Chancellor George Osborne has agreed an extra £25 million injection, with a £20 million loan from the Mayor, bringing the total cost of adapting the venue after the Games to £160 million — the vast majority from the public purse.
Fek me!!! Boris must be worth a few bob!
Chancellor George Osborne has agreed an extra £25 million injection, with a £20 million loan from the Mayor, bringing the total cost of adapting the venue after the Games to £160 million — the vast majority from the public purse.Fek me!!! Boris
Some of the stadium was always designed to be temporary.
West Ham will struggle to fill it as it is so leaving it at 80,000 was not an option. Olymoic Stadiums are always a waste of money one way or the other.
Some of the stadium was always designed to be temporary.West Ham will struggle to fill it as it is so leaving it at 80,000 was not an option. Olymoic Stadiums are always a waste of money one way or the other.
I should have said that those stadiums are a waste if no long term plan - like Atlanta or Sydney. An 80,000 seat athletics stadium is a white elephant. No city should win a bid with a half billion quid stadium with no concrete long term plan.
They had that anniversary games..... I should have said that those stadiums are a waste if no long term plan - like Atlanta or Sydney. An 80,000 seat athletics stadium is a white elephant. No city should win a bid with a half billion quid stadium wit
Roughly how many times has it been used since the closing ceremony?
Not sure if it has been - they've been spending the last year and a half - or longer - doing the conversion, i.e. fitting retractable seating, new floodlights and putting a lid on to create a better/louder atmosphere. Final capacity will be 54k iirc.
Roughly how many times has it been used since the closing ceremony?Not sure if it has been - they've been spending the last year and a half - or longer - doing the conversion, i.e. fitting retractable seating, new floodlights and putting a lid on to
Some of the stadium was always designed to be temporary.
Yes John, I know that but it just seemed like a negative spend, that's all.
Unless they were going to be hit by a tax of a surfeit of seating, along the lines of the "Bedroom Tax"!
Some of the stadium was always designed to be temporary.Yes John, I know that but it just seemed like a negative spend, that's all.Unless they were going to be hit by a tax of a surfeit of seating, along the lines of the "Bedroom Tax"!