The Olympic Legacy

• As we await the opening of the Paris Olympics, it’s a fitting time to look back on the legacy achieved since the London 2012 Olympic Games.

• The London games cost £8.8 billion to stage but had already delivered £14.2 billion in economic value by 2014, with sustainable long term outcomes for the community.

• Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the largest urban park project in Europe in the last 150 years, exemplifies long-term community benefits, with all Olympic venues still actively used as event, culture or employment hubs.

• The London Olympics spurred major infrastructure projects like the Elizabeth Line and Westfield Stratford, with continued development at park sites showing the legacy of the Games twelve years on. Source: Dataloft by PriceHubble, Mayor of London and London Legacy Development Corporation. July 2024