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Legacy of the 2012 Summer Olympics
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The London 2012 Olympic Legacy is the longer-term benefits and effects of the planning, funding, building and staging of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in summer 2012. It is variously described [1] as:
- economic – supporting new jobs and skills, encouraging trade, inward investment and tourism
- sporting – continuing elite success, development of more sports facilities and encouraging participation in schools sports and wider
- social and volunteering – inspiring others to volunteer and encouraging social change
- regeneration – reuse of venues, new homes, improved transportation, in East London and at other sites across the UK.
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The 2012 legacy is coordinated by the UK Government who appointed Lord Sebastian Coe as the London 2012 legacy ambassador in August 2012.[2]
Examples of the 2012 legacy benefits and results include:
- learning – shared knowledge and lessons learned from the construction of the Olympic Park and preparing and staging the Games[3]
- economic – 2012 apprenticeships in broadcasting companies including the BBC and ITV[4]
- regeneration – the re-opening of the Olympic Park as the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in July 2013[5]
- tourism – the Games' long term benefits on London's and Britain's tourism industry