The Venues
Operating the venues for the
future
The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be staged in
some of the most iconic and important permanent new sports venues
in the UK.
After the Games, the venues will be modified so that they can be
used by both local people and high performance athletes long into
the future. They will become an important part of keeping the
memory of the 2012 Games alive, train the champions of the future,
promote healthy living and act as a magnet for major sporting
events, visitors, sports clubs and business.
Having established the Legacy Company well in advance of the
Games, we are carefully considering the venues' uses post-2012 to
inform their design now. We are working on detailed plans for what
will happen to the venues after the Games in partnership with the
Olympic
Delivery Authority (ODA). This is a work in progress and final
decisions have yet to be made.
Between 2012 and 2014 the Legacy Company will continue to work
closely with the ODA on the transformation of the Park. This will
include removing temporary venues and walkways and transforming the
permanent venues into their long-term use. In the first quarter of
2013 the Company will begin to open up area of the Park and some
venues for public access, and will be staging some early
attractions and events.
A focus on community use
Looking to the future, a major focus of the venues will be
community use. With this in mind, the Legacy Company is playing a
key role in the design of venues. For example, this may include
specification decisions on the number of spectator seats required
or the movable floors and booms in the Aquatics Centre which will
increase the community use at any one time. This will ease
the transformation process and avoid unnecessary delays and
potential conflicts.
Operational management of venues
We are currently looking at potential operators to manage all
aspects of the estate management including parkland and venues.
The Legacy Company will be ultimately responsible for the
operational management of the whole estate, to include parkland,
venues and will manage the relationship with third-party operators.
The Company will set the parameters and negotiate the financial
arrangements under which operators will run the venues.
We would like to hear from potential venue operators. Please
email us on info@legacycompany.co.uk
to register your interest.
For further information on the future of the permanent Olympic
Park venues, please follow the relevant link below:
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The Olympic Stadium will be the centre piece of the 2012
Games. After the Games it will retain athletics at its core, and
will also host a wide range of sporting, entertainment and cultural
events, using both the sporting arena and extensive back of house
facilities.
Mixing elite and grassroots sport
with community use
We are exploring options for the future capacity of the Olympic
Stadium.
Built with flexibility in mind, the stadium could be used for
major international championships and many other sporting fixtures,
concerts, stadium tours, a visitor attraction and arts events - all
of which will bring in ongoing revenue to the stadium.
We are currently working with London United and England 2018 to
establish the feasibility of the Olympic Stadium as a venue for the
FIFA 2018 World Cup.
We are also looking at uses away from the field-of-play to
maximise use of the back-of-house space. Opportunities currently
being explored include commercial use, a potential visitor
attraction, conferencing, sports science, education and
sporting bodies.
We have launched our soft market testing exercise for the
Stadium to seek expressions of interest from organisations that are
serious about the long term management and operation of the venue
following the 2012 Games. For further information please visit our
dedicated soft market testing
information page.
Key facts
- Fully IAAF compliant 9 lane Mondo athletics track
- Grass pitch of 105m x 68m
- 60m indoor sprint track
- Potential for high performance strength and conditioning suite
with physiotherapy and rehabilitation area
- Office, lecture, conference and commercial space - dependent on
retention of the West Stand
- Warm up track to be built nearby to allow the stadium to be
used for top class athletics events and by clubs and schools
- Space for a visitor attraction
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The Aquatics Centre will be a truly iconic building and act as
the main entrance to the Olympic
Park. With two 50m pools, it will provide an important legacy for
London, which has only two of
this size currently.
London, national and international
swimming legacy
Following its transformation after the Games, the Aquatics
Centre will cater for all levels of
swimming ability and aquatic disciplines. It will offer an activity
programme including a range
of aquatic fitness sessions, a comprehensive learn to swim
programme, coaching in water polo,
synchronised swimming, diving, triathlon and sub aqua.
The centre will be open to the local community and schools. At
the national and international
level, seating accommodation and a range of facilities will
enable the venues to cater for major
events including national and European events. Triathlon
England and British Swimming are
planning on using the venue regularly, and a range of events
are being considered.
Key facts
- During the Games the Aquatics Centre will house up to 17,500
spectators
- After the Games there will be 2,500 permanent seats, expandable
to 3,500 seats
- 10-lane competition pool (50m x 25m x 3m) and an 8-lane
training pool (50m x 21m x 2m)
- Separate diving pool (25m x 21m x 5m) with 1m, 3m, 5m, 7.5m and
10m diving boards
- Moveable floors for all pools. The two 50m pools have booms to
allow depths and heights changes
- A diving area for dry-land training
- Flexible space for a commercial or community facility
- Accommodation for changing, meeting rooms, seminars and sports
science space
- Crèche and café
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The Velodrome will be owned and managed by Lee Valley
Regional Park Authority.
After the Games, the permanent 6,000 seat velodrome will need
very little transformation and will
become the hub of the VeloPark. It will be used by high performance
athletes who will train
alongside the local and regional community.
Meeting the recreational, training and
competition needs for
cyclists
The VeloPark will be a world-class cycling facility to support
the continued development of
competitive and non-competitive cycling across the UK.
The VeloPark will have the capacity to host the full range of
cycling events, including a World
Championships. The British Cycling Federation will use the
Velodrome to train athletes with
international potential, although its main high performance centre
will continue to be Manchester.
The facility will be available for hire by schools, clubs, and
community groups as well as available
for casual pay and play usage.
The BMX track will remain, but be reconfigured, and a road cycle
circuit and mountain bike courses
will be added.
We are working with our partners to ensure the Park is linked
with existing cycle routes across
London.
Key facts
- Dedicated high performance 250m indoor Velodrome and infield
with 6,000 seat capacity
- Four fully accessible changing rooms and officials changing
rooms.
- Strength and conditioning gym (restricted to high-performance
athletes) with sports medicine space
- Dedicated bike workshop, secure bike storage, bike hire
facilities and bike retail space
- Offices (including space for Lee Valley Regional Park
Authority and British
Cycling Federation)
- Multi-purpose rooms for meetings, seminars, conference
facilities
- Café, concession areas and toilets
- Owned, operated and funded by Lee Valley Regional Park
Authority
VeloPark-specific key facts
- External BMX course
- External 1 mile road cycle circuit
- External 6km mountain bike trails
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The Multi-Use Arena, also known as Arena 3 or the Handball
Arena, will play host to handball
during the Olympic Games and Goalball during the Paralympic Games.
Afterwards it will be
transformed into a new venue with the flexible seating capacity and
facilities for a wide range of indoor sports training and
competitions as well as cultural and business events.
Flexible sporting and cultural
space
The Multi-Use Arena will leave a lasting and versatile sporting
legacy, serving as a venue for a
variety of indoor sports including basketball, handball, badminton,
netball and volleyball. The highly
flexible design means it will be used for all levels of sports
participation, from events to high
performance training to community use.
The Arena will be one of the first legacy venues open after the
Games and is located on the West
of the Park close to Hackney Wick station and near to the
International Broadcasting Centre site.
A variety of national governing sports bodies have expressed
interest in using the arena, including basketball, wheelchair
basketball, handball, volleyball, judo, boxing, badminton,
netball,
gymnastics, fencing, table tennis and taekwondo.
The Arena will include a health and fitness club, and café for
the local community.
Key facts
- 6,000 spectator capacity, which can be extended to 7,500 seats
by using the field of play at certain events
- Seating can be reduced to a more intimate capacity of 3,000 for
smaller scale events
- Hall is the equivalent size of 12 badminton courts (2,743 sq
m)
- Sprung wooden floor with marked courts including 12 badminton,
3 basketball, 3 handball and futsal, 3 volleyball and 3
netball
- Space for a 50-100 station fitness suite (487 sq m) and a
studio (184 sq m)
- Space for meeting rooms, crèche, café, concession outlets (30
points of sale), changing rooms, storage and offices
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Eton Manor will become two separate venues after the games,
owned, funded and managed by
Lee Valley
Regional Park Authority. With a history of sporting activity
dating back over a century,
the Hockey and Tennis Centres built in legacy will continue this
tradition long after the Games.
A unique mix of sporting venues
Eton Manor will comprise a Hockey Centre, and a Tennis Centre
with four indoor and six outdoor
tennis courts. Five-a-side football pitches will be developed after
the Games.
With two pitches, the Hockey Centre will become England Hockey's
national events venue and
regional performance centre and home to England and GB hockey
fixtures. Five hockey clubs have
also registered an interest in relocating to the centre.
Over at the Tennis Centre, the courts will be used as a
wheelchair tennis performance centre and
for regional tennis development programmes.
Key facts
- 3,000 capacity hockey stadium, including 500 covered seats
- Potential to increase seating up to 15,000 with temporary
overlay to support major events
- Additional floodlit, water-based hockey training pitch
- 4 indoor and 6 outdoor tennis courts
- Mountain bike trails (part of the VeloPark)
- Development plot for a future 5-a-side commercial football
centre to include a club house and 10 pitches
- Bar/café, office, changing rooms and spectator toilets
- 1.2 hectares of allotments
- Owned, funded and managed by Lee Valley Regional Park
Authority
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Press and
Broadcast Centres
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Aside from the sporting facilities, one of the most significant
developments within the Olympic
Park, and the chief business space legacy, are the Press and
Broadcast Centres, which during the
2012 Games will be referred to as the Main Press Centre (MPC) and
the International Broadcast
Centre (IBC).
Located in the north-west corner of the Park, this will be home
to the world's media for the 2012
Games, providing office and studio space for 20,000
journalists and broadcasters.
Excellent location for business
We are committed to the Press and Broadcast Centres becoming a
major employment site after
the Games. Between the two buildings the Press and
Broadcast Centres will offer 91,000 sq m of
business space in a great site on the Olympic Park
overlooking the canal. The buildings have been
designed to ensure that they have the flexibility to be adapted to
a wide range of uses, to
maximise their potential after the Games.
Hackney Wick station is only a 10 minute walk away and it will
also be served by an adjacent
multi-storey car park with easy access to the A12 and
beyond to the North Circular, M11 to the east
and the A11 and Central London to the west.
The site has great green credentials, with a 'brown' roof and a
central heating plant.
Key facts
- 29,000 sq m of sustainable business space over five floors in
the Press Centre
- 8,800 sq m of offices over five floors and 53,300 sq m of
studio space within the Broadcast Centre, which can be converted
for a variety of uses
- Both buildings allow for single or multiple occupancy use
Register your interest
Prior to actively marketing the two buildings, we are working to
define commercial uses and
possibilities for the Press and Broadcast Centres, as well as
carrying out a market demand testing
exercise among media companies, the creative industry and a variety
of other sectors to ascertain
interest for take up of the space after the Games.
To register your interest in the Press and Broadcast Centres,
please provide us with your contact
details, along with your requirements and details of
proposed usage. We are currently unable to
respond to all enquiries, but we will log them for future
reference. Please email us at
info@legacycompany.co.uk
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