LONDON - Olympic Stadium (79,999)

[WooWoo]

Originally Posted by pawcio723

how to apply for the London Olympic Games Olympic stadium design reminiscent of a leaf, and all of this indicated that the rise but it was completely different, the authorities have designed a simpler form of the stadium, cheaper and fast to build and was something .... and how well I remember those games were supposed to be better than the previous and so will not.
It is a pity that Paris did not win but no one is the Lord God

Are you French or something? London will put on a spectacular show, much more than what Paris could do, imo.

Granted, the external design isn't the most pioneering we have seen, but with out a doubt, the inside of the stadium is absolutely magnificent. It looks beautiful (even better if we get the tango orange track.)

I think its a little extreme to call this the worst stadium of the 21st century (there have only been 4 but what ever) I'm sure that once the wrap is up, the track is down, and the seats are uncovered you will change your mind.

Also, look at the other venues. The Aquatics center can only be beaten by Beijing on design, it out weights any other, and the Veledrome and Basket Ball Arena (when lit!) is the best I've seen to.

I think we were unlucky to get the games after the extravaganza that was Beijing, if we had got these games in 2008 and built the same venues as now, they wouldn't be criticized that much.

[Marin Mostar]

I don`t understand why the stands have to be so far away from the track (and the pitch). I`m talking about olimpic stadiums in general. It semes to me that sometimes they make big distances without an obvious reason. If it˙s for safety reasons they could simply chose not to use first couple of fows for the Olimpics and bring the stands as much as posilble.

[Ecological]

I think people should just bide their time because with the wrap and screens, the uncovering of the seats and the landscaping, plus the sponsoring the stadium is going to look terrific.

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[Axelferis]

Originally Posted by WooWoo

Are you French or something? London will put on a spectacular show, much more than what Paris could do, imo.

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please no no!! don't start again!!

London is london

Paris is paris

[Mossy22]

Heres another great night shot from last night, Its starting to resemble a diamond at night :

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London 2012 - Photography Project - Special by awhisperer, on Flickr[/img]

[PrevaricationComplex]

Whats this guy smoking? http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/davidbond..._not_an_o.html

Original stadium plan not an option

Post categories: Football, Olympics

David Bond | 10:02 UK time, Friday, 21 January 2011

This stark image is what the London Olympic Stadium would look like if the original legacy promise to turn it into an athletics-only arena after the Games was seen through.
Image of the Olympic Stadium if the original legacy plan went ahead

The BBC has obtained previously unseen designs for what the stadium would look like if the promise made in Singapore was kept
Gone are the distinctive triangular floodlights which are now such a feature of the east London skyline. Gone also is the Meccano-style steel structure which boosts the basic concrete bowl of 25,000 into the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium for the Games.

Instead a tiny roof, which covers barely one 10th of the whole arena, is the only feature of an otherwise drab, characterless venue.

This is the reason why no sustainable legacy plan was developed by organisers and the Government in the two years after London's bid triumph in 2005.

Even UK Athletics, the sport's governing body in Britain, and its marketing partners Fast Track, were unable to find a way of making the stadium work in this mode after the Games.

When one sees this image it is easy to understand why no club - not even Leyton Orient - would have been prepared to move into the stadium promised to the IOC after the 2012 Olympics.


The London Olympic Stadium as of July 2010

London Olympic Stadium, July 2010. Photo: AP

All of this explains why Baroness Ford, chairman of the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC), the body which must now choose between West Ham and Tottenham, realised there was no financially sustainable legacy for the venue without a Premier League club on board.

On Friday both clubs and their respective partners submit their final offers to the OPLC. Baroness Ford and her team, headed by American chief executive Andrew Altman, will then spend the weekend going through the fine print before deciding on Monday whether they have all the information they need to make a decision on a preferred bidder next Friday.

The extremely strong comments from the head of world athletics, Lamine Diack, in my interview with him on Thursday will only have increased the pressure on the decision-makers.

Whatever they decide must then be rubber-stamped by their own board before being signed off by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and the Government - represented by two ministers, Sports Minister Hugh Robertson and Bob Neill, a junior minister in the department for communities and local government.

If the OPLC doesn't have enough information, or its auditors Price Waterhouse Coopers have any more questions, then they may put the decision off for another week.

Before then, expect a step up in the already intense lobbying campaign by both sides.

On Friday morning, Sir Keith Mills, the deputy chairman of London 2012 (a body which has absolutely no direct role in the decision on the stadium's future) and director of Tottenham, went on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme to put Spurs' case.

It is the first time he has done so and his message was clear: Tottenham - and not West Ham - offer the only option which will guarantee the stadium doesn't add to the already high public cost of the Olympics.

Mills made the point - highlighted by the image above - that the original legacy plan was not going to work. And he reiterated Tottenham's argument that football and athletics don't mix.

West Ham, of course, deny all this - along with criticisms of the sight lines for football in the Olympic stadium and claims that their numbers don't stack up. To try and prove the point, their £40m loan from joint bid partners Newham Council was approved at a meeting on Thursday night and they will on Friday announce a partnership with Westfield, who will be the consortium's design, construction and major development partners.

As I said in my previous blog, all this noise is unlikely to make a jot of difference to the OPLC and Baroness Ford who must make their decision based not only on community and multi-sport legacy plans but also on hard, cold economic reality.

The £5m annual running costs of the stadium need to be paid by someone other than the taxpayer. As you can see, the original plan, contained in the Singapore promise, really wasn't an option.

Is he confusing the Singapore bid concepts to actual much later architectural plans?
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[RobH]

Originally Posted by carlspannoosh

The exterior ain't anything special but I'll reserve judgement until it is completely finished.
Inside though I think it is at least as nice as Athens (which I actually liked), and much better than the Bird's Nest which looked gloomy and depressing in comparison.

Completely agree. The exterior is nothing special at the moment (unless you're seeing it from a helicopter in which case its great). Through we need to wait for the landscaping and wrap to be in place before we pass judgement on that.

Internally, it's light, airy and summery, just like Athens' was.

Why I typed all that I don't know. Your post sums up my thoughts well enough.

[WooWoo]

Originally Posted by Mossy22

Heres another great night shot from last night, Its starting to resemble a diamond at night :

[img]image hosted on flickr
London 2012 - Photography Project - Special by awhisperer, on Flickr[/img]

Stunning! Those lights are so powerful.

Now imagine the rainbow lights peering out from the wrap banners, lit up multicolored pods, and thousands of people walking around it.

Wow

[pawcio723]

This stadium looks like it was under construction, is neither beautiful nor does it appear to the Olympic stadium, it's just wasted money

[carlspannoosh]

Is this a spambot or a real person?

[R.K.Teck]

Originally Posted by pawcio723

This stadium looks like it was under construction, is neither beautiful nor does it appear to the Olympic stadium, it's just wasted money

Of the construction stadium was a skyscraper being built it eould have just 'topped out.' Everything structural is finished, any job that needs completed is merey aesthetic.

I do not know if you realise, but a triangular wrap is (almost 100%) going to be installed later this year, which will cover up the stairwells, and the internal support struts which should not be seen! The wrap will be essential to the overall look of the stadium to outsiders, but when people see the multicoloured lights at night they will love it!

Obviously the track and surroundings will be getting put in later this year, and the inside seating bowl is comparable to the top stadiums in the world! A steep upper tier should create a good party atmosphere as well as good views for fans during the games.

The scoreboard/videoscreens will be installed between tiers at either end of the stadium.

And Olympic branding will cover the stadium to give it a unique 2012 feel. They'll cover the bare concrete between tiers with 2012 logos and colour, wrap flags around the edge of the roof.



So plenty to do, and when it's finished it will look great, and understated - but it doesn't matter - London is made, it's a global icon and doesn't need to show off to the world - same as Paris if they had won and used the Stad de France.

*No stealing my HQ rushed Paint diagram! :P

[Mossy22]

Wow thanx for that R K Teck, really loving the feel of it, almost like a carnival feel and the flags look great. The thing im looking forward to most is the installation of the 'Halo'-like light ring suspended above the centre of the staduim since i belive that will become quite a sight especially if the lines holding it up are hard to see

[fidalgo]

http://www.dezeen.com/2011/03/31/201...m-by-populous/

[JimB]

Originally Posted by R.K.Teck

Of the construction stadium was a skyscraper being built it eould have just 'topped out.' Everything structural is finished, any job that needs completed is merey aesthetic.

I do not know if you realise, but a triangular wrap is (almost 100%) going to be installed later this year, which will cover up the stairwells, and the internal support struts which should not be seen! The wrap will be essential to the overall look of the stadium to outsiders, but when people see the multicoloured lights at night they will love it!

Obviously the track and surroundings will be getting put in later this year, and the inside seating bowl is comparable to the top stadiums in the world! A steep upper tier should create a good party atmosphere as well as good views for fans during the games.

The scoreboard/videoscreens will be installed between tiers at either end of the stadium.

And Olympic branding will cover the stadium to give it a unique 2012 feel. They'll cover the bare concrete between tiers with 2012 logos and colour, wrap flags around the edge of the roof.



So plenty to do, and when it's finished it will look great, and understated - but it doesn't matter - London is made, it's a global icon and doesn't need to show off to the world - same as Paris if they had won and used the Stad de France.

*No stealing my HQ rushed Paint diagram! :P

Scotland will finally have seceded from the UK by the time of the Olympics, I see. Yet the saltire will still be an integral part of the Union flag.

Edit: I see that England will also have seceded from the UK!

Just Wales and Northern Ireland, then.........unless Ulster will finally have been reunited with the remainder of Ireland!

[JimB]

I have to say, the glass on the stairs looks fantastic.

[JimB]

Originally Posted by pawcio723

This stadium looks like it was under construction, is neither beautiful nor does it appear to the Olympic stadium, it's just wasted money

Yawn. If you really dislike this stadium so much.....

....stop coming back to this thread and boring everyone else with your posts.

[Alan Partridge]

I think it looks brilliant.

The straight lines and weird shape of the floodlights pylons, along with the jagged seat design, really set it off. It's relatively basic design is a refreshing change from all the curve-infested stadiums that have sprung up everywhere since the turn of the Millennium.

Well done London 2012.

[flierfy]

It looks much better than the glutted stadium in Beijing. This stadium has been kept simple and I like that.

[Axelferis]

i notice that a part of spectators are not sheltered in the case of rain

[SO143]

does London get rain even in the summer?