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that the so-called ticket rip actually takes place at the end of the five land bridges leading up to the site, rather than around the base of the stadium itself, as is customary. “It means the journey into the building is a very open and casual one,” says Johnson. The field of play is sunk down into the ground, partially
because it was thought that after the Games, the requirement for an 80,000-seater athletics stadium would be virtually nil. But a 25,000-seater stadium is a different matter, the Populous team envisaging that the lower tier could be used and the serv- icing, including an indoor track, could be below ground. “It’s deliberately simple to get to your seat and is probably the sim-
plest section of a stadium of this capacity anywhere," adds Johnson. And because the scheme is temporary, the decision was made to take out all the items such as food and beverage concessions that traditionally go under the stands. Instead, around the stadium will be ‘villages’ of pods, a potentially refreshing change of scale for visitors from the massive structure ahead of them. The 25,000 permanent seats – by a British designer – are pro-
vided in the lower tier, accessed from the building’s podium, with the bulk of the remainder within the upper tier, reached by simple staircases that radiate around the building. Because
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