Riverbank Arena

The Riverbank Arena is a hockey stadium in London. It is located in the district of Homerton (London Borough of Hackney ), in the northwest of the Olympic Park.

The stadium is a venue for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in 2012. Temporary facility offers 16,000 spectators. Are wearing here during the Olympic Games competitions in hockey, and at the Paralympics competitions in football and in the 5- 7- football. The field of artificial grass is blue and the safety zone is rosy. This color combination is unusual, traditional hockey is played on a green field.

In addition to the main square, the Riverbank Arena includes a warm place for about 300 spectators. The stadium will be reduced after the competitions to a capacity of 5,000 spectators and laid in the northern part of the Olympic Park to Eton Manor. It is then renamed in Lee Valley Hockey Centre, which will then be the venue for the European Hockey Championships in 2015.

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