New stadium design - view from inside during Games-time The design features a ‘stadium bowl’ holding the 25,000 permanent seats, surrounded by 55,000 demountable seats that will taken away after the Games.
An Olympic Stadium with such a large demountable element and mix of temporary and permanent seating has never been attempted before.
After the Games, it will be transformed into a 25,000 capacity Athletics stadium and will host a variety of sporting, educational, cultural and community events. It will be a sustainable and vibrant facility, attracting other businesses and investment and acting as a hub for the communities living in and around the Olympic Park.
The Stadium design was launched today by: athletes Marlon Devonish and Montell Douglas; John Armitt, Chairman of the ODA, Sebastian Coe, Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games; Tessa Jowell MP, Olympics Minister; Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London; Colin Moynihan, Chairman of the British Olympic Association; and Rod Sheard, of Team Stadium, the consortium working on the project.
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