Ten years on - what is the legacy of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games?
London won its bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games in 2005 by a narrow margin, beating its closest rival Paris by 54 votes to 50. [1] The London 2012 Olympic Games took place across six boroughs: Barking and Dagenham, Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest, and cost a total of £8.77 billion - three times the original budget of £2.4 billion. [2]
Tomorrow, at an all-Assembly meeting, Members will consider the benefits of the 2012 Olympic Games and examine the work and policies of the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). The guests are:
- Jules Pipe CBE, Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills
- Sir Peter Hendy, Chair, LLDC
- Lyn Garner, Chief Executive, LLDC
- Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Paralympian and former LLDC board member
- Rokhsana Fiaz OBE, Mayor of the London Borough of Newham
- Dave Hill, OnLondon founder and editor, and author of The Olympic Park: When Britain Built Something Big
The meeting will take place on Thursday, 6 October 2022 from 2:00pm in the Chamber at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, E16 1ZE.
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting can also be viewed LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube
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Notes to editors
- Guardian, London wins 2012 Olympics, 6 July 2005
- BBC News, London 2012: UK public says £9bn Olympics worth it, 26 July 2013
- Full agenda papers
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor
For more details, please contact Alison Bell in the Assembly Media Office on 07887 832 918. For out of hours media enquiries please call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the Assembly duty press officer.