LONDON - Olympic Stadium (79,999)

[Mo Rush]

Originally Posted by RobH

Good, now kindly stop posting irrelevent pictures.

This isn't our national stadium and it's been designed so two thirds of it can be removed after the Games. Of course it's not going to look the same as the Bird's Nest or other nations' national stadiums.

If you want to compare any stadium with your CWGs stadium, it ought to be our national stadium. I shan't post pictures of Wembley because they're not relevent, and I don't want to embarrass you as you're new here.

I want to post pictures of Cape Town Stadium....can I? can I?

[GunnerJacket]

Originally Posted by Mo Rush

I want to post pictures of Cape Town Stadium....can I? can I?

If it's a picture of Cape Towns Stadium set in front of the London Olympic Stadium, then yes.

[memoqro]

Going well, i think is excellent that they put the gardening that are sorrounding the stadium from now, For the 2012 games it will looks beautiful.

[rafamlopes]

Originally Posted by memoqro

Going well, i think is excellent that they put the gardening that are sorrounding the stadium from now, For the 2012 games it will looks beautiful.

I agree. Beijing hosted amazing games and we will never foget them but sometimes it felt too overworked to me. A factory, gray feeling...I don't know..I just think London games will be more colorful and "human". And Rio will definetly host the happiest, sexiest, warm felling and most tropical games ever. Can't wait

[broncoempire]

Each Games has its own unique feeling, its own style, and each can be spectacular in its own way. London is sending a message to the world with a new way to host the Olympics and I think it is going to resonate for years to come. This venue looks spectacular, and I think that's the way a lot of people are going to feel by the time things wrap up a little more than two years from now.

[Ecological]

I think the biggest factor for the IOC is that this is actually being built ON TIME and ON BUDGET!

It seems a few have sour grapes also because this is by far the best and most organised Olympic Park in history.

[memoqro]

Originally Posted by rafamlopes

I agree. Beijing hosted amazing games and we will never foget them but sometimes it felt too overworked to me. A factory, gray feeling...I don't know..I just think London games will be more colorful and "human". And Rio will definetly host the happiest, sexiest, warm felling and most tropical games ever. Can't wait

Totally agree, each country are showing their culture and their essence, i think London will do a good job, i have to say that at the beginning i didn't like this Olympic complex, but now i think is an excellent space for the games, it looks better than the render.

[Gherkin]

here's a really big picture from london2012.com. Notice the seat design is starting to incorporate the 2012 logo.

[Matthew Lowry]

When will be Olympic staidium wil be ready

[PortoNuts]

Here's another one from london2012.com.

[Juanes777]

after the olympic games the stadium was become demolish to build a new football stadium?

[RobH]

We don't know yet. We'll find out in the new year who has won the right to occupy it after the Games.

[JimB]

Originally Posted by Matthew Lowry

When will be Olympic staidium wil be ready

Summer 2011.

[GunnerJacket]

Originally Posted by Juanes777

after the olympic games the stadium was become demolish to build a new football stadium?

Demolished? Not exactly. Unless some other owner or football club assumes ownership the stadium will be downsized to about 25k for athletics, with the excess stands being disassembled and distributed to various other venues across the country.

So it will most likely be smaller but it's not like they're going to simply "demolish" the thing.

[miguelon]

I made a similar coment in the British forum, but I think that the London games are going to be the Olympic version of the 2006 German World Cup. Why is that?

Because Germany did not put the biggest or most expensive stadiums (still Allianz Arena and Berlin Olympic are world class), but they hosted a very human event, with the introduction of the Fan Zones, very colorfull, amazing transport, organized, on budget, etc. Something similar I am waiting from London 2012, there are even rumors, that not all of the openning ceremony will take place in the stadium itself, so more people can be part of it.

Looks than London will be almost ready to host the games in 2011.

[jlch1987]

Do someone now what are AEG's plan for this stadium...? I assume they'd try to keep the 80k for concerts and shows...

[RobH]

Originally Posted by jlch1987

Do someone now what are AEG's plan for this stadium...? I assume they'd try to keep the 80k for concerts and shows...

Couldn't find any more detail about this. Last we heard was this, back in May:

Details of how AEG, which owns a number of big stadiums and venues in the United States, including the Staples Center in Los Angeles, plans to use the venue are not yet clear.

Talks with the Olympic Park Legacy Company are at a very early stage but an AEG spokesperson told the BBC: "AEG has expressed an initial interest in the future of the Olympic Park and, as the world's leading sports venue owner and operator, it makes total sense for us to explore potential ideas for its future success.

[RobH]

There's some interesting activity going on on the ground in the stadium. I suspect this is the temporary section of track laid for the two years to go celebrations:



"We'll see some top athletes in action in the 2012 arenas with highlights including a bike whizzing round the track at the Velodrome - and the first sprint on a track within the main stadium. Indeed, we can confirm that the man performing there will be Michael Johnson - the gold medal hero of the Atlanta Games and BBC Sport's top athletics pundit."

BBC's plans for two year countdown

[PortoNuts]

Even if it's used for the two year countdown celebration, they are probably starting the pitch work too.

[RobH]

The actual track will be blue. I think this is temporary