Sochi to set up ice rink in Kensington Gardens
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}June 21, 2012: This is a computer generated image made available by Eventica/Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee. (AP)
Russia is taking over Kensington Gardens during the London Olympics to promote the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.
Russian officials say the 64,000-square-foot Sochi Park -- including an ice rink -- will be located in front of the Albert Memorial.
Sochi organizers described the site Thursday as "a winter wonderland in the middle of a London summer." The rink will host an ice show starring several Russian Olympic and world champion skaters.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Russians previously sought to set up their Sochi pavilion at Marble Arch, but that plan was rejected amid security and traffic concerns.
The Russian Olympic Committee will have a 107,000-square-foot hospitality center in Perks Field. Adjacent to Kensington Palace, the site is used by the royal family as a sports field and helicopter park.