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20th Dec 2016

Olympic Sculpture To Be Turned Into The ‘World’s Biggest Slide

Dylan Varian

Remember that weird looking thing they made for the London 2012 Olympics? Well apparently they’re about to turn that into a massive slide. No, seriously.

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It’s going to be 178 metres long, wrapping around the sculpture a total of 12 times and people can expect to reach speeds of 15mph according to the statement released. Hoping to be open in 2016 this thing is going to be insane.

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