London Olympic Stadium
London, Greater London, England
London Olympic Stadium, London, England — opened 5 May 2012, 2 rugby league games hosted, home of West Ham United F.C. (football), primary tenant since 2016; also a UK Athletics/London Diamond League venue; no rugby league tenant — used for one-off international showcase fixtures only.
Sourcing caveat: No rugby league cup final or Grand Final has been hosted here. The stadium's exact current seated capacity varies by source and configuration (football vs athletics vs concert), so the figure given here is approximate.
Ground facts
| Opened | 5 May 2012 (Opened for 2012 Olympics test events; reopened in its current multi-purpose football/athletics configuration in August 2016 after a conversion, under the new name London Stadium.) |
| Home club | West Ham United F.C. (football), primary tenant since 2016; also a UK Athletics/London Diamond League venue; no rugby league tenant — used for one-off international showcase fixtures only |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 2 |
| Top recorded crowd | 44,393 |
| Capacity | approximately 62,500 in football configuration (varies by configuration — up to around 66,000-68,000 has also been cited) |
| Test matches hosted | 2 |
| Floodlights installed | 14 floodlight panels installed in the 2016 conversion, each 18m tall and mounted around 30m above pitch level |
| Surface | Desso GrassMaster hybrid turf with undersoil heating, alongside a separate 9-lane athletics track |
| First rugby league match | 7 November 2015 — England 2-9 New Zealand, second Test of the Baskerville Shield series (attendance 44,393, our recorded top crowd) — described by the venue's own operator as the stadium's first-ever international rugby league fixture |
| Years used | 2015–2016 |
| Location | London, Greater London |
Name history
- Olympic Stadium — 2012, during and immediately after the Games
- The Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park — an interim name used c.2013-2016 during conversion
- London Stadium — the official name since 2016
Rugby league history
The stadium's rugby league use was limited to two one-off international showcase fixtures — a 2015 Test against New Zealand and a 2016 Four Nations group match against Australia — intended to grow the international game's profile with large-stadium crowds, rather than any ongoing tenancy. No Rugby League World Cup was held in 2015 (editions ran 2013 and 2017); the correct events tied to this venue's window are the 2015 end-of-year Test series and the 2016 Four Nations, not any World Cup. The stadium's dominant identity is as the 2012 Olympics' centrepiece and, today, West Ham United's Premier League home.
Built as the centrepiece stadium of the 2012 London Olympics; today the home of West Ham United F.C. (Premier League) and a UK Athletics venue.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 7 November 2015 — England 2-9 New Zealand, Baskerville Shield 2nd Test (44,393)
- 13 November 2016 — England 12-26 Australia, 2016 Rugby League Four Nations group match (35,569)
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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