Design
The stadium will have a distinctive appearance due to its exterior cladding and roof, which will form a large mural of historical Olympic champions, participating countries' flags, and sponsors' logos. The stadium's design will be revolutionary as it will largely be a temporary structure, which will be reduced from 80,000 to 25,000 seats after the games, leaving what organisers hope will be a sustainable "living" community stadium.
The stadium design was launched on 7 November 2007, as a "unique 80,000 seat stadium, it will be the centre-piece for the 2012 Games hosting the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and the athletics events, converting down to a 25,000 seat permanent stadium after the Games when it will become a new home for athletics, combined with other sporting, community and educational uses" according to LOCOG New era of stadium design begins with Olympic Stadium
According to reports from the Sunday Times Olympic Stadium with artistic side, the stadium's track-and-field arena will be excavated out of the soft London clay on the site, around which there will be seating for 25,000. A steel structure will be built up from this “bowl” to accommodate a further 55,000 spectators.
Plastic will be wrapped around its exterior on which artists will set to work on the mural. The plastic wrap will be 65ft high and encircle the 1,000-yard circumference of the stadium.
There will also be no food outlets inside the 80,000-seat arena, which reduces the need for kitchens and higher levels of fire protection associated with cooking. Instead, architects have planned “party concourses” outside the stadium inspired by the successful “fan zones” at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, where spectators gathered to eat and drink and watch the action on big screens.
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