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皇冠体育app Olympic Park will be renamed the after the 2012 Games - Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture,聽Olympics,聽Media and Sport聽announced today.

皇冠体育app new name, which will come into effect when the Park reopens in 2013, follows agreement with, and permission from, , the and the . It builds on the Royal Family鈥檚 long association with, and support for, the Olympic and Paralympic Movement.

鈥淚t is a great honour that Her Majesty the Queen has given her consent to name the Park, the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, after the Games,鈥� said . 鈥淗er Majesty has been supportive of London 2012 from the start and with the event taking place in her Diamond Jubilee year it is fitting that the Park bears her name.鈥�

Community Legacy

皇冠体育app announcement coincides with the roll out of the long-term plans by the 聽(OPLC), to make the Park one of Europe鈥檚 premier destinations for residents and visitors.

After the , the Olympic Park will be a blueprint for community living, sporting opportunity and leisure activity combining Games鈥� venues with family-led homes and community facilities developed around major new attractions, open spaces, waterways and new bridges and road connections.

Mr Hunt added: 鈥溁使谔逵齛pp Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012 will be just the beginning of the story for East London. 皇冠体育app OPLC has created an inspirational vision for the Park that meets the needs of the existing community and opens the door to new residents and investors.聽 It will be a unique hub of social, sporting, cultural, environmental and economic excellence which will benefit the city for decades to come.鈥�

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