Olympic organizers are making final preparations for the July 16 opening of residential areas in London’s East End, which are expected to accommodate as many as 16,000 people during the games.
Competitors and officials from more than 200 countries will be housed in the athletes’ village in the Olympic Park,which includes:
2,818 apartments,
28,000 duvets,
22,000 pillows,
9,000 wardrobes.
Mayor Boris Johnson said “Things are infinitely better today than they were when we last invited the world to London in 1948,”at a press conference yesterday.He also said that We didn’t even have a village in 1948.The athlates had to bring their own towels and they had to bunk up in school classrooms in West London.”
Apartments range from one to five bedrooms and some athletes will share a room, according to the London Organizing Committee of the Games. The athletes will sleep in single beds, some of which are extendable for taller Olympians, the organizer said.
London Mayor Johnson was offered a haircut, which he declined in favor of a manicure. The salon shares the street with a newsstand, dry cleaner and postal service. The bar, called The Globe, only serves non-alcoholic drinks.
U.K. developer Delancey Estates Plc and Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co., a unit of the Middle East country’s sovereign wealth fund, agreed to buy the athlete’s village in August for 557 million pounds ($860 million) for conversion into private homes following the games. As part of the deal, the buyers can build an additional 2,000 residential units on the site.
Competitors and officials from more than 200 countries will be housed in the athletes’ village in the Olympic Park,which includes:
2,818 apartments,
28,000 duvets,
22,000 pillows,
9,000 wardrobes.
Mayor Boris Johnson said “Things are infinitely better today than they were when we last invited the world to London in 1948,”at a press conference yesterday.He also said that We didn’t even have a village in 1948.The athlates had to bring their own towels and they had to bunk up in school classrooms in West London.”
Apartments range from one to five bedrooms and some athletes will share a room, according to the London Organizing Committee of the Games. The athletes will sleep in single beds, some of which are extendable for taller Olympians, the organizer said.
London Mayor Johnson was offered a haircut, which he declined in favor of a manicure. The salon shares the street with a newsstand, dry cleaner and postal service. The bar, called The Globe, only serves non-alcoholic drinks.
U.K. developer Delancey Estates Plc and Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co., a unit of the Middle East country’s sovereign wealth fund, agreed to buy the athlete’s village in August for 557 million pounds ($860 million) for conversion into private homes following the games. As part of the deal, the buyers can build an additional 2,000 residential units on the site.
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