Work To Begin On 2012 Stadium
According to reports, building work on the £496m Olympic stadium for the London 2012 Games will begin in two weeks’ time.
The 80,000-seat stadium in east London will start to take shape on 22 May and will be the centrepiece for the 2012 Games, hosting the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the athletics events.
Once the Olympics are over, it will be turned into a 25,000-seat community venue and could also become home to a lower league football or rugby club.
The construction work is about three months ahead of schedule as work to clear the site has progressed quicker than expected.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) said many buildings had been demolished and 800,000 tonnes of contaminated soil had been removed since the clearing work in the Lea Valley area began in July 2007.
It added plans for a ceremony to mark the start of building work would be confirmed closer to the date.
Currently a huge bowl has been dug and final tests are being carried out to check the foundations.
