London 2012...

In July 2005, London won the vote to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. London has previously hosted the games in 1908 and 1948, but this time round a new stadium is being built to honour the event. In 2003, nine cities had submitted their bids to be the host for the event, they included; Havana, Istanbul, Leipzig, London, Madrid, Mosow, New York, Paris and Rio de Janiro.
In 2004 the International Olympic Committee, reduced this number to 5 cities; London, Madrid, Moscow, New York, and Paris. Moscow was knocked out followed by, New York and Madrid, leaving head to head between London and Paris.

The Olympic Stadium in progress...

How the stadium will look...

I think this is really exciting, and I have even considered volunteering to help be part of the biggest team recruited in Britain since WW2, working at the Olympics.