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20 December 2010
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Take a trip to the top of one of the 2012 Olympic Stadium lighting towers
The lights at London's 2012 Olympic stadium have been switched on at a ceremony in east London.
Prime Minister David Cameron switched on the lights on 1815 GMT on Monday.
Sports personalities and politicians attended the event. London Mayor Boris Johnson said it was "a historic evening".
Among the audience at the arena were the site workforce, members of the local community and local schoolchildren.
Mr Johnson praised the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), saying the lights had been switched on 18 months before they were "strictly needed".
"This is a quite wonderful and historic evening and I'm so full of confidence when I look at what the ODA has achieved," he said.
There are 14 lighting towers reaching 70m (230ft) above the sports area. They are supporting a total of 532 individual lights.
The stadium, in Stratford, has been designed to seat 80,000 spectators during the Games.
Construction is due to be finished by next summer, to allow for 12 months of testing.
The process to decide who occupies the facility after the Olympics has begun.
Applications have been submitted by Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United football clubs.
It is hoped a tenant will be selected by the Olympic Park Legacy Company before March.
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Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play.Take a trip to the top of one of the 2012 Olympic Stadium lighting towers
The lights at London's 2012 Olympic stadium have been switched on at a ceremony in east London.
Prime Minister David Cameron switched on the lights on 1815 GMT on Monday.
Sports personalities and politicians attended the event. London Mayor Boris Johnson said it was "a historic evening".
Among the audience at the arena were the site workforce, members of the local community and local schoolchildren.
Mr Johnson praised the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), saying the lights had been switched on 18 months before they were "strictly needed".
"This is a quite wonderful and historic evening and I'm so full of confidence when I look at what the ODA has achieved," he said.
There are 14 lighting towers reaching 70m (230ft) above the sports area. They are supporting a total of 532 individual lights.
The stadium, in Stratford, has been designed to seat 80,000 spectators during the Games.
Construction is due to be finished by next summer, to allow for 12 months of testing.
The process to decide who occupies the facility after the Olympics has begun.
Applications have been submitted by Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United football clubs.
It is hoped a tenant will be selected by the Olympic Park Legacy Company before March.
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