27-06-2012
The Main Press Centre (MPC) for the Olympic
Games was officially opened today, marking exactly one month to go until
the greatest show on earth. During the Games, around 5800 accredited
members of the press and photographic media will have access to the
action as it happens from this base in the Olympic Park.
The Centre will provide journalists, photographers, accredited
non-rights holding broadcasters, and International Olympic Committee and
London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) staff with 31,000 square
metres of work space across four floors.
A 24-hour hub, the MPC will provide the world’s media the best
facilities to enable them to broadcast the action to an estimated four
billion people around the globe, and will be open for 52 days.
LOCOG Chair Seb Coe said: “Like the athletes competing at London
2012, the world’s writers and photographers who will be based in the MPC
are at the top of their profession. We will offer them state of the art
facilities so they can tell the extraordinary stories that will come
out of the Games.
“This is our first venue to open for business and we are ready to
welcome the world’s media as they come and set up their office.”
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