• First time trial of Games-time Javelin service from St Pancras to Stratford International • Project on track and within budget as Athletes past and present visit Olympic Park
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announces that Ticketmaster has been appointed Official Ticketing Services Provider for London 2012, and is a London 2012 Tier 3 sponsor.
Schools across east London have been presented with copies of panels displaying their student’s artwork which have been on display on hoardings around the Olympic Park site.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announce that Hornby Plc, the models and collectibles group, has been awarded the licence to develop and market a range of products associated with the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
The start of construction on the Handball Arena two months early marked the moment the ‘big build’ got underway on all new permanent venues for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
New figures published earlier this week by the Olympic Delivery Authority showed that of the 10,000 workers that have helped build the London 2012 Olympic Park to date half lived in London.
Tony Hall, Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House and newly appointed Chair of the Cultural Olympiad Board, today announces the first members of his board.
The construction of the Olympic Stadium’s external structure has completed today as the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2008 – 2009, alongside expenses for the ODA Board and Directors.
Tony Hall to Chair new board overseeing programme A major investment of nearly £16 million towards the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad has been announced today. The grant, from the Olympic Lottery Distributor, will fund six of London 2012’s Major Cultural Projects. They include an International Shakespeare Festival, a UK-wide film project for young people, and plans for World River, a spectacular Music Festival in London just before the 2012 Games.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announces that its contract with Nortel as Official Network Infrastructure Partner for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has ended.
The Town Centre Link Bridge, which has been successfully pushed over 11 live railway lines at Stratford Station, touched down on the other side of the tracks this week and reached one step closer to serving millions of spectators during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has awarded the contract to build the main structure of the Basketball Arena to a Scottish company based in Glasgow, bringing the total of Scottish companies to win London 2012 contracts to 30.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) today outlined the plans and designs for a 'Gold medal standard' Athletes’ Village.
Individuals and teams working on London 2012’s Olympic Park have been recognised for their efforts to make the construction project one of the safest and greenest in the UK.
Construction work is underway on a world-class White Water Canoe Centre in Broxbourne for the London 2012 Games, meaning the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has now delivered all of the milestones it set out last summer.
More than 80 undergraduate civil engineering and construction students from London universities spent last week gaining hands-on experience building iconic structures on the London 2012 Olympic Park site.
Twenty local school children were congratulated by Olympic champion Jonathan Edwards for successfully completing a unique year experiencing first-hand the development of the London 2012 Olympic Park.
