Take a trip to the top of one of the 2012 Olympic Stadium lighting towers
A ceremony to light up London’s 2012 Olympic stadium is to take place later.
Sports personalities and politicians are expected to attend the event in east London, on Monday evening.
Among the audience at the arena will be the site workforce, members of the local community and local schoolchildren.
There are 14 lighting towers reaching 70m (230ft) above the sports area. They are supporting a total of 532 individual lights.
The stadium, in Stratford has been designed to seat 80,000 spectators during the Games.
Construction is due to be finished by next summer, to allow for 12 months of testing.
The process to decide who occupies the facility after the Olympics has begun.
Applications have been submitted by Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United football clubs.
It is hoped a tenant will be selected by the Olympic Park Legacy Company before March.
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