London Flame 2012

The Olympic Zone will encompass all of the facilities within the 500 acre (2 km²) Olympic Park in Stratford. This park will be developed on existing waste and industrial land, at grid reference TQ379849, and will be seven minutes by Olympic Javelin train from central London. The park will contain:

The Olympic Stadium, which will host the track and field athletics events as well as the opening and closing ceremonies with a planned capacity of 80,000.

The Aquatics Centre, which will host diving, swimming, synchronised swimming and water polo and will have a spectator capacity of 17,500 for swimming and diving. At the Paralympics the centre hosts the swimming events.

The London Velopark, which will include a 6,000 seat indoor velodrome for track cycling and a 6,000 seat outdoor BMX racing track.

The Olympic Hockey Centre, with 15,000 and 5,000 seat arenas, which will host Field hockey.

Basketball Arena - 12,000 capacity for basketball and handball semi-finals and final

The Olympic Village, with accommodation for all athletes and team officials (some 17,320 beds in total). After the games the village will become a district of the Stratford City development, a multi-billion pound development project on the former railway goods yard to the east of the Olympic Park. (Accredited technical officials — referees, umpires, etc. — will be housed in hotel space in London Docklands).

The Olympic Press and Broadcast Centres.

A tennis training centre.