London Olympic Stadium, London Olympics 2012

London Olympic Stadium is the centrepiece of the London Olympic Park, and main venue of the 2012 London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. The stadium is located at Marshgate Lane in Stratford, in East London. It was built between mid 2007 and 29 March 2011, when construction was completed. After the Games are over, the London Olympic Stadium will be renovated to become the new home of either Tottenham Hotspur Football Club or West Ham United Football Club.

London London Olympic Stadium
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olympic_Park,_London,_14_June_2011_(2)_cropped.jpg
Author: BaldBoris


London London Olympic Stadium under construction
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_olympic_stadium_construction_-_May_2009.jpg
Author: Stephen Craven


London Olympic Stadium taking shape
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_2012_olympic_stadium_internal.jpg
Author: Pplfichi


The London Olympic Stadium was built at a cost of £537 million. It was designed by the architectural firm of Populous. The stadium will be able to accommodate 80,000 spectators. The material used for its construction is lauded as being environmentally sustainable. For example, an environmentally sustainable fabric will be used to wrap around the exterior of the stadium.

Despite the stadium's design leaning towards environment consciousness, many architecture critics have compared it unfavorably against the Beijing National Stadium, venue of the Beijing Olympic Games. They don't find it comparatively spectacular, and not worthy as a national icon.

Return to London Olympic Park main page; list of Parks in London

 Latest updates on Penang Travel Tips

Songs about Penang

About this website

Hello and thanks for reading this page. My name is Timothy and my hobby is in describing places so that I can share the information with the general public. My website has become the go to site for a lot of people including students, teachers, journalists, etc. whenever they seek information on places, particularly those in Malaysia and Singapore. I have been doing this since 5 January 2003, for over twenty years already. You can read about me at Discover Timothy. By now I have compiled information on thousands of places, mostly in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, and I continue to add more almost every day. My goal is to describe every street in every town in Malaysia and Singapore.