Turner Prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor has called for the entrance costs to the ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture he designed on the Olympic Park to be as low as possible.
The twisting red tower, situated next to the Olympic
Stadium by the entrance of the Park, was declared officially complete on
Friday but Kapoor, who designed it in conjunction with structural designer
Cecil Balmond, said the £15 entry free during Games-time was a "lot
of money for people".
Legacy bosses told .they shared his concerns and would
be doing all they could to get the price down after the Games.
Sir Keith Mills, the London 2012 vice-chairman said Locog made a decision to
not use the Orbit as a hospitality centre as they wanted the public to be
able to have access.
"To have taken this for the corporates would have been wrong," he
said. "We did look at it as a hospitality venue but we believe this is
a very special place and we wanted as many people as possible to be able to
enjoy it.
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