London Stadium (formerly and also known as Olympic Stadium and The Stadium at Queen

Elizabeth Olympic Park) district of London.

It was originally constructed for the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics—
serving as the track and field venue, and as the site of their opening and closing ceremonies.
Land preparation for the stadium began in mid-2007, with the official construction start date on
22 May 2008. The stadium held its first public event in March 2012, serving as the finish line for a
celebrity run organised by the National Lottery.
Holding 80,000 for the Olympics and the Paralympics, the stadium re-opened in July 2016 with a
capacity of 60,000.[8]
The stadium can also hold concerts with up to 80,000 spectators, and, due to its oval shape and
relocatable seating, was deemed to potentially be suitable for other sporting events such
as baseba0ll and cricket.*
Original structure details:

The natural slope of the land is incorporated into the design, with warm-up and changing areas
dug into a semi-basement position at the lower end. Spectators enter the stadium via a podium
level, which is level with the top of the permanent seating bowl.

A demountable lightweight steel and pre-cast concrete upper tier was built up from this "bowl" to
accommodate a further 55,000 spectators

The stadium contains just under a quarter of the steel as the Olympic Stadium in Beijing for
the 2008 Summer Olympics, approximately 10,700 tonnes (11,800 short tons). In addition to the
minimal use of steel, which makes it 75 percent lighter

The wrap was made from polyester and polyethylene, and printed using UV curable inks.[21] The
wrap was made of pieces of material that covered 20 metres (66 ft) high and 900 metres
(1,000 yd) in length. The final design for the wrap consisted of 2.5-metre-wide (8 ft) fabric panels,
twisted at 90-degree angles to allow entry to the stadium at the bottom of the structure, and held
in place with tensioned cables.

To allow for fast on-site assembly, compression truss and roof column connections were bolted;
this enabled easy disassembling of the roof structure after the closing ceremonies.

The cable-supported roof structure covers approximately two-thirds of the stadium's seating.
Reaching 70 metres (230 ft) above the field of play, the stadium roof held 14 lighting towers, or
[25]

paddles, that collectively contained a total of 532 individual 2 kW floodlight lamps.

Stadium interior

The stadium was equipped with a nine lane Mondo 400 metres (1,300 feet) athletics track.
The track was designed by Italian company Mondo, and was their latest version of the
Mondotrack FTX.

The stadium's 80,000 seats had a black and white 'fragment' theme that matched the overall
branding design used by LOCOG for London 2012. The lines all centred on the finish line in the
stadium.