We run through what happens next at the Olympic Park with 200 days left until the start of the Games.
We run through what happens next with 200 days left until the Olympics
With the venues now physically complete, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has officially handed the keys to the Olympic Park over to LOCOG, but what do they have to do next?
With 200 days to go until the London 2012 opening ceremony there is still a huge amount of logistical work to be done by LOCOG, and here we show you what will happen next at the Olympic Park in Stratford.
Logistics work includes...
* Taking over the Olympic Park which becomes a live operational site with 'overlay' works, and testing and licensing events taking place throughout.
* The fit-out of 9 competition venues on the Olympic Park to world-class standards including all temporary 'overlay' such as timing and scoring equipment.
* Sourcing a million pieces of sport equipment such as 510 hurdles for athletics, 600 basketballs, 356 pairs of boxing gloves & 12 pairs of goalposts for Handball.
* Getting the Olympic Park and venues ready to host 15,000 athletes and over 20,000 accredited media from 200 countries.
* The construction of 100,000 square feet of Games-time retail space including a 40,000ft2 Mega Store - the flagship and largest London 2012 shop.
* Building 11 sponsor showcase areas which will provide unique spectator experiences, many of which are large buildings or structures.
* The creation of functional spectator areas within the Olympic Park including installing over 1,000 picnic benches, 362 toilet blocks, and 165 concessions.
* Installing ticket box offices, information booths and programme sale points.
* Installing the 'look and feel' of the Games throughout the venues and Park.
* Installing almost 4,000 waste bins including recycling and composting bins throughout the venues and Park.
* Set-up back-of-house facilities including 273 temporary buildings, cleaning and waste compounds, equipment rooms and workforce areas including 7 canteens.
Events will include...
* From February, 11 test events in Olympic Park venues including Olympic qualifiers, two World Cups, British Championships and a series of international invitational events - before the Games even begin, more than 4,000 athletes will compete at the Olympic Park.
* A series of community and public events will also be hosted in Olympic Park venues including the National Lottery Fun Run, the School Games and the Gold Challenge in the Olympic Stadium which will involve over 40,000 participants and tens of thousands of spectators .
* During the first weekend in May, five venues and all the common areas of the Olympic Park will be in used with 80,000 visitors expected to the Park on Saturday 5th May alone.
* Outside of the Olympic Park, the London 2012 Festival will bring over 1,000 different events to the UK, and the Olympic Torch Relay will see 8,000 people carry the Olympic Flame within ten miles of 95 per cent of people in the UK.
New names
LOCOG has also decided to rename some venues in and around the Olympic Park for the Games.
* Riverbank Arena (Formerly Hockey Centre). The venue hosts hockey events in the Olympic Games along with Paralympic five-a-side and seven-a-side football. The new name reflects the venue's location next to the River Lea in the Olympic Park.
* Copper Box (Formerly Handball Arena). The venue hosts Olympic Handball and the Fencing discipline of the Modern Pentathlon, then by goalball during the Paralympic Games. The new name reflects the venue's boxed-shape and distinct copper cladding, helping create a visual reference for spectators travelling to the venue.
* Stratford Walk (Formerly F10 / Aquatics Centre bridge). This huge 250m-long land bridge forms the main 'Gateway to the Games' taking spectators from Stratford City across the Aquatics Centre and towards the Olympic Stadium. Stratford Walk is expected to carry two-thirds of people visiting the Olympic Park, and will be joined by three other main spectator entrances - 'Greenway Walk' in the south of the Olympic Park; 'Eton Manor Walk' in the north; and 'Victoria Walk' in the west.
* London Way. The main circulation route for spectators and central 'spine' of the Olympic Park, running north-to-south through the middle of the site. It will be the only 'London Way' within London.
* Orbit Circus. Located around The Orbit, the 115m high visitor attraction in the south of the Olympic Park between the Olympic Stadium and Aquatics Centre, this spectator area takes the typically London reference to 'Circus' meaning a central area where a number of different spaces converge.
