LONDON -- Britain's Olympic minister says the capacity of the main stadium for London 2012 will be reduced from its 80,000 capacity after the Summer Games.
Calls to reconsider plans to downsize the venue to 25,000 seats after 2012 had been led by London's mayor and the legacy group, but minister Tessa Jowell says the debate is closed.
On the sidelines of Thursday's Beyond Sport summit, Jowell said that the bid commitment that the stadium would become a smaller athletics venue after the Olympics will be honored.
London 2012 deputy chairman Keith Mills added: "The country does not need another 80,000 seat stadium, which costs a lot of money to fund. Go to Sydney and look at the 90,000-seat stadium that sits there empty, it's gone bust three times."
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