The Hockey Centre will be to the north west of the Olympic Park, next to the International Broadcast Centre/Main Press Centre and north of the Handball Arena.

The temporary Hockey Centre will have two separate pitches with spectator seating, providing facilities suitable for Hockey during the Olympic Games and Paralympic Five-a-side and Seven-a-side Football.

The search for designers begins early this year, while the site is being cleared and prepared for construction.

Two bus garages on the site are now empty and a third is being vacated in the spring. One of the empty garages is being demolished, starting with removing fixtures and fittings.

While this is happening, the area is home to the North Site Treatment Centre, which is washing around 750 tonnes of soil a day. This will speed up once a second machine is installed and operational by the spring.

Designs are due to be completed by 2009 with construction starting in 2010.

The venue will be finished by 2011, in time for test events to take place before the 2012 Games.

(source .. london2012.com)

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London 2012 website
Olympic Hockey Centre wikipedia entry
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