The Olympia London Exhibition Centre that has hosted everything from Crufts dog show to a live performance by Jimi Hendrix, and even a Miss World Pageant, is to get a £700 million overhaul.
Its owners, Deutsche Finance and Yoo Capital, are to transform the west London venue into “a year-round destination in its own right” with plans for the overhaul being prodcued by the star designer Thomas Heatherwick.
Olympia was designed by the architect Henry Edward Coe and completed in 1886. It was originally the National Agricultural Hall.
