London Stadium
Stadium · Stratford, England
The London Stadium stands inside the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, E20 2ST. Regulated capacity is 62,500 for football, 68,013 seated overall and up to 80,000 for concerts, and it holds both UEFA Category 4 and World Athletics Category 1 status. West Ham United play here and UK Athletics stages annual summer meetings. No source states standing visitor hours, so none are given here.
History
Populous designed the stadium as a sunken elliptical bowl of 25,000 permanent seats with a demountable upper tier for a further 55,000. Construction began on 22 May 2008, the building was completed in March 2011 and it opened on 5 May 2012 as the athletics venue and ceremonies stadium of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It was reconfigured for football between 2013 and 2016 at a cost of £274 million; West Ham United became anchor tenants from the 2016-17 season on a 99-year lease, and UK Athletics holds a 50-year lease.
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London Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London E20 2ST
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