Capacity
During the games the venue will have a capacity of 17,500. The two temporary "wings" will be removed post-games reducing the capacity to a regular 2,500, with an additional 1,000 seats available for major events. Of all the swimming venues built for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Aquatics Centre is the only one that will remain afterwards, albeit in a downsized form.
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