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On the 5th August I am going to North Greenwich Arena to see some gymnastics
this session finishes at 16:30
now on the same evening at 18:50 I have a ticket the the athletics session including 100m final
getting myself stressed out as i am worrying that this will not be enough time to get to the olympic stadium into my seat as i have to go via security at olympic park and have no idea how long this will take
any advice appreciated
this session finishes at 16:30
now on the same evening at 18:50 I have a ticket the the athletics session including 100m final
getting myself stressed out as i am worrying that this will not be enough time to get to the olympic stadium into my seat as i have to go via security at olympic park and have no idea how long this will take
any advice appreciated
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Security-wise it was pretty smooth when I went through on Monday. Lots and lots of x-ray scanners and metal detectors, so I didn't really think it was a bottleneck at all, particularly bearing in mind everybody was going through at the same time, which is less likely with you going to an evening session.
But theres plenty of time to see what the issues will be, how long it's taking to get from place to place so keep your eyes open for that over the next week to help sate your fears
Yeah I know stratford is only a few stops away but i would imagine the jubilee line would be heaving with people heading to the olympic park and people coming out of gymnastics as i know even if gynastics finishes at half 4 as the crowd all leave together it will take a while to get out ane onto a train at station
the thing is unlike last night more than one venue will have an event at pretty much the same time
random question is there many toilets in the park/stadium if so was there massive queues.
heard about queues at food/drink stalls
Obviously it's only a short walk across the park, but there won't be any issues with getting in if the basketball happens to overrun or something?
To be honest even though each basketball match has slot of 1hr 45 I'd be fairly confident that the matches will finish well inside - allowing for overtime of course. FIBA rules are a bit different to the NBA re. timeouts, length of quarters and in my limited experience FIBA matches tend to flow faster.
But even if it does over run they won't stop you entering the hockey or any other event for that matter. The exception might be for events for where concentration/silence is needed so they may hold you until there is a convenient gap, (like when you to Test Match cricket.)
You could be missing out on a GB medal though even a gold from Louis Smith.
thats a point so i really don't know what to do for the best
You could even leave 5 minutes before the end. Just move before everyone else does.
On second thoughts it might not be so bad. It is still the afternoon. Fewer people will be in a rush to get home.
The decision is up to you.
Transferring between events in the park should be ok as there will be no security clearance required but in the test events the hand held ticket scanners at the Olympic stadium were not quick so allow time.
On Sunday we have Gymnastics in the morning and 45 minutes before it ends the Badminton starts, so we have -45 minutes to get from Greenwich to Wembley!
Luckily both sessions quite long missing an hour of badminton still gets us about 4 hours to watch.
At least Wembley is on the Jubilee line and it is about a 12 minute walk to Wembley Arena from Wembley Park after a 35 minute tube journey Again you will need to think about leaving the Gymnastics early or be prepared to miss at least 2 hours of Badminton ( although no bad thing IMO)