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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 />

t h i s i s l o n d o n m a g a z i n e • t h i s i s l o n d o n o n l i n e

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