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The London Stadium (formerly and also known as the Olympic Stadium and the Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park) is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Stratford district of London. It is located in the Lower Lea Valley, 6 miles (10 km) east of central London.
The spectator view in modern stadia is optimised very carefully to balance the uninterrupted clear view to the field for every seat whilst not making the seating terraces any higher than necessary to satisfy structure, cost and safety considerations. Typical Architectural Section of a stadium.
Stadium Capacity Location Country Tenants Sport Image 1: Wembley Stadium: 90,000 [1]: London: England: England national football team: Association football, Rugby league, Rugby union, Gaelic Football & Hurling, American football, Boxing, Professional wrestling
Sited between London Stadium (formerly called the Olympic Stadium) and the Aquatics Centre, it allows visitors to view the whole Olympic Park from two observation platforms. Orbit was designed by Turner Prize–winning artist Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond of Arup Group, an engineering firm. Announced on 31 March 2010, it was expected to be ...
It contains the Olympic stadium, now known as the London Stadium, and the Olympic swimming pool together with the athletes' Olympic Village and several other Olympic sporting venues and the London Olympics Media Centre. The park is overlooked by the ArcelorMittal Orbit, an observation tower and Britain's largest piece of public art.
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The Terence McMillan Stadium is a small athletics and football stadium in Plaistow, in the London Borough of Newham of East London, England. It is named after the first mayor of Newham, Terence McMillan. [2] It has traditionally been the stadium of the Newham and Essex Beagles Athletic Club since their move from Barking in 1985. [3]
The Boleyn Ground, [1] often referred to as Upton Park, was a football stadium located in Upton Park, East London. It was the home of West Ham United from 1904 to 2016, and was briefly used by Charlton Athletic in the early 1990s during their years of financial difficulty. The seating capacity of the ground at closure was 35,016. [2]