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Whatever happens with the stadium, the end result will be that public money will have ended up paying for a development that will help a private company, be that West Ham, an events company or whom ever. This was known as soon as the bid for the olympics was placed.
No event like the olympics will never pay for its own way, it's just government vanity.
So the only question now is who gets the free stuff, Spurs fans (among others) don't wish to see it be West Ham that get a leg up, that's fair from their point of view and I understand it. Thing is that work from all sides, say it goes to the company that runs the O2, if I were on the board of one of their competitors I would be claiming unfair state aid aswell.
So what to do with the white elephant? Do we just let it rot, or do we just see which private bid will put the most money back in the public purse?
At the end of the day if the architect could see the potential failings of the stadium due to athletics use then how the hell did they still insist on it. The evidence was there for everyone to see from the start, just look at the other stadiums that incorporated a running track. It was just arrogance and ignorance from the British Athletics Association that ended up costing us all.
Spot on with the "collapse" fallacy.
The reality is that BOTH sides in theory would welcome EC involvement ASAP.
Because once they rule on the "state aid" , there is by definition nobody left to appeal to.
Twas a classic case of state aid.
Compounded by the shambles where Newham council were even with-holding the details of the financing from their OWN party councillors.
RDBD
Of course if West Ham had got/will get it it will be "state aid" as it will if any private company get it, but what else do we do? The only way out of it avoiding questions of "state aid" will be for charitable organisations to move in and all of us keep paying.
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posted on 16/2/12
Whatever happens with the stadium, the end result will be that public money will have ended up paying for a development that will help a private company, be that West Ham, an events company or whom ever. This was known as soon as the bid for the olympics was placed.
No event like the olympics will never pay for its own way, it's just government vanity.
So the only question now is who gets the free stuff, Spurs fans (among others) don't wish to see it be West Ham that get a leg up, that's fair from their point of view and I understand it. Thing is that work from all sides, say it goes to the company that runs the O2, if I were on the board of one of their competitors I would be claiming unfair state aid aswell.
So what to do with the white elephant? Do we just let it rot, or do we just see which private bid will put the most money back in the public purse?
posted on 16/2/12
At the end of the day if the architect could see the potential failings of the stadium due to athletics use then how the hell did they still insist on it. The evidence was there for everyone to see from the start, just look at the other stadiums that incorporated a running track. It was just arrogance and ignorance from the British Athletics Association that ended up costing us all.
posted on 16/2/12
Spot on with the "collapse" fallacy.
The reality is that BOTH sides in theory would welcome EC involvement ASAP.
Because once they rule on the "state aid" , there is by definition nobody left to appeal to.
Twas a classic case of state aid.
Compounded by the shambles where Newham council were even with-holding the details of the financing from their OWN party councillors.
posted on 16/2/12
RDBD
Of course if West Ham had got/will get it it will be "state aid" as it will if any private company get it, but what else do we do? The only way out of it avoiding questions of "state aid" will be for charitable organisations to move in and all of us keep paying.
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