Olympic Stadium London

The 2012 Olympics will take place in a host of new venues as well as using existing and historic facilities. Many of the new facilities will be reused and the plans are part of the regeneration of Stratford and Lower Lea Valley in east London.

The main venues for the London 2012 Olympic Games
Venue Sports Capacity
All England Tennis Club Tennis 30,000
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