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| London scales down 2012 pool plan | London scales down 2012 pool plan |
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| The revised design for the London 2012 Olympics aquatics centre will have 5,000 fewer seats and a less ambitious roof design than originally planned. | The revised design for the London 2012 Olympics aquatics centre will have 5,000 fewer seats and a less ambitious roof design than originally planned. |
| Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell sent the designer "back to the drawing board" last December as the original £75m budget looked set to double. | Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell sent the designer "back to the drawing board" last December as the original £75m budget looked set to double. |
| The new design, revealed on Thursday, has 15,000 seats rather than 20,000. | The new design, revealed on Thursday, has 15,000 seats rather than 20,000. |
| And the expensive wave-shaped roof will be kept but will be two-and-a-half times smaller than originally planned. | And the expensive wave-shaped roof will be kept but will be two-and-a-half times smaller than originally planned. |
| Olympics chiefs say the final cost cannot be revealed at the moment due to commercial sensitivities. | Olympics chiefs say the final cost cannot be revealed at the moment due to commercial sensitivities. |
| This will provide both a functional and beautiful venue for the Games Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell | This will provide both a functional and beautiful venue for the Games Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell |
| London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe said: "We are on schedule to deliver this landmark venue and as Tessa said last week the budget for the design and construction of all the venues are broadly in line with the out-turn costs prepared. | London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe said: "We are on schedule to deliver this landmark venue and as Tessa said last week the budget for the design and construction of all the venues are broadly in line with the out-turn costs prepared. |
| "We hope people will understand that we cannot put these figures in to the public domain at this stage as negotiations with design and construction companies are either under way or about to begin." | "We hope people will understand that we cannot put these figures in to the public domain at this stage as negotiations with design and construction companies are either under way or about to begin." |
| The aquatics centre is the first major venue to go to the detailed design stage and contractors are already working on the site to prepare the land for construction to start in mid-2008. | The aquatics centre is the first major venue to go to the detailed design stage and contractors are already working on the site to prepare the land for construction to start in mid-2008. |
| The venue is due to be completed in the summer of 2011 and will have two 50 metre pools, one for training and one for competition, plus a diving pool. | The venue is due to be completed in the summer of 2011 and will have two 50 metre pools, one for training and one for competition, plus a diving pool. |
| During the Olympics and Paralympics it will host all the swimming and diving events apart from water polo, and after the Games it will be converted into a 2,500-seat complex with the potential to add in a further 1,000 temporary seats for European events. | During the Olympics and Paralympics it will host all the swimming and diving events apart from water polo, and after the Games it will be converted into a 2,500-seat complex with the potential to add in a further 1,000 temporary seats for European events. |
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| Jowell said in a statement that the design, by architect Zaha Hadid, was "inspirational". | Jowell said in a statement that the design, by architect Zaha Hadid, was "inspirational". |
| She said: "This will provide both a functional and beautiful venue for the Games, a legacy for the local community and will, no doubt, in time become a distinctive landmark in the Olympic Park." | She said: "This will provide both a functional and beautiful venue for the Games, a legacy for the local community and will, no doubt, in time become a distinctive landmark in the Olympic Park." |
| London mayor Ken Livingstone added: "Zaha and her team have carefully recrafted their original concept and produced a truly world class aquatics centre design." | London mayor Ken Livingstone added: "Zaha and her team have carefully recrafted their original concept and produced a truly world class aquatics centre design." |