which specializes in sports facilities. ... // View of the Great Court Buro Happold is a professional services firm providing engineering consultancy, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of buildings, infrastructure and the environment. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. ... Stratford, historically Stratford Langthorne, is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London. ... The Lower Lea Valley is the area surrounding the River Lea (or Lee), which runs along the boundary of the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Newham and into the River Thames. ...

Unlike previous Olympic Stadia, this will be solely for athletics (track & field) and for ceremonial usage. Whereas in previous games the Olympic Stadium has been used for the final of the football tournament, the 2012 football finals will be held at Wembley Stadium, which has a larger capacity and the advantage that the seating is closer to the pitch as there is no athletics track. The stadium will have a distinctive appearance due to its roof, which has been designed to wrap itself around the stadium "in a similar way that muscles support and represent the human body". A womens 400m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... For the old stadium, see Wembley Stadium (1924). ...

Developments

On 13 October 2006 LOCOG confirmed that it had selected the Team McAlpine consortium (consisting of McAlpine, HOK Sport + Venue + Event and Buro Happold) to start negotiations with, in hope to find the contractor fulfilling the eventual design and build contract of the new Olympic Stadium. ^[1] October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... A company called LOCOG - the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games - was established in August 2005 to organise, publicise, and stage the 2012 Olympic Games in London. ... HOK Sport + Venue + Event, a division of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, is an architectural practice specializing in the design of public assembly spaces and planning of major special events. ... // View of the Great Court Buro Happold is a professional services firm providing engineering consultancy, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of buildings, infrastructure and the environment. ...

The ODA received international and national interest to prequalify for the design and construction tender but Team McAlpine was the only consortium to meet all prequalification criteria. Team McAlpine was also the team who delivered the locally acclaimed new Emirates Stadium, home of Arsenal FC. Oda may refer to: Oda, Shimane, a city in Japan Oda, Harem, a room in a harem Oda (magazine), Turkish literary magazine Oda, a German slang-word for or The Oda clan, a Japanese feudal clan from the Sengoku period Oda, a Japanese family name A Norwegian female given name... The Emirates Stadium is a football stadium located on Ashburton Grove in Holloway, north London, and the home of Arsenal Football Club since it opened in July 2006; the stadium has an all-seated capacity of 60,432. ... Arsenal F.C. (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) is a north London football team founded in 1886. ...

Team McAlpine have extensive experience in the design and build of sports venues, including the Olympic Stadium for the 2000 Sydney Games. This page is for Telstra Stadium, Sydney. ... The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

They will now enter into negotiations and hope to officially confirm the appointment in early 2007.

It was announced in December 2006 that Peter Cook, the leading architect of HOK Sport + Venue + Event, will be involved in the design process of the stadium. He has promised to deliver a 'really chirpy building', with innovative features that will enable it to contract from an 80,000-seat venue to 25,000-seater after the Games.^[2] Cook founded the architectural group Archigram in 1961. His most recent architectural project was the Kunsthaus Graz, a museum of modern art, in Graz, Austria. The final design is expected to be unveiled to the public in summer 2007. Peter Cook (born in 1936 in Southend, Essex) is a notable English architect, teacher and writer about architecture. ... HOK Sport + Venue + Event, a division of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, is an architectural practice specializing in the design of public assembly spaces and planning of major special events. ... Archigram was an avant-garde architectural group formed in the 1960s and based at the Architectural Association, London that was futurist, anti-heroic and pro-consumerist, drawing inspiration from technology in order to create a new reality that was solely expressed through hypothetical projects. ... The Kunsthaus Graz at night showing the BIX media Façade The Kunsthaus Graz, Grazer Kunsthaus, or Graz Art Museum was built as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2003 and has since become an architectural landmark in Graz, Austria. ... The Grazer Schloßberg Clock Tower Graz [graːts] (Slovenian: Gradec IPA: /gra. ...

On 23 March 2007 it was revealed that the stadium will not include a roof structure, except over an area for VIPs and executives. ^[3] March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (83rd in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

Post Olympic Legacy

The legacy plans in the London 2012 bid is to have the stadium converted into a 25,000 seat athletics stadium with a sports training, science and medicine centre following the 2012 Paralympics. (Redirected from 2012 Paralympics) See also: 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will be the fourteenth Paralympics and they will be held in the same location as the 2012 Summer Olympics. ...

However, several football teams have expressed a desire to move into the Olympic stadium after the games. Even if a football club does move to the Olympic Stadium, the LOCOG wishes to also hold athletic events at the stadium, as they wish for an athletic legacy for the stadium, and the capacity will be reduced to around 25,000. For these two reasons all but one interested club ended negotiations, leaving Leyton Orient F.C. as the only club in talks to move into the stadium following the games. ^[4]. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English football team promoted at the end of the 2005/6 season to League One of the Football League. ...

It had been suggested that Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and West Ham United wished to be the tenants after the games, with the latter more strongly linked. ^[5] This proposal was advanced further following West Ham's takeover by an Icelandic consortium, with new Chairman Eggert Magnusson announcing in November 2006 that he would begin discussions with London 2012 and the government about the club eventually moving ^[6]. In February 2007, West Ham's request to be allowed to move to the Olympic Stadium was rejected^[7]. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English professional football club, who play in the FA Premier League. ... West Ham United Football Club are a football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London and play their home matches at The Boleyn Ground or formally known as Upton Park. ... Eggert Magnússon (born February 20, 1947) is an Icelandic businessman and also President of the Football Association of Iceland. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... For other uses, see February (disambiguation). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

There has also been speculation that Chelsea F.C. might move there, due to lack of room for expansion at their current stadium ^[8]. However, due to the terms of the Chelsea Pitch Owners, the club would have to relinquish the name 'Chelsea Football Club' should they ever move from Stamford Bridge. Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. ... The East Stand. ...

One more football club, Leyton Orient F.C. has also laid a claim to the Olympic Stadium. With space at their current home, The Matchroom Stadium, Brisbane Road, being limited by the building of flats, it is possible that Leyton Orient could accumulate a fanbase necessary to justify becoming tenants of the stadium. Orient should be seen as the natural choice if a football club was to take over due to Leyton Orient being the closest club to Stratford. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English football team promoted at the end of the 2005/6 season to League One of the Football League. ... The Matchroom Stadium is a football stadium in Brisbane Road, Leyton, East London, England. ...

References

1. ^ Negotiations start with Arsenal stadium team London 2012 Official Website, retrieved 19 December 2006
2. ^ Peter Cook to lead Olympic Stadium design process The Times Online, retrieved 19 December 2006
3. ^ Olympic stadium: if you’re not a VIP bring a brolly "Building Online", retrieved 28 March 2007
4. ^ "Hammers' Olympic move ruled out", The BBC, 07-02-2007.
5. ^ "West Ham in talks on 2012 stadium", The B.B.C., 20-10-2006.
6. ^ "Hammers in talks on stadium move", The BBC, 29-11-2006.
7. ^ London 2012 Press Release
8. ^ "Chelsea plan Bridge redevelopment", The BBC, 20-1-2006.

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External links

• Location of the Olympic Stadium on Google Maps (current photograph was taken in 2006, before construction began -- link accessed 2006-06-06)