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London Confirms 2012 Olympic Bid

LONDON-The UK capital is to bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. The proposed facilities, including a new 80,000-seat stadium at Hackney in east London, will be used as a catalyst for the regeneration of run-down areas of the city.

By Graham Parker | Updated on May 16, 2003

LONDON-The UK government has given its blessing to a London bid for the 2012 Olympics. This will be the third UK bid in recent years after failed attempts by Birmingham and Manchester, but Olympic officials have already said they would look more favourably on a bid from the capital city.

Key to the proposal is a new Olympic stadium and Olympic village in Hackney, east London. To make this viable there will have to be massive investment in transport infrastructure in an area not currently well-served by public transport. But other Olympic events would use existing facilties including football at the new Wembley stadium and tennis at Wimbledon.

Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London today welcomed the government’s decision to back the bid. ‘This is wonderful news, not just for the East End, or even for London – it’s great news for the country as a whole,” he said.

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