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Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Aerial view of the park in October 2022
Aerial view of the park in October 2022
Map of the park in 2012
Map of the park in 2012
Coordinates: 51°32′46″N 0°00′46″W / 51.54615°N 0.01269°W / 51.54615; -0.01269
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
RegionGreater London
DistrictsNewham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Hackney
City districtsStratford, Old Ford, Leyton, Hackney Wick
Time zoneUTC0 (UTC)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode
E20
Websitequeenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Full nameQueen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Former namesOlympic Park
(2012 Summer Olympics)
Main venueLondon Stadium
Capacity:
  • 62,500 (regulated capacity) [1]
  • 66,000 (seated capacity) (sports)[2]
  • 80,000 (concerts)[3]
Other sports facilitiesAquatics Centre
Copper Box Arena
Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre
Lee Valley VeloPark
OperatorLondon Legacy Development Corporation
Construction
Built2008–2011
Opened2012

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is a sporting complex and public park in Stratford, Hackney Wick, Leyton and Bow, in east London. It was purpose-built for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, situated adjacent to the Stratford City development. It contains the Olympic stadium, now known as the London Stadium, and the Olympic swimming pool together with the athletes' Olympic Village and several other Olympic sporting venues and the London Olympics Media Centre. The park is overlooked by the ArcelorMittal Orbit, an observation tower and Britain's largest piece of public art.

It was simply called The Olympic Park during the Games but was later renamed to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II[4] (though it is not an official Royal Park of London).[5] The park occupies an area straddling four east London boroughs; Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Waltham Forest. Part of the park reopened in July 2013,[6] while a large majority of the rest (including the Aquatics Centre, Velopark and Orbit observation tower) reopened in April 2014.[7]

  1. ^ "Important supporter update – capacity increase, West Stand reconfiguration & 2022/23 ticketing | West Ham United F.C." www.whufc.com.
  2. ^ "London Stadium capacity clarification". West Ham United F.C. 19 November 2018.
  3. ^ "About London Stadium". London Stadium. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  4. ^ Games Site Renamed the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park BBC News, 7 October 2010; Retrieved 12 May 2012
  5. ^ Minton, Anna (2012). Ground Control (2nd ed.). Penguin. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  6. ^ Traci Watson (24 July 2013). "A year after London Games, Olympic Park reopens". USA i t has helped many Today. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  7. ^ "The Park | Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park". Retrieved 27 April 2014.

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