Spurs lose the 2012 Stadium to West Ham

West Ham have won the battle for the 2012 stadium, BBC London has learned.

Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) executives have decided the offer from the club is a better solution than the rival bid from Tottenham.

The OPLC board will be asked to support the view at a meeting on Friday, when it is expected to confirm West Ham as its preferred bidder.

The government and London's mayor, Boris Johnson, will then take a final decision in the coming weeks.

It would be a surprise if ministers and the mayor overturn OPLC executives, who have spent the last few months discussing the various plans with both clubs in detail.

West Ham are happy for the athletics track to be kept in the stadium and for the venue to be used for a variety of sports and concerts.

Tottenham's plans were to dismantle the stadium in Stratford and build a new football ground in its place.

The Spurs proposal has faced huge criticism from the athletics world, MPs and the public.

A recent BBC London poll suggested 81% of Londoners were against the proposals to rip up the athletics track.

The ComRes phone poll, carried out between 21 and 23 January, also suggested 72% of people in London wanted West Ham to get the stadium, with only 13% supporting Tottenham.

Ministers and the mayor are understood to be well aware that the Tottenham option would have been a "hard sell" to taxpayers
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that will keep prevent spurs from progressing as they'd wish. Good Stuff.

I wonder whether they'll fill the stadium though in the championship.
 
fucking stupid tbh, why give a state of the art 80,000 seater stadium to a mediocre team
 
So the stadium will be stayin' pretty much the way that it is then , only a few minor adjustments to be made ...... and keepin' the running track too ........ that should come in handy for the day that Millwall visit , hammers fans can chase em' all the way around the pitch without treadin' on any turf!

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Don't be daft...


They were never in for it in the first place...sure if it were available and it wanted to host Spurs and it would improve the team then they're always on the lookout for it...but yeh, it's a triffic stadium.
 
Great news.

Always had a soft spot for West Ham. Proper club with proper fans.

Remind me of us in the maine road days.
 
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