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FORMER OLYMPIC STADIUM OPEN<br />
FOR PUBLIC TOURS<br />
The former Olympic Stadium in Queen<br />
Elizabeth Olympic Park is now inviting<br />
visitors to take a behind the scenes tour<br />
of the centrepiece of the London 2012<br />
Games. Fans will have the exclusive<br />
opportunity to put themselves in the<br />
shoes of their heroes as they stand pitch<br />
side where superstars won gold four<br />
years ago and where West Ham now play<br />
their home matches.<br />
With exclusive access to usually<br />
private areas of the venue, superstar<br />
footage and unique interviews, the new<br />
London Stadium tours are perfect for<br />
London 2012 enthusiasts, West Ham<br />
supporters and anyone simply interested<br />
in understanding the workings of a<br />
world-class stadium.<br />
Visitors will be able to put themselves<br />
in the shoes of the Super Saturday<br />
athletes as they made their preparations<br />
on the warm up track before the roar of<br />
the crowds spurred them on to gold.<br />
And, fans of the Stadium’s newest<br />
residents, West Ham United, will not be<br />
left disappointed as they follow in the<br />
footsteps of their heroes and make the<br />
walk along the players’ tunnel, out to the<br />
manager’s dug-out before standing pitch<br />
side at the iconic venue where they can<br />
imagine they are being serenaded by a<br />
deafening rendition of ‘Bubbles’ by<br />
54,000 fans.<br />
The Stadium will come alive through a<br />
90 minute interactive multimedia tour.<br />
Every visitor will have a personal hand<br />
held device that will play video and<br />
interactive content on their journey<br />
through the venue showing interviews<br />
with footballers and athletes as well as<br />
highlights from the history of the Stadium,<br />
UK Athletics and West Ham United.<br />
Linda Lennon, London Stadium Chief<br />
Executive Officer, commented ‘This<br />
Stadium already has an amazing history<br />
from the London 2012 Olympic and<br />
Paralympic Games and the Rugby World<br />
Cup 2015. It has an even more exciting<br />
future as the home of West Ham United<br />
and UK Athletics. The Stadium tours<br />
offer a unique opportunity to get behind<br />
the scenes and put yourself in the shoes<br />
of the great athletes who have graced<br />
this iconic venue.’<br />
www.london-stadium.com/stadium-tours<br />
NEW RAF CHIEF VISITS MUSEUM<br />
Sir Stephen Hillier, the RAF’s new<br />
Chief of Air Staff has visited the RAF<br />
Museum in North London. Whilst at the<br />
Museum, Sir Stephen spoke to CEO<br />
Maggie Appleton about the Museum’s<br />
plans for the RAF’s Centenary in 2018 as<br />
well as the fundraising campaign ‘Names<br />
on a Plane’. Sir Stephen also took a tour<br />
of the Museum and dropped into the<br />
Archive department where he was shown<br />
documents and prints relating to his<br />
time at 2 Squadron.<br />
Says Maggie Appleton, RAF Museum<br />
CEO (pictured below with Sir Stephen):<br />
‘It was wonderful to share our plans to<br />
celebrate and commemorate the RAF’s<br />
Centenary with Sir Stephen. We are<br />
committed to making our London site<br />
more accessible, vibrant and focused on<br />
the RAF’s story. Our multi-million pound<br />
transformation will use our collections<br />
as dynamic storytellers and ensure the<br />
site becomes an inspiring space for all<br />
our visitors, reflecting our historic roots<br />
as RAF Hendon, exploring today’s RAF<br />
and imagining the future.’<br />
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier<br />
is the Chief of the Air Staff, in command<br />
of the Royal Air Force, leading a Whole<br />
Force of some 35000 Regular and<br />
Reserve personnel, and 5000 Civil<br />
Servants, supported by thousands of<br />
contractors. He is personally<br />
accountable for meeting the airpower<br />
needs of Defence, which currently<br />
means thousands of people and every<br />
front-line force committed to operations<br />
world-wide.<br />
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