. ▁Motor cycle ▁and ▁grey h ound ▁races ▁usually ▁held ▁at ▁the ▁Empire ▁Stadium ▁were ▁highly ▁prof itable ▁events , ▁which ▁meant ▁that ▁a ▁c inder ▁running ▁track ▁was ▁not ▁laid ▁down ▁until ▁two ▁weeks ▁before ▁the ▁opening ▁ceremony . ▁L ack ing ▁an ▁in field ▁light ing ▁system , ▁cars ▁were ▁driven ▁inside ▁the ▁stad ium ▁to ▁ill uminate ▁it ▁for ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁events ▁of ▁the ▁dec ath lon . ▁The ▁cy cling ▁tan dem ▁event , ▁which ▁was ▁held ▁in ▁the ▁dark , ▁was ▁another ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁ven ue ' s ▁light ing ▁issues . ▁After ▁the ▁Games ▁it ▁was ▁used ▁as ▁the ▁English ▁national ▁football ▁stad ium , ▁hosting ▁numerous ▁concert s ▁and ▁sport ing ▁events , ▁including ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁FIFA ▁World ▁Cup ▁Final ▁and ▁the ▁British ▁leg ▁of ▁Live ▁A id ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁It ▁was ▁closed ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁and ▁demol ished ▁three ▁years ▁later ▁to ▁allow ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁W emble y ▁Stadium . ▁ ▁Ad j acent ▁to ▁the ▁stad ium ▁was ▁the ▁Empire ▁Pool , ▁which ▁hosted ▁the ▁Olympic ▁aqu atic ▁events ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁first - ever ▁ind oor ▁Olympic ▁pool . ▁The ▁pool ▁was ▁longer ▁than ▁the ▁Olympic ▁standard ▁of ▁, ▁so ▁a ▁wooden ▁platform ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁built ▁to ▁reduce ▁the ▁overall ▁length . ▁Due ▁to ▁lack ▁of ▁space , ▁the ▁pool ▁was ▁covered ▁over ▁so ▁that ▁box ing ▁events ▁could ▁take ▁place . ▁The