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The 2012 Summer Olympic games are to be held in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London will then become the first city to have hosted the games three times (The previous years were 1908 and 1948). The games will use a range of venues including existing and new facilities. The centrepiece arena is the new London Olympic Stadium, which will be converted from an 80,000 capacity stadium to a much smaller 25,000 – 30,000 athletics venue although there has been interest from a number of sporting clubs including – West Ham United FC, and Wasps RFC. The Olympic Stadium will be situated in the Olympic Park Zone which will also contain: Aquatics Centre; Hockey Centre; Basketball Arena; Handball Arena; London Velopark; and an Olympic Village to house the athletes. The other areas hosting events are The River Zone, Central Zone, and Outside Greater London. The earlier stages of the football competition will be held at various football grounds in Scotland, England and Wales. These include: Hampden Park in Glasgow; Millennium Stadium in Cardiff; and St James' Park in Newcastle. The games organisers are predicting that 7.7 million tickets will be available and will go on sale in 2011 with over 50% of tickets priced at under £20. To alleviate the pressure on London traffic it is planned that ticket holders would be entitled to free public transport on the day of the event.