0% Villa - Olympic stadium announcement postponed

[Guy M]

Brisbane Road is literally across the road from the Olympic stadium. Whay don't they give it to Orient?

Sounds good to me!

Wasn't the original plan for a 80,000 seater stadium of which 55,000 seats would be temporary and removed after the Olympics? Oh yes, that seems to be the case because it's still on their website.

After the Games... It will be a venue for athletics and host other sporting, cultural and community events.

No mention of money-grabbing profiteering Premier League clubs getting their grubby fingers on it there.

So when and how did the plans change to a permanent structure that didn't fit the proposal put forward?

[damon loves JT]

Ooh, around the time of the general election.

[cdbearsfan]

Have they decided yet? Why not turn it into a tennis stadium, and turn Wimbledon tennis courts into a football ground for AFC Wimbledon, allowing Kingstonian to get their own ground back in the process? I should be Mayor of London.

[damon loves JT]

I would vote for you

[Guy M]

Ooh, around the time of the general election.

Done a bit of digging and looks like it was first mooted in June 2009: LINK 1 and LINK 2.

So looks like we have Baroness Ford, Tessa Jowell and the 2018 World Cup bid to thank.

[Somniloquism]

We have an interview with Karren Brady today. Apparently the powers-that-be would prefer to give the stadium to Wrist Ham but aren't at all convinced by the financial planning behind the bid, or the club's long-term stability. It is a big stumbling block.

It would be funny if the Olympic stadium was  given to a team stuck in the second tier. I do wonder what the non football supporting people of Newham think of their council voting to give £40mill to West Ham for their bid in these times of cut backs. If it is because they believe having a football team in the stadium would be good for the area then allowing Spurs in would earn them more money from European nights and suchlike then Spammers hosting Plymouth.

At least Trio of Terror have finally found a council who seems to want to bend over backwards to their wishes. Has a casino also been added to the new plans for that transformation of the ground?

[Sexual Ealing]

We have an interview with Karren Brady today. Apparently the powers-that-be would prefer to give the stadium to Wrist Ham but aren't at all convinced by the financial planning behind the bid, or the club's long-term stability. It is a big stumbling block.

It would be funny if the Olympic stadium was  given to a team stuck in the second tier. I do wonder what the non football supporting people of Newham think of their council voting to give £40mill to West Ham for their bid in these times of cut backs. If it is because they believe having a football team in the stadium would be good for the area then allowing Spurs in would earn them more money from European nights and suchlike then Spammers hosting Plymouth.

I know what you mean, and I sympathise but surely nobody does anything for entirely commercial, or entirely sentimental reasons? How about they have an eye on the potential benefits to the borough AND they want to help out a local institution?

Edit: I'm referring to Newham council if that's not obvious.

I'm being reasonable, I'd better find that corkscrew.

[Somniloquism]

How about helping another local institution like Leyton Orient.

[cdbearsfan]

Leyton Orient will do a Milton Keynes and bugger off somewhere I reckon. Seems to be Barry Hearn's plan. Maybe they could play at the Crucible?

[Sexual Ealing]

Also, and I could very well be wrong, isn't Leyton in Waltham Forest, rather than Newham?

[Somniloquism]

Ahh, you are correct. The A12 seems to be the border. So even though the LO ground is about 0.5 miles away from the Olympic Stadium they are in the different Council borough.

[Sexual Ealing]

You can't beat a bit of local authority-themed banter on a school night.

[Somniloquism]

Local for you maybe. I escaped back to Birmingham from Bexley before having to pay too much extra tax for something they was never going to benefit me or the local area compared to the East End and Central London.

[Sexual Ealing]

Stratford, local to me? Ha! I live in Muswell Hill. (Sort of) Wink.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Things are getting personal now.

Levy was on London news last night, dismissing West Ham's plans to keep a running track. AEG have done similar today.

Sullivan has posted his thoughts on the West Ham website today. In a quite splendid rant he reckons that West Ham have got 700,000 fans worldwide and 17,000 on a waiting list for season tickets (?!?!).

he also mentioned his father, Wing Commander Sullivan, and his passion for sport, his 2 boys and how the legacy will benefit them and about how he and david Gold came "home " to West Ham after taking Blues from the 3rd tier and establishing them as a premier league outfit.

This time it's poissonal!!!