Games site renamed the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

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Games site renamed the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

10-07-2010 04:35 AM

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Games site renamed the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park


Games site renamed the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Source: BBC News

The 2012 Games site in east London will be named the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London Mayor Boris Johnson said.
The site in Stratford, which includes the velodrome the wave-shaped aquatic centre and the stadium, is located in a 500-acre site next to the River Lee.
Mr Johnson said the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will be "astounding and an interesting place to visit".
The announcement comes as the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) outlined its vision for the site.
'Heritage and power'
The new name for the park will come into effect in 2013 after the Games.
Baroness Ford, chair of the OPLC said: "The strength of the values, heritage and power of the Royal and Olympic associations fit with our ambition for the park.
"We are creating a new piece of London with family neighbourhoods, open space and events, inspired by the 2012 venues that surround them.
"It will bring together the best of London in one place and will be one of the United Kingdom's premier visitor attractions."
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said it was a "great honour" that the Queen has given her consent to the new name.
He said: "Her Majesty has been supportive of London 2012 from the start and the event taking place in her Diamond Jubilee year, it is fitting that the park bears her name."
Previously the OPLC said it planned to make the site into a 'green oasis' by including hanging gardens set 30ft above ground on the huge footbridge from Stratford City, with meadows, lawns, shrubs and rows of trees.







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