STRATFORD’S Olympic Park welcomed its 100,000th visitor as part of Open House weekend.

The VIP was Siobhan McDermott from Hackney, who said: “It was spectacular to get up close to the venues that we’ve seen develop over the last four years.

“It was particularly special to stand at the end of the 100m straight in the Olympic Stadium with John Regis. I’m looking forward to coming back in 2012.”

It was the fourth year running the Park was opened to the public with more than 4,000 people joining bus tours around the site on Saturday to see the progress being made in the ‘big build’ of the venues including the Stadium, Aquatics Centre, Velodrome, and Olympic Village.

Visitors chatted to Olympians John Regis, Tessa Sanderson and Mark Foster as well as key figures involved in the design, construction and legacy of the Olympic Park and the running of the Games themselves.

Alongside Open House the Olympic Delivery Authority runs regular daily, evening and weekend tours of the Olympic Park for local people, schools, Host Boroughs and a huge range of organisations.

London 2012 Organising Committee Chair Seb Coe: “Watching the Olympic Park coming out of the ground over the last few years and transforming the east London skyline has been inspiring. It has been vital to ensure that the local community have been able to see the progress being made and I’m delighted that so many people have visited.”