My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso. Pablo Picasso
Location: 103-113 Marshgate Ln, Stratford, London, United Kingdom
Architect: Populous (a.k.a. HOK Sport) Structural engineer: Buro Happold Services engineer: Buro Happold Main contractors: Sir Robert McAlpine Construction cost: 486 Million Pounds Capacity: 80,000
Design and construction status The stadium design was launched on 7 November 2007. The architect, Populous, is an architectural firm specializing in the design of sports facilities and convention centres, as well as planning of major special events. As a "unique 80,000 seat stadium, it will be the centrepiece for the 2012 Games, hosting the opening and closing ceremonies and the athletics events, converting down to a 60,000 seat permanent stadium after the Games, when it will become the new home for West Ham United, combined with other sporting, community and educational uses", according to LOCOG.
Olympic Stadium
