Phil Wicks can remember the likes of Usain Bolt descending on a packed stadium in south London for a glittering evening of athletics.
"It was relatively cheap, it was right on the trackside for a big, televised international meet of athletics. I was a student at the time and would go each year."
This was Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, where the London Diamond League, and its predecessor the London Grand Prix, was held until 2011. Seb Coe, Steve Ovett, Kelly Holmes - you name it, many greats have raced here.
It all changed after the London 2012 Olympics, when the London Stadium in east London became the venue in vogue for the UK's flagship annual athletics event.
Known nowadays as the London Athletics Meet, it has sold out in each of the past three years, drawing 55,000 people from across the country to watch track stars and Olympians go for records and prize money.
"It was relatively cheap, it was right on the trackside for a big, televised international meet of athletics. I was a student at the time and would go each year."
This was Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, where the London Diamond League, and its predecessor the London Grand Prix, was held until 2011. Seb Coe, Steve Ovett, Kelly Holmes - you name it, many greats have raced here.
It all changed after the London 2012 Olympics, when the London Stadium in east London became the venue in vogue for the UK's flagship annual athletics event.
Known nowadays as the London Athletics Meet, it has sold out in each of the past three years, drawing 55,000 people from across the country to watch track stars and Olympians go for records and prize money.
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