London 2012 officials have revealed the design for their new £496m Olympic Stadium. The structure, which has risen in cost from the £280m estimated in 2004 when London was bidding for the Games, will stand at the heart of the Olympic Park. It is being billed as a design representing a new era for Olympic stadium design.
The new stadium, to be built in Stratford in east London, will have to be finished at least six months ahead of the opening ceremony in July 2012 to allow for test events to take place.
After the Games have finished, the temporary seating will be taken away and the stadium will become a 25,000-capacity venue with a permanent athletics track. An anchor tenant such as a football or rugby club is actively being sought, but one has yet to be found.
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