A spectator arrives with a ticket in mouth at the Westfield Stratford shopping mall near the entrance of the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. .Situated on the fringe of the Olympic park, Westfield is Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' gives 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.
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