On Saturday 7th June south bank early risers discovered an athletics track had appeared on London's Millennium Bridge. Overnight a PopUpArena crew installed the track on the bridge to welcome the Queens Baton on its way to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow later in the summer. The track was specially branded and created a fantastic sporting atmosphere on the bridge for the media event which featured Sir Chris Hoy, Rebecca Adlington and Louis Smith as well as 55 local school children.
"This is a thrilling moment for the Glasgow 2014 Organising Committee and Commonwealth Games England," said Lord Smith of Kelvin, chairman of Glasgow 2014. "The event on the Millennium Bridge today has been a superb way to celebrate the arrival of the Queen's Baton back to the great sporting city of London and showcase the sports and excitement we have to look forward to in just six weeks' time."
PopUpArena's Mike Milne-Home commented "we are proud to have provided such a 'high profile, photogenic installation' and especially pleased that we had found an ingenious way of securing the track despite the windy conditions on the bridge."
