LO 2012 Venues

 


Venue Hosting Capacity

Aquatics Centre

Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo, Paralympic Swimming, Modern Pentathlon. 17,500 for Diving and Swimming events and 5,000 for Water Polo

Basketball Arena

Basketball, Handball, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Rugby 12,000 during the Olympic games; 10,000 during the Paralympic Games

Earls Court

Indoor Volleyball 15,000

Eton Domey

Rowing, Canoe Sprint, Paralympic Rowing 30,000

Eton Manor

Wheelchair Tennis 10,500

ExCeL

Boxing, Fencing, Judo, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Boccia, Paralympic Table Tennis, Paralympic Judo, Paralympic Powerlifting, Sitting Volleyball, Wheelchair Fencing. ExCeL will be divided into 4 sports halls with capacities ranging from 6,000 to 10,000

Greenwich Park

Equestrian- Jumping, Dressage, Eventing and Paralympic Equestrian. Also Modern Pentathlon. 23,000

Hadleigh Park

Mountain Bike 3,000, not including standing around the course

Handball Arena

Handball, Goalball, Modern Pentathlon 7,000

Hockey Centre

Hockey, Paralympic 5-a-side Football, Paralympic 7-a-side Football New venue, composed of two pitches, the main pitch with a capacity of 15,000 and the second pitch with a capacity of 5,000

Horse Guards Parade

Beach Volleyball 15,000

Hyde Park

Triathlon, 10k Open Water Swim 3,000

Lee Valley White Water Centre

Canoe Slalom 12,000

Lord's Cricket Ground

Archery 6,500

North Greenwich Arena

Artistic Gymnastics, Trampoline, Basketball, Wheelchair Basketball 20,000

Olympic Stadium

Athletics, Paralympic Athletics Stadium is being built from scratch and aims to be constructed by next year. 55,000 of the 80,000 capacity is removable, which apparently has never been attempted before.

Olympic Village

All Athletes and Officials As well as residential apartments, the village will comprise of shops, restaurants, medical, media and leisure facilities. There will also be a 'Plaza', where athletes can meet up with friends and families.

Regent's Park

Road Cycling It will provide the location for the finish of the Road event in front of a temporary stand of 3,000 spectators

The Royal Artillery Park

Shooting, Paralympic Shooting, Paralympic Archery 7,500

Velo Park

Track Cycling, BMX, Paralympic Track Cycling 6000 in the Velodrome (permanent), 6000 at the BMX track (temporary)

Wembley Arena

Badminton, Rhythmic Gymnastics 6,000

Weymouth and Portland Harbour

Sailing, Paralympic Sailing Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour provide some of the best natural sailing waters anywhere in the UK, along with facilities to match on land
All England Lawn Tennis Club Tennis 30,000