Olympic Park opens to public for first timeOlympic Park opens to public for first time
17 Sep 2007
Almost 2,000 members of the public had the opportunity to look at the cleaning and clearing of the Olympic Park site first hand at the weekend.
ODA staff take bus tours of the Olympic Park site
Tours took place as part of London’s ‘Open House’ architectural festival. The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) organised 40 bus trips around the site plus video presentations and an exhibition showing what the Park will be like during and after the London 2012 Games.
Top sports stars Daley Thompson and Ade Adepitan also joined the event and also took some time out to talk about their Olympic and Paralympic experiences.
David Higgins, Olympic Delivery Authority Chief Executive, said: ‘Open House has given us a fantastic opportunity to open up the Olympic Park to the public, offering them the chance to see how this area of east London is being transformed, both for 2012 and long after.'
Read the full media releaseWatch a video about Open House on the Olympic Park 
