[Sky Tower]

Please input all of your devlopement updates, proposals, pictures and questions on this thread for The UK Olympics in 2012.

Although it is billed as the London Olympics, please don't forget the work going on in Portsmouth and many other venues around the country.

All news on the Olympic Villiage, Velodrome, Aquatic Centre, Harbour developments in Portsmouth, public transport and travel and of course the infamous new Wembley Stadium.

Let's make this thread rock! :banana:

[Mercutio]

Some images I pulled together of some of the Olympic venues:



Wembley Stadium

Norman Foster's 90,000 seat Wembley (and it could easily have been 120,000 if they'd made the seating less spacious....) is approaching completion. There will be huge video screens on the outer walls of the stadium so that spectators outside can watch games:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/Fatmonkey/London/September06_800.jpg

http://img1.myimg.de/nw246c.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/Fatmonkey/hi_res_03.jpg


Olympic Stadium

And I prefer London's Olympic Stadium design too:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/Fatmonkey/London/OlympicStadium1000x511.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/Fatmonkey/London/Olympic-Stadium-from-the-Ro.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/Fatmonkey/London/Olympic-Stadium-Games-time.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/Fatmonkey/London/Olympic-Stadium-concourse.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/Fatmonkey/London/olympic26av.jpg


Aquatic Centre

Early design for the Aquatic Centre:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/Fatmonkey/London/Aquatic-Centre-internal.jpg


Here is the aquatic centre design by Make architects:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/Fatmonkey/London/Make1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/Fatmonkey/London/Make2.jpg


Millennium Dome:

The Millennium Dome will make another stunning Olympic venue:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/Fatmonkey/London/2611_0952_1_stage_image.jpg

[Sky Tower]

:previous: Outstanding start Mercutio! :worship:

My last purple shell-suit melted into my left leg during a high speed motorcycle
crash in 1994....it will now forever be a part of me....am I a real man too? :haha:

If memory serves me right the Olympic stadium has now been approved, very close to those original drawings.

I think I heard something recently about the Aquatic centre being built in Manchester now rather than London!

Anybody shed any light?

[Mercutio]

^ LOL the aquatic centre will not be in Manchester.... :laugh:

[Sky Tower]

No, no, no....honest.....that's me in Manchester.....at the Aquatic Centre......in the yellow T-shirt! :haha:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/Fatmonkey/London/Make2.jpg

[Sky Tower]

Eh!....what do you mean, 'it's not even built yet'? :haha:

[Grumpy]

Where exactly is the location of the 2012 Olympics ?

[and-r]

stratford for the olympic stadium, aqautics centre and olympic village. then obviously various other parts of london (wembley, o2 dome in greenwich)

[nick_taylor]

Where exactly is the location of the 2012 Olympics ?This map should help:
http://www.london2012.com/en/ourvision/Interactive+map.htm

[Sky Tower]

:previous: Nice link that, should prove a good source of information in months to come! :tup:

[Marre]

Very very nice:tup:

[Sky Tower]

http://www.llrsport.co.uk/images/London%202012%20Olympics%20logo.JPG

7:18 a.m. December 27, 2006

LONDON – Budget issues affecting the London 2012 Olympics will be resolved early in 2007, organizers said Wednesday. The British government is expected to pass its first Olympic budget soon. It will be closely scrutinized because of the fallout from key engineer Jack Lemley's resignation from the group responsible for building the infrastructure for the games in mid-October.

“Rigorous cost management is a fundamental pillar of this project,” London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe and Olympic Delivery Authority chairman Roy McNulty said in a joint New Year message, adding that they were confident that the issues would be resolved shortly.
“We must not lose sight of the wider benefits of this project. It is not simply about cost. It is also about value and ambition.”

Lemley said he resigned as chairman of the ODA because of political infighting and construction projects appearing likely to cost more than expected.
Lemley claimed Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell knew of the potential $1.95 billion additional tax bill that could affect the games, months before she confirmed it in an address to a parliamentary committee on Nov. 21.
Then, Jowell said infrastructure costs had risen by $1.76 billion from the $4.6 billion figure quoted in the bid. The final budget hasn't been formulated yet, but some British lawmakers have speculated the total cost could reach more $15.6 billion.
Coe and McNulty said 2006 had been a year of great progress and left the organizations in “great shape” for next year.
“This project is all about good planning,” they said. “By planning games and legacy together now, we are making sure that we only build permanent venues if there is a long term legacy use. We can also make the most of the regeneration opportunity winning the games has given us.”

[freeksregistration]

this olympic stadium, is it a

[freeksregistration]

is it allready the real plan or is it just e concept, it's beautiful buth i recognize some elements of the stadium in beijing ( sorry for the two parts )

[bk7]

I can see wembley stadium from my window, shame the same cant be said for the olympic stadium.

That design is very close to the finished thing at the moment i think, but just like the aquatics centre, Jowell might still say its too expensive and demand simplifications/removal of some features.

The simplified design for the aquatics centre hasnt got anything on the original design :shuffle:

[Grumpy]

Any pics of the site as it is now ?

[freeksregistration]

huge quote with loads of pics deleted my moderation

I never liked the millenium dome, I know a lot of you guys doesn't agree

[DIABOLICALIBERTY]

I live near the dome and it is a fantastic venue and building:cheers:

[TheBoingoBandit]

Any pics of the site as it is now ?




This thread of mine has photos from late last year and a month ago. I plan to re-visit the site every few months to take photos of the progress.


http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=137499

[bains1971]

I Visited Lords Cricket ground last week, this is where the Archory for 2012 will be held.
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http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4861/dscn0098kl6.jpg
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http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1497/dscn0099mf7.jpg
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http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7184/dscn0101uh8.jpg
:cheers:

[Australiasian]

love the aquatic centre

[Bergenser]

Wow, London 2012 is gonna be great. :tup:

[Ilex]

They are all stunning.