The image below is the Aquatic Centre for the upcoming London Olympic. During the event, the Centre will be the venue for Swimming, Paralympic Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo and the Aquatics discipline of the Modern Pentathlon. These Centre is located at the South-east park of the olympic. It has 17,500 for Swimming and Diving events; 5,000 for Water Polo. During the game, the majority of spectators will be seated in two temporary wings that will be taken down after the Games.
A new riverside environment alongside the Aquatics Centre has been created for visitors by widening a 550m stretch of the river to the south-west of the venue by 8m.
The venue was designed by acclaimed international architect Zaha Hadid. It features a spectacular wave-like roof that is 160m long and up to 80m wide, giving it a longer single span than Heathrow Terminal 5. The Aquatics Centre will be the ‘gateway’ to the Olympic Park, with more than two-thirds of spectators expected to enter the Olympic Park over a vast bridge that runs over the top of part of the venue.
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