West Ham to sue spurs

However, having a running track is a very, very small price to pay for having such a wonderful stadium.
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Not for football though. Lucky that.

myhammers..........
The running track is written into the lease. This is old news. Maybe in time, they will do away with it. Or maybe we'll mitigate it's impact through retractable seats.

However, having a running track is a very, very small price to pay for having such a wonderful stadium. And it's practically free. I'm planning to go on a tour of it soon, before the whole world descends upon it next year.
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Up to now you were responding with a modicum of intellect, but your comments above beggar belief!

This lease will be watertight, its a 250 year lease.................................retractable seats will not work without spending around £100m reconfiguring the stadium & the foundations. The current seats at trackside are slightly below
ground level.................

As for your comment re the running track being a small price to pay, you don't really understand the ramifications do you?

I have been in the OS, it is designed purely for athletics and athletics only, which is why Levy's plan was to rebuild it.

The track itself will be at least 30-35 yards from the NEAREST spectators.......
.http://www.london2012.com/images/media-manager/2009/03/olympic-stadium-field-of-play-60578.jpg

There are NO spectator facilities inside the stadium, that means you have to go outside onto a perimeter pod to find the toilets, food & drink etc...................................another reason for rebuilding.

The top tier is only temporary, with bottom tier holding 25,000, that is 55,000 seats to be removed before the stadium is rebuilt. If you then started messing around with the foundations you can add that £100m I mentioned earlier!

I think you will soon find that the OS being your home ground will not be any advantage at all.

genius :

Not a word to be associated with the Spammers.

Re the 30,000 "temporary" seating.
Can the OS not retain them, or is their lifespan/maintenance costs too high re the HS requirements etc.

That would be funny if the Spammers only end up with a 25,000 stadium a mile back from the pitch, because once the temporary structures expire, they cannot afford to replace them.

RDBD..............................Not sure of the exact logistics, however as there are NO Corporate boxes or facilities at all within the stadium, these need to be factored in & the cannot be just added into the existing top tier.

This in itself requires major construction & architectural design work. It would be cheaper to get rid & rebuild, the lower tiers also have no facilities which again creates difficulties. That is why DL's plan was to level the stadium & just use the foundation work to rebuild.

This could become West Ham's folly.................................they will not have the money to fund it & their football will suffer, mind you its going to be dire with Big Sam in charge anyway, I think!!

Greaves: West Ham are planning to spend £100m to redevelop the OS once the games are over. Or so I believe. But it will be quite different after 2012.

The running track lease may or may not be watertight. I remember when the stadium was being built that Calamity Coe and his cronies said that a football club would not move into the OS and it would be reduced to 20,000 solely for athletics. So much for that. My gut feeling is that, within 10 years, the running track will be gone.

Myhammers.......................................

The lease to UK Athletics is for 250 years, you can bet that not only will Levy make sure that it is watertight, the OLPC will have to also do so to retain any credibility whatsoever.

Yes I believe the figure WHU quoted was £90m, of which £40m is coming from Newham Council. However this would not enable them to re-structure the stadium in the manner I eluded to earlier.

Even 10 years at a stadium with a track would not help WH, you also have to get back into the PL, which is easier said than done these days.

In all honesty, I think we have now done this argument to death, we are not going to agree & only time will tell who is right in their views & assumptions.

Off to relax with a nice glass of wine!!

OLPC have just announced there will be an Independent Review of the Bid process for the OS!

What a waste of tax payers' money as they're so confident it was "robust"

Greaves: This topic has been done to death. Let's wait and see whether the bidding process is re-opened. And also what the OS will look like after 2012.
Of course, any futher developments on the OS will invariably lead to the usual flood of articles and comments! The bottom line is that the OS is a topic which deeply touches the fans of both clubs. I'm off to have a

myhammers..................................enjoy!