kevzz Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Latest batch of aerial pics, can anyone pick out any clues? http://www.standard....?action=gallery p.s. The beach volleyball venue looks massive.... like a temporary wimbledon centrecourt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinetic Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Good spot Kevzz, those photos have just been released and I can confirm the ones of the stadium are very up to date as I was there when they were taken last night. Still no signs of the cauldron here though... I wonder if Adrian is referring to the signage near the Stratford gate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtclvr05 Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 ok i may be way behind and it might of already been mentioned but has anybody thought of the large white temporary building near the stadium as a hiding place? middle bottom of picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 ok i may be way behind and it might of already been mentioned but has anybody thought of the large white temporary building near the stadium as a hiding place? middle bottom of picture The larger tents around the stadium, I believe, are--and participants, correct me if I am wrong-- Ceremonies staging tents which will house the large Ceremonies props and the cast while they are waiting their turn, or waiting to be bused out. (That idiotic Orbital really threw things around for a tower cauldron.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4seasonscentre Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 p.s. The beach volleyball venue looks massive.... like a temporary wimbledon centrecourt! That is huge! I was there for the Diamond Jubilee and saw some seating which I thought was for the Olympics, but now I think they must have just been to see the horses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenadian Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Some of the tents could also be security screening zones? What's that long white tube thing on the bottom left? It kinda arcs out the further it gets from the stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY20?? Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 What's that long white tube thing on the bottom left? It kinda arcs out the further it gets from the stadium. It's a tunnel that connects the stadium underbelly to the warm-up track south of the stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hawk Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 This might sound weird - any chance there could be a cauldron on The Mall? Seeing as it is going to act like a provisional Olympic Stadium with the Marathon/Road Walks/Cycling Road Race finishing there and the Triathlon passing there. Just a thought - then it would still be visible to a number of participants, just not at the Olympic stadium... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athensfan Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 This might sound weird - any chance there could be a cauldron on The Mall? Seeing as it is going to act like a provisional Olympic Stadium with the Marathon/Road Walks/Cycling Road Race finishing there and the Triathlon passing there. Just a thought - then it would still be visible to a number of participants, just not at the Olympic stadium... Lighting the cauldron is the climax of the OC. It will happen at the stadium -- not elsewhere (Thames, Mall, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabeUSA Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Curious, what is on the barge in the lower right hand corner of the screen. Anyone know? It looks like several pieces that could join together like the ticket designs. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorchbearerAA Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 That is huge! I was there for the Diamond Jubilee and saw some seating which I thought was for the Olympics, but now I think they must have just been to see the horses. During the Diamond Jubilee were the stands for the rehearsals and the staging of Trooping the colour indeed. The Queen's birthday parade which was held two weeks after the Diamond Jubilee. Lighting the cauldron is the climax of the OC. It will happen at the stadium -- not elsewhere (Thames, Mall, etc.) Maybe the show the lighting on a screen. The actual lighting is in the stadium to light a cauldron elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afiqnadzir Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 just on screen? if so..it will be the nightmare for the OC audience...a big fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afiqnadzir Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 hurm...unique http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g371/Afiq_Nadzir/flames-at-stonehenge-1342027211-view-01.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athensfan Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Maybe the show the lighting on a screen. The actual lighting is in the stadium to light a cauldron elsewhere That would be miserably anti-climactic and if I'd paid 2012 pounds for a ticket, I'd be PISSED if I had to watch the biggest moment of the ceremonies on a screen. No way. The cauldron is at the stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afiqnadzir Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 yeah...it will make no sense if the lighting ceremony take outside the stadium..so the conclusion is -having two cauldron,inside and outside -outside but lighting from inside -inside and can be move outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinetic Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 I can't multi-quote from the iPad so I'll have to recap answers to the above: ) - yes, the big white building is a ceremonies dress and staging space (and any stuff you see around it is for ceremonies or OBS - the long white tube is a covered walkway from the 400m warmup track to the stadium - my money remains on lighting inside to a cauldron outside. I'm pretty confident that I know at least part of the lighting 'moment' but certainly not going to post it here! My attempts to catch sight of the northern concrete square were scuppers on my most recent trip to the stadium, will try again at the next rehersal. We'll know in two weeks from now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afiqnadzir Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 I know at least part of the lighting 'moment' but certainly not going to post it here! ok.so u very sure the cauldron will be outside...? that a bad news for me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 My attempts to catch sight of the northern concrete square were scuppers on my most recent trip to the stadium, will try again at the next rehersal. On the most recent pictures which were posted here it didn't seem that there are any preparations on that square. It really seems just to be the lid of a sewage or rainwater reservoir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarJoLe Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 The BMW Pavilion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 The BMW Pavilion. what do you mean by that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hawk Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Lighting the cauldron is the climax of the OC. It will happen at the stadium -- not elsewhere (Thames, Mall, etc.) I would normally agree. In fact, I do agree it should happen at the stadium. It just seems there aren't many candidates for Stratford, and it would definitely be breathtaking if the cauldron was elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianme17 Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 That would be miserably anti-climactic and if I'd paid 2012 pounds for a ticket, I'd be PISSED if I had to watch the biggest moment of the ceremonies on a screen. No way. The cauldron is at the stadium. i don't think you can take alcohol into the stadium?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Adrian, since you're here now: Where did you spot something that could be the cauldron's location? You mentioned the "main approach" -- what do you mean by that? Is it outside or inside the stadium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianme17 Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 outside - but to be honest - can't say anything else. it really is a mystery - may just be a sculpture for something else - hard to tell as one can't get too close. will have another look tomorrow, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afiqnadzir Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 did u know where the cauldron is? or it just your guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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