For this reason, a fabric wrap has been designed to wrap around the stadium using colours, mosaics and Olympic-related images that can be altered. The greater part of the stadium building will have a service life of one or two years depending on plans to transform the demountable 80,000-seat stadium structure into a permanent multipurpose venue. This structure will support the fabric roof and the black steel rakers, which will act as the terracing supports for the upper tier of 55,000 seats. The roof structure has already been completed to form the outer shell of the Olympic Stadium. The demountable upper levels will be made of lightweight steel of only approximately 10,000t, making it the lightest Olympic stadium to date. Domestic services at the nearby Stratford International station will start in 2009, and by 2012, spectators will be carried to the site via high-speed Javelin trains from St Pancras railway station. The stadium island has spectator access from the park, an athletes’ warm-up area and surfaces for track and field events. There are no kitchen facilities within the stadium building itself, but restaurants, cafes and facilities for merchandising are contained in the ‘pod village’ – brightly coloured capsules arranged outside the stadium, inspired by the ‘fan zones’ at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Tessa Jowell, Olympics Minister said: "Once the Games are over this will be translated into a stadium that will not only host grand prix athletics events and other national sport events but will also serve the communities of the boroughs." Olympic Stadium facilities The search is on for a tenant to occupy the grounds from 2013 onwards West Ham United had been shortlisted, but it now looks unlikely that a Premiership football club will take up residence. Future of the London 2012 Olympic Stadium The stadium will also feature a wrapround video screen, retail pods and a permanent semi-basement of athletes’ changing rooms. The toilet facilities will be built from recycled shipping containers with all required water and sewage management. The design does not include food outlets within the stadium but these will be available in free-standing kiosks dotted around the outside of the stadium. The remaining permanent seats are sunk into the ground giving spectators a close view of the action. The 55,000 temporary seats on the upper bowl are supported on a scaffold-like structure that has led to criticism that the stadium will have a ‘makeshift’ or ‘Lego’-style appearance. The wrap will include 2.5m wide banners, twisted at 90° angles, highlighting the entrances to the stadium at the base of the structure. An open-weave fabric curtain wrapped around the stadium acts as an additional shelter. The roof stretches 28m round the stadium providing cover to majority of the spectators. The roof is supported by a steel frame with a zigzag pattern, which looks like an upside-down paper hat. The stadium design is a sunken bowl built into the ground with a cable-supported fabric membrane roof. "The stadium will be fitted with 80,000 seats, 55,000 of which will be dismantled after the London There will also be a training, science and medicine centre. The venue will become a community stadium for athletics, rugby and lower-league football, with a permanent athletics track. The stadium, which will be at the south of the Olympic Park and within walking distance of the Olympic village, will be fitted with 80,000 seats, 55,000 of which will be dismantled after the games, leaving a capacity of 25,000. Construction began in May 2008 and completed on 29th March 2011, on time and under budget at £486m. The final design for the stadium was unveiled in November 2007. The team includes construction firm Sir Robert McAlpine, sports architecture firm Populus (formerly known as HOK Sport+venue+event) headed by conceptual artist Peter Cook, UK-based services engineer Buro Happold, and consulting firm M-E Engineers – the same team that designed the Olympic stadium for the 2000 Sydney Games. In 13 October 2006, the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) announced that the Team McAlpine consortium would handle the design and construction for the new 80,000-seater stadium in Stratford. The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), which is overseeing the project, has allocated £496m for the Olympic Stadium project. The stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies and the athletic events. It will be the prime stadium for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. London’s Olympic Stadium is located at Marshgate Lane in Stratford in the city’s Lower Lea Valley.
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