London Stadium

The London Stadium in Stratford is the home of West Ham United, repurposed from the centrepiece venue of the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics. One of the largest grounds in the Premier League, it holds an athletics track's ghost beneath its retractable seating, converted after the Games to bring fans close to the pitch. The vast bowl and surrounding Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park give it a scale unlike almost any other English football venue. On big Hammers occasions it can hold well over 60,000, one of the biggest crowds in the country.

Built for the 2012 Olympics at a public cost of around £429 million, the stadium hosted the Games' opening and closing ceremonies and its athletics events in front of crowds as large as 80,000. West Ham became anchor tenants in 2016 after a lengthy conversion added a roof, lowered the pitch, and installed retractable seating to shrink the gap between fans and the field. It has since hosted boxing world title fights, rugby league, and major concerts alongside Premier League football. The move gave West Ham one of the largest and most versatile stadiums in English football, carrying the legacy of the London Games into its modern era as the Hammers' home.