As building work continues in preparation for the 2012 Olympics, Sussex Transport were employed to make a dedicated delivery of building supplies to London on one of their fleet of 7.5t vehicles for the enormouslly impressive Basketball arena which is currently under construction.
During the London 2012 Games, the Basketball Arena will host Basketball, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Rugby and the final stages of the Handball competition.
Construction on the Basketball Arena began in 2009, and it will be one of the largest-ever temporary venues built for any Games.
The basketball Arena will be 35m tall – the same height as Tate Modern! And the main structure will occupy an area similar in size to two football pitches. In order to accommodate the athletes, all the venue’s doors are required to be an above average 2.4m high! (almost 8 feet!)
At an estimated cost of £42 million, the 12,000 capacity venue is only temporary and will be dismantled after the Games. However, two-thirds of the materials have the potential to be recycled or reused, allowing other parts of the UK to benefit from the project.
