London Olympic organizers will avoid building a 40 million pound ($66 million) temporary arena after reaching "agreement in principle" with two sports to move to an existing venue for the 2012 Games.
Local organizing committee LOCOG proposed switching badminton and rhythmic gymnastics to Wembley Arena _ adjacent to Wembley Stadium in northwest London _ rather than construct the planned facility near the Olympic Village in east London.
The move was taken to save money in the wake of the global economic crisis.
Denis Oswald, head of the International Olympic Committee's coordination commission for the London Games, said Thursday that the …
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