ExCeL London will play a major role during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, hosting the biggest cluster of Olympic and Paralympic sports outside the Olympic Park.

The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) is consulting on its plans, and will be holding an exhibition this month prior to submitting a planning application to Newham Council in February  for the work to be done to convert ExCeL to a temporary Olympic and Paralympic venue.

Sebastian Coe, LOCOG Chair, said: “ExCeL is an important venue for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.  It will host seven Olympic and six Paralympic sports making it one of the most exciting places to be in 2012.  It is also just 15 minutes from the Olympic and Paralympic Village which demonstrates our commitment to make the London Games compact and accessible to athletes and spectators alike.  Come and find out more about our plans and be part of the action in 2012.”

If you would like to find out more and register your comments about LOCOG’s plans you can do so by:

• Visiting LOCOG’s exhibition in South Gallery Room 3 at ExCeL London from: Thursday 21 January, 4-8pm; Friday 22 January, 12 noon-4pm; Saturday 23 January, 11am-3pm.

• Go online at london2012.com/excelconsultation

• Call us on 0800 198 2012

• Write to us at FREEPOST 2012 Games

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Notes to editors

The seven Olympic sports taking place at ExCeL London are: Boxing, Fencing, Judo, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Weightlifting, and Wrestling.  The six Paralympic sports are: Boccia, Paralympic Judo, Powerlifting, Paralympic Table Tennis; Volleyball (Sitting) and Wheelchair Fencing.

As it heads towards its £2bn budget for staging the Olympic and Paralympic Games, LOCOG has seven domestic Tier One Partners - adidas, BMW, BP, British Airways, BT, EDF and Lloyds TSB. There are six domestic Tier Two Supporters – Adecco, Cadbury, Cisco, Deloitte, Thomas Cook and UPS. There are now twelve domestic Tier Three Suppliers and Providers – Airwave, Atkins, Boston Consulting Group, Crystal CG, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, GSK, Holiday Inn, McCann Worldgroup, The Nielsen Company, Populous, Ticketmaster and Trident.

The Worldwide Olympic Partners signed up for London 2012 are Coca-Cola, Acer, Atos Origin, GE, McDonald’s, Omega, Panasonic, Samsung and Visa.