New Olympic venue images

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) this week released new aerial images and showing the transformation of the Olympic Park as 2012 approaches.

The key dates and milestones ahead in Olympic and Paralympic year have also been also outlined:

January

• 6 January - Olympic and Paralympic ticket resale programme opens (to 3 Feb)
• 9 January - 200 days to go the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
• 10-18 January - Visa International Gymnastics, test event, North Greenwich Arena
• 27 January - 6 months to go to the Olympic Games

February

• 11th February - 200 days to go until Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony
• 16-19th February - UCI Track Cycling World Cup presented by Samsung, test event, Velodrome
• 20-26th February - 18th FINA Visa Diving World Cup, test event, Aquatics Centre
• 29th February - 6 Months to Go to Paralympic Games

March

• 3-4 March - London 2012 Festival ‘Music Nation’ weekend across UK
• 3-10 March - British Swimming Championships, test event, Aquatics Centre
• 28-30 March - IOC’s final Coordination Commission visit to London
• 31 March - National Lottery Olympic Park Run event

April

• 1 April - Gold Challenge event in Olympic Stadium
• 18 April - 100 days to go to the start of the Olympic Games
• 18-19 April - International Invitational Wheelchair Rugby test event, Basketball Arena
• 18-22 April - FINA Olympic Games Synchronised Swimming Qualification, presented by Visa, test event, Aquatics Centre
• 23 April - Men’s Olympic Football Tournament Qualification Play-Off Match, test event, City of Coventry Stadium
• 23rd April - London 2012 Festival World Shakespeare Festival opens

May

• 2-6 May - International Invitational Hockey Tournament, test event, Olympic Park
• 4-7 May - British Universities & Colleges Sport Outdoor Athletics Championships, test event, Olympic Stadium
• 8 May - London Disability Grand Prix, Olympic Stadium, Paralympic Athletics test event
• 9 May - School Games events in Olympic Park venues
• 19 May - Olympic Torch Relay starts at Land’s End
• 21 May - 100 days to go to the start of the Paralympic Games
• 25 May - Olympic Torch Relay reaches Wales

June

• 3 June - Olympic Torch Relay reaches Northern Ireland
• 6 June - Olympic Torch Relay reaches Dublin
• 8 June - Olympic Torch Relay reaches Scotland
• 21 June - Start of London 2012 Festival
• 23-24 June - London 2012 Festival Radio 1 Big Weekend event, Hackney Marshes
• 25 June - London 2012 World Sport Day celebrations in UK schools

July

• 20 July - Olympic Flame arrives in London (evening)
• 21-22 July - London 2012 Festival River of Music concerts along River Thames
• 23 July - Olympic Flame visits Albert Square in EastEnders episode
• 25 July - First Olympic Games sports events - Women’s Football Preliminary matches at Cardiff (including Team GB), Coventry and Glasgow
• 27 July - Olympic Games Opening Ceremony

August

• 12 August - Olympic Games Closing Ceremony
• 24 August - Paralympic Flame lighting in London
• 25 August - Paralympic Flame lighting and flame festival in Belfast
• 26 August - Paralympic Flame lighting and flame festival in Edinburgh
• 27 August - Paralympic Flame lighting and flame festival in Cardiff
• 28 August - Paralympic Flame festival in Stoke Mandeville, start of the 24 hour Paralympic Torch Relay to London
• 29 August - Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony
• 9 September - Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony