Going back in time to 2003, the tender was carried out, involving other cities such as Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig, Madrid, Moscow, New York, Paris and Rio de Janeiro. Then in 2005, London was announced as the winner of the bid. Since then, London has been on the quest to Make Magic Happen! It’s going to be some very special magic, costing London around £35bn! The 2012 Olympic Games will take place in many locations in the UK and Scotland. However, the Olympic Park site covers parts of Stratford, Bow, Leyton and Homerton. These 4 places are located in East London.
There are 7 Sports Venues; The Aquatics Centre, Basketball Arena, Copper Box, London Velopark, Olympic Stadium, Riverbank Arena and Water Polo Arena. The London 2012 Games would like to be known as the ‘Sustainable Games’ and to achieve this, they are working in partnership with BioRegional and WWF. With their venues, they have used every existing possible venue such as Wimbledon, Excel, Lords and Earls Court. With the new Olympic Park, it presents the most sustainable Olympic and Paralympic stadium ever built.
How will you get to the park? The Olympic Javelin is a high-speed transportation service. It will operate and be accessible for the duration of the Olympic Games, between St Pancras International Station and Ebbsfleet International Station, however Oyster Pay-As-You-Go is now available in all zones 1-6, in addition to Travel on High Speed 1 between St Pancras International and Stratford International, or you can use private hire taxis or minicabs to travel in luxury and style, without outrageous prices. If you are coming from abroad then there is no need to kill all the rainforest and set your wallet on fire by plane, you can take international trains directly to Stratford International via St Pancreas International station.
Fancy a bit of shopping too? Don’t worry, they’ve got you covered! Westfield Shopping Center, near the Olympic Stadium. 5 floors, 270 stores and 1,614,600 ft2 of covered land, you must be crazy not to visit this Mall on your visit to the Olympics! Oh, and if you’re a movie fan, there’s also a 14-screen VUE theater! Including 5 3D screens! This £1.6bn multiplex can’t go wrong.
Want to buy some Gear 2012? Go to these places in the UK: Aberdeen, Bluewater, Cambridge, Cardiff, Cheadle, Cribbs Causeway, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leicester, Liverpool, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Peterborough, Reading, Sheffield, Solihull, Southampton, Trafford and Welwyn.
And also, finally, shops around London: Brent Cross, Canary Wharf, Heathrow Airport Terminal 3, Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, Kingston, London Stansted Airport, Oxford Street, Paddington Station, Peter Jones, St Pancras International, Stratford City and The Team GB Store and GB Paralympics.
