Beach Volley will be played at the Horse Guards Parade, in the hearth of London for the 2012 Olympics. The venue, which has a capacity of 15.000-seats, (will be the same size as Wimbledon’s Centre Court) will host the men’s and women’s beach volleyball matches for the 2012 Games.
This temporary venue will be placed in Whitehall, next to Downing Street and close to Buckhingham Palace.Horse Guards Parade also hosts the Queen’s official birthday celebration every year with the Trooping of the Colour.
It will consist of two seperate parts: An ‘inner bowl’ to create atmosphere, and a three-sided ‘upper bowl’ that will offer spectacular views of Big Ben and the London Eye for spectators and television cameras.The stands will be 19 metres high.Unusually for a temporary venue, lifts will be installed to offer all spectators acess to the highest levels. Also venue includes floodlights for evening competition.
This temporary venue will be placed in Whitehall, next to Downing Street and close to Buckhingham Palace.Horse Guards Parade also hosts the Queen’s official birthday celebration every year with the Trooping of the Colour.
It will consist of two seperate parts: An ‘inner bowl’ to create atmosphere, and a three-sided ‘upper bowl’ that will offer spectacular views of Big Ben and the London Eye for spectators and television cameras.The stands will be 19 metres high.Unusually for a temporary venue, lifts will be installed to offer all spectators acess to the highest levels. Also venue includes floodlights for evening competition.
Two warm-up courts will be built on the Whitehall side, one of which can be used for competition if necessary, with between three or six more on the St. Jame’s Park side.
Spectators will enter through St James's Park, on the west side of the venue, and exit either to the north at Admiralty Arch or to the south, on to Birdcage Walk.
Spectators will enter through St James's Park, on the west side of the venue, and exit either to the north at Admiralty Arch or to the south, on to Birdcage Walk.
The Federation of International Volleyball (FIVB) announced the London 2012 Olympic Games test event for beach volleyball will take place in August 2011, in Horse Guards Parade next to Buckhingham Palace.This event will be only for women’s team and will replicate the exact formula used at the London 2012 Olympics.There will be 96 athletes (24 men team, 24 women team) at the London 2012 Games and will be played 108 matches totally between the dates of July 28 – August 9, 2012.Tickets will be on sale this year between March 15 and April 26.
Beach Volleyball is expected to be one of the most popular spectator sports during the London 2012 Olympic Games.Tickets will be among the most expensive of the entire Olympics, with seats for the final costing up to £450.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/, Jonathan Liew, http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/, http://www.sport-spark.com/
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