TAKING THE UK ON A JOURNEY OF INNOVATION
as well as being home to West Ham United Football Club .
Alongside this it will also become a hub for our future – of innovation and technology – and one that is closely tied to 2012 ’ s sporting legacy too .
Creating history . Building on our legacy . Despite the national nervousness beforehand , it ’ s really no surprise that the British made the London 2012 Olympics one of the most successful games ever . Sport has always had a central place in British culture . We have invented , codified and exported many games all over the world . Rugby , football , cricket , tennis , golf , badminton , squash and ping pong are just some of the sports we coined and championed .
2012 was the pinnacle of our national sporting obsession , bringing us together as a country to a degree unprecedented in modern times . Ninety per cent of the UK population watched BBC coverage of the games and 4.7 million followed London 2012 ’ s social media channels .
In my view , 2012 represented everything that is best about the UK : togetherness , optimism , openness to others , determination . Nothing encapsulated this better than the 70,000 outstanding “ Gamesmakers ”, the volunteers whose energy and commitment quite literally made the games possible . Building on the legacy of 2012 means harnessing the spirit of the Gamesmakers , as well as ensuring that the landscape and facilities are being leveraged to best use .
That ’ s the ambition of Plexal , opening in Here East , the site used
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