ONE PARK, TWO CHARACTERS

INSPIRING ART
NORTH PARK

WORTH THE WAIT

Since 2005, the public and private sectors have invested over 12.5 billion into the Park and surrounding area.
The Olympic Park is in the Lower Lee Valley, covering 2.5 sq km the same area as 357 football pitches. What used to be waste ground is now pristine parklands; where there was once a breakers yard is now the strikingly beautiful Aquatics Centre. After the Games, a further 300 million will be invested. The transformation has only just begun. The scale of work to be undertaken includes dismantling temporary structures, making changes to permanent venues, modifying bridges and access points, as well as landscaping public spaces and creating new streets. All this means a high volume of construction traffic will be circulating in the Park, so to put the publics safety first, it will close following the Games then re-open in stages. The North Park will open in July 2013, followed by the South Plaza in 2014.

GET FIRED UP

SOUTH PLAZA

The south of the Park, which will be known as South Plaza, is the place to go for an event be it sporting, cultural or entertainment. Anchored by the Stadium, Aquatics Centre and the UKs tallest sculpture, the ArcelorMittal Orbit, therell also be bars, restaurants and a large events lawn. So youll be able to watch, take part in and experience something different every time you visit.

SLOW IT RIGHT DOWN

The north of the Park is set in the valley of the River Lea. Therell be landscaped parklands, open spaces and waterways this is the place to kick back, or spend time exploring the surroundings. Chobham Manor, the first of the Parks five neighbourhoods, will also be here, as well as a 90,000 sq m business campus in the former Press and Broadcast Centres.

Imaginative and interactive artworks will form an impressive backdrop to the cultural activities taking place in the the Park's public spaces. The Park will channel the energy, passion and creative ingenuity of east London. Here you'll be able to experience and take part in cultural activities celebrating the diverse local heritage, as well as interact with art on a whole new scale.

QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK TIMELINE

END OF GAMES

JULY 2013
2013
JANUARY 1ST 2013
Olympic Park officially becomes the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Tenants and operators secured for venues and parklands

North Park begins to re-open. North Hub opens. Multi-Use Arena opens

END OF 2013
North Park fully open, VeloPark ready, Eton Manor ready

South Plaza opens ArcelorMittal Orbit opens, Aquatics Centre opens

SPRING 2014

2012

2014
SUMMER 2013
Construction begins on first neighbourhood, Chobham Manor

SPRING 2014 ONWARDS

Tenants begin to occupy Press Centre and Broadcast Centre

In Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, state-of-the-art venues and attractions will sit alongside homes, schools and businesses set amongst green open spaces in the heart of east London. There will be five new neighbourhoods, and hundreds of events will take place every year from local and international sporting competitions to concerts, festivals and art attractions. And with unrivalled transport links, from 2016 the Park will host over 9.3 million visitors a year. This will be no ordinary park.

SUMMER 2014
Stadium opens

After years of preparation, this undeveloped area is ready to host the greatest sporting event on Earth. But investment wont stop after the Games. When athletes leave, a whole new phase of development begins. On January 1st 2013, the Park will be re-named Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. By this point work will be well underway to transform the Park into an even more exciting piece of the city.

FEEL THE BUZZ

A NEW ERA FOR EAST LONDON

Whether travelling from Bristol or Brussels, Park visitors will enjoy quick and easy train travel and onward connections.

Nine Overground and Tube links increased by the opening of Crossrail will bring all of Londons major business and commercial districts, railway stations and airports within easy reach of the Park.

Served by Stratford and Stratford International stations, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will be one of the best connected destinations in London.

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ALL WITHIN EASY REACH

M25

HEATHROW AIRPORT

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WEST END

THE CITY

GATWICK AIRPORT

CANARY WHARF

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Minutes or less to all of Londons major airports

Minutes to Oxford Circus and Covent Garden

Minutes to St Pancras International

Stops to Bank and the City of London

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THE WORLD WILL BE WATCHING THE 2012 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES, AND OVER 14,000 ATHLETES AND MILLIONS MORE VISITORS WILL DISCOVER THIS WHOLE NEW PIECE OF LONDON.

OVER THE COURSE OF SUMMER 2012, THESE 500 ACRES OF EAST LONDON WILL BECOME THE MOST FAMOUS PLACE ON EARTH.

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2015 2016
First full year of events and activities across the Park

2015

2016
2016
9.3 million visitations

EAST VILLAGE

GAMES TIME
Around 23,000 participants and officials will be staying here during Games time; in rooms specially developed to make sure the athletes stay at the top of their game such as extra-long beds for basketball players. As well as large open spaces, the Village has shops, restaurants, and medical and leisure facilities.

AFTER THE GAMES

The neighbourhood will be transformed into 2,818 new homes with a mixture of affordable home ownership and rental and private rented homes. Landscaped private gardens, sustainable living and amazing views will make East Village one of the most exciting places to live in London. Visit eastvillagelondon.co.uk for more information.

ETON MANOR / LEE VALLEY HOCKEY CENTRE & LEE VALLEY TENNIS CENTRE

GAMES TIME
The northernmost point of the Park, this is where wheelchair tennis matches will take place. There are also temporary pools for aquatics training.

MULTI-USE ARENA

GAMES TIME
A sprung wooden floor is the centrepiece of this flexible space, which will host handball, Paralympic goalball and the fencing leg of the modern pentathlon.

AQUATICS CENTRE

GAMES TIME
This iconic architectural masterpiece, designed by Zaha Hadid, will act as the gateway to the Park during and after the 2012 Games. Inside, the swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, modern pentathlon and Paralympic swimming will all take place.

AFTER THE GAMES

This will be the site for the Lee Valley Hockey Centre (LVHC) and the Lee Valley Tennis Centre (LVTC). Located at Eton Manor, they will be sharing a clubhouse along with sports facilities. LVHC will have two world-class hockey pitches and a stadium with 3,000 permanent seats. LVTC will have four indoor and six outdoor acrylic tennis courts. The site will also have space for five-a-side football, and will host the 2015 European Hockey Championships.

AFTER THE GAMES

Exactly as the name suggests, Londons third largest indoor arena will be used for an impressive number of sports. These include: basketball, wheelchair basketball, handball, volleyball, netball, judo, fencing, table tennis, badminton, gymnastics and taekwondo. Therell be a gym, exercise studios and caf, as well as room for 6,000 spectators, and scope to hold entertainment and corporate events. Its the first part of the Park to re-open - on July 27th 2013, exactly one year after the start of the Games.

AFTER THE GAMES

The Centres side-wings will be removed, reducing the seating from 17,500 to 2,500. In 2014 it will re-open as a world-class, multi-discipline training facility catering for everyone from highperformance athletes to total beginners. Therell be two 50m pools with adjustable floors, a diving pool, caf and crche.

LEE VALLEY VELOPARK

GAMES TIME
The site will host track cycling in the state-of-the-art Velodrome with a purpose-built BMX track alongside it.

SOUTH PLAZA HUB

GAMES TIME
The majority of visitors to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will arrive at the Orbit Circus, the main spectator concourse framed by the Stadium, Aquatics Centre and the ArcelorMittal Orbit.

THE INTERNATIONAL QUARTER

GAMES TIME
This is the area known as Stratford Gate during the Games. One of the main entrances to the Park, it sits next to Stratford International Station and will contain the Olympic Hospitality Centre.

THE STADIUM

GAMES TIME
The eyes of the world will be on this spectacular arena during the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and athletics competitions.

AFTER THE GAMES

After The Games, the Velodrome will form the heart of Lee Valley VeloPark which will comprise the Olympic BMX track and a one-mile road circuit and mountain bike trails which will be constructed after the Games. A caf, bike hire and cycle workshop facilities will also be added to create the finest centre for cycling in the world.

AFTER THE GAMES

The Stadium will remain as an icon of sporting achievement to inspire future champions. It will host everything from community sports events to international meetings including the 2017 World Athletics Championships, which the UK has already won the opportunity to host.

AFTER THE GAMES AFTER THE GAMES

The South Plaza will be re-landscaped and transformed into a spectacular urban park, with a tree-lined boulevard, intimate gardens, spaces for events of all sizes and a range of cafs and food kiosks. It will be a major destination but also a place to relax in and explore over and over again. The area is going to be developed into a business district by Lend Lease and London & Continental Railways. Itll become a lively urban quarter with 4 million sq ft of office space ready for occupation in 2013, with additional housing and community facilities to follow. Visit tiqstratfordcity.com for more information.

RIVERBANK ARENA

GAMES TIME
The Arena contains an allweather pitch and spectator stands for hockey, Paralympic 5-a-side and 7-a-side football.

THE OLYMPIC PARK DURING AND AFTER THE GAMES

STRATFORD STATION WESTFIELD STRATFORD CITY STRATFORD INTERNATIONAL STATION
THE INTERNATIONAL QUARTER

WATER POLO ARENA

NEWHAM
WEST HAM STATION

GAMES TIME
Located next to the Aquatics Centre, this 5,000-seat venue will host all of the water polo matches during the Games.

AFTER THE GAMES

Hockey will move to a permanent site in the Eton Manor area of the North Park. In the short term the space thats left will be used for a variety of events and pop-up commercial ventures. Eventually it will form part of a new residential area in the northwest of the Park.

AFTER THE GAMES

The Arena will be dismantled with elements re-used elsewhere. To start with, the site will be used as a mixed use outdoor area offering activities from climbing to skateboarding. Then in the longer term it will be developed as part of Stratford Waterfront: a promenade flanked by restaurants, cafs and bars.

WALTHAM FOREST

AQUATICS CENTRE

ARCELORMITTAL ORBIT

BASKETBALL ARENA/ CHOBHAM MANOR

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EAST VILLAGE

WATER POLO ARENA

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GAMES TIME
Not just basketball, but wheelchair basketball, handball and wheelchair rugby will all take place here.

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WARM UP TRACK

BROADCAST CENTRE AND PRESS CENTRE

GAMES TIME
During the Games these venues will house 20,000 of the worlds broadcasters, photographers and journalists.

AFTER THE GAMES

Itll be dismantled, with facilities moved to other parts of the UK. Then the Parks first major residential development will be built in the space thats opened up. Chobham Manor will offer up to 70% family housing, with residents moving in from 2015.
RIVERBANK ARENA HOCKEY WARM UP MULTI USE ARENA

AFTER THE GAMES

The buildings will become a commercial business district offering 29,000 sq m of sustainable office space in the Press Centre, 9,000 sq m of offices and 53,000 sq m of studio space in the Broadcast Centre; which can all be adapted to various commercial uses.

ENERGY CENTRE

BROADCAST CENTRE

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For more information on the preferred bidder, iCity, visit icitylondon.com

New neighbourhoods

Competitors venue