Capacity: 80,000
Sports: Athletics, plus opening and closing ceremonies
Venue Type: New, permanent
Location: Olympic Park
The showpiece stadium, costing £486 million, has a simple design, with a view to scaling it down after the Games. The steel and concrete upper tier can be dismantled, leaving a 25,000-seater sunken bowl.
AQUATICS CENTRE
Capacity: 17,500
Sports: Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Modern Pentathlon
Venue Type: New, permanent
Location: Olympic Park
Designed by the architect Zaha Hadid, the £269 million centre has a 160-metre-long wave-like roof. It contains a 50-metre competition pool, a diving pool, and a warmup pool.
ALL ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS CLUB
Capacity: 30,000
Sport: Tennis
Venue Type: Existing, permanent
Location: Wimbledon, southwest London
The home of the Wimbledon championships will host the entire tennis tournament. Centre Court, dating back to 1922, has a 15,000-seater capacity and a retractable roof, enabling play during rain or bad light. Court One can hold 11,500 spectators.
RIVERBANK ARENA
Capacity: 15,000
Sport: Hockey
Venue Type: New, temporary
Location: Olympic Park
The blue and pink pitches are intended to provide better contrast with the yellow ball. After the Games, the hockey centre will move to a 3,000-seater facility north of the park that can be extended to 15,000 for major events.
LORD'S
Capacity: 6,500
Sport: Archery
Venue Type: Existing, permanent
Location: St John’s Wood, north-west London
The home of cricket, Lord’s was part of the organisers’ plan to use London’s iconic existing sites. Archers will fire directly over the wicket, between the famous pavilion and the futuristic media centre. Temporary stands on the turf form a corridor down which competitors will shoot.
VELODROME
Capacity: 6,000
Sport: Track Cycling
Venue Type: New, permanent
Location: Olympic Park
The lower tier has 3,500 seats, with two upper tiers under the curved roof. A glass wall will allow people to watch the action from outside. Costing £93 million and clad in cedar, it held a leg of the Track Cycling World Cup in February this year.
WATER POLO ARENA
Capacity: 5,000
Sport: Water Polo
Venue Type: New, temporary
Location: Olympic Park
The wedge-shaped venue is covered in a silver-coloured wrap and its sloping roof made from air-inflated plastic cushions. It features a warmup pool inside. The arena will be taken down after the Games and parts of it are expected to be reused within Britain.
NORTH GREENWICH ARENA (O2 Arena)
Capacity: 20,000
Sports: Gymnastics (Artistic, Trampoline), Basketball finals
Venue Type: Existing, permanent
Location: Greenwich, south-east London
The former Millennium Dome was eventually taken into private hands and transformed into a highly successful sports and entertainment venue, with restaurants, bars and a cinema. The main arena will seat 16,500 for the gymnastics, with the full capacity for the basketball finals.
BASKETBALL ARENA
Capacity: 12,000
Sports: Basketball, Handball finals
Venue Type: New, temporary
Location: Olympic Park
One of the largest-ever temporary venues built for any Games, it was built within the £43 million budget. The frame of 20 steel arches is wrapped in fabric to form the canvas for a lighting display. After the Olympics, parts of it are expected to be reused or relocated elsewhere in Britain.
EARLS COURT EXHIBITION CENTRE
Capacity: 15,000
Sport: Volleyball
Venue Type: Existing, permanent
Location: Earls Court, central London
Opened in 1937, the Earls Court exhibition centre hosted some of the boxing, gymnastics, weightlifting and wrestling at the 1948 Games. One of London's biggest indoor venues, it has hosted many major concerts. Earls Court is well used to staging a broad variety of exhibitions and events.
SHOOTING
Location: Royal Artillery Barracks
HANDBALL, MODERN PENTATHLON (FENCING)
Location: Copper Box
BMX CYCLING
Location: Olympic Park
EQUESTRIAN, MODERN PENTATHLON
Location: Greenwich Park
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Location: Horse Guards Parade
BADMINTON, RHYTHMIC GYMASTICS
Location: Wembley Arena
BOXING, WRESTLING, WEIGHTLIFTING, JUDO, TABLE TENNIS, FENCING, TAEKWONDO
Location: ExCel
TRIATHLON, MARATHON SWIMMING (10 KM)
Location: Hyde Park
CANOE SPRINT, ROWING
Location: Eton Dorney
FOOTBALL
Locations: Wembley Stadium, Old Trafford, Millennium Stadium, St James' Park, Hampden Park, City of Coventry Stadium
CANOE SLALOM
Location: Lee Valley White Water Centre
MOUNTAIN BIKE CYCLING
Location: Hadleigh Farm
SAILING
Location: Weymouth & Portland
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