West Ham Olympic Stadium

[HotspurFC1950]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/mobile/olympics/2012/stories/20603585

This article disturbs me.

If the Hammers get this they are not Wet Spam but West Ham and I for one will highly p*ssed off that Tottenham Hotspur will be playing in a lesser stadium, our new one I mean.

Appearances are everything.

I am presuming the Olympic Stadium will hold a headline 60k spectators.

I don't think we should believe they won't fill it.New fans will jump on board in a stadium like that. A Premier League club playing at a truly iconic stadium will draw people.

We have been naive to let West Ham get in there ahead of us.

I love WHL as much as anyone but I love Tottenham Hotspur much more.

History is history.

The future is what matters.

 

[dav3j]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/mobile/olympics/2012/stories/20603585

This article disturbs me.

If the Hammers get this they are not Wet Spam but West Ham and I for one will highly p*ssed off that Tottenham Hotspur will be playing in a lesser stadium, our new one I mean.

Appearances are everything.

I am presuming the Olympic Stadium will hold a headline 60k spectators.

I don't think we should believe they won't fill it.New fans will jump on board in a stadium like that. A Premier League club playing at a truly iconic stadium will draw people.

We have been naive to let West Ham get in there ahead of us.

I love WHL as much as anyone but I love Tottenham Hotspur much more.

History is history.

The future is what matters.

Calm down, dear!

Honestly though, West Ham can't even fill their current shit ground for a Premier League game. They're going to have to offer dirt cheap seats to get anywhere close to reaching its capacity.

I also think they're going to be slightly reducing the capacity to 50,000.

It's also not a million years away until the NDP is finished.

 

[LeSoupeKitchen]

Even with those modifications, the atmosphere will be shocking. Still gutting that the tax payer is putting so much money in.

 

[robbiedee]

Even with those modifications, the atmosphere will be shocking. Still gutting that the tax payer is putting so much money in.

Thats whats pisses me off more than anything. West Ham will always be West Ham but why should the tax payer contibute the best part of £550m for that shower of shite? I hope there are a lot of conditions in the deal that put off the porn twins and miss piggy.

 

[Kinger]

Don't care what they do, we need to focus on our stadium.

 

[Hoopspur]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...e-can-create-a-super-club-in-east-London.html

This will be bad news for us (all). I've said it all along. West Ham could conceivably bring in 10k overseas visitors a match to watch prem Football at the Olympic Stadium. Barca style tours but at a bigger level even.

Don't think of the 'Appy Ammers' of now or yesteryear, but think of what could happen in 10 years time. They will not be just relying on their past but will be attracting the biggest and best. Of course they will need (and get) funding. They will have the potential to be the biggest club in London, if not the PL. London and their position within it is the key.

Question - can London sustain 4 top level clubs? Stick or twist time for ourselves, and certainly QPR.


Edit - also think about the whole infrastructure around the place being built up and enhanced. Go shopping, biggest Casino, good transport links etc etc.

 

[JimmyG2]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/mobile/olympics/2012/stories/20603585

This article disturbs me.

If the Hammers get this they are not Wet Spam but West Ham and I for one will highly p*ssed off that Tottenham Hotspur will be playing in a lesser stadium, our new one I mean.

Appearances are everything.

I am presuming the Olympic Stadium will hold a headline 60k spectators.

I don't think we should believe they won't fill it.New fans will jump on board in a stadium like that. A Premier League club playing at a truly iconic stadium will draw people.

We have been naive to let West Ham get in there ahead of us.

I love WHL as much as anyone but I love Tottenham Hotspur much more.

History is history.

The future is what matters.

No they're not.
We haven't done too badly over the years or even recently
in our old, shabby, hard to get to, harder to get away from,
run down, cosy, friendly, memory filled heap.
Reduced even an American 'Celebrity' to tears this week.
West Ham in the Olympic Stadium, to which they are very welcome,
are still West Ham. Same wine new bottle.

'History is history' is ambiguous: it could mean the past is done with,
move on, forget it, it counts for nothing
But History is the foundation and bedrock of our current attitudes and reputation.
We have a proud history, put bluntly, West Ham don't.
And that is what allows us to face the future with confidence, new stadium or not.

JimmyG2 available for Corporate team building and Bar Mitzvah's.

 

[CosmicHotspur]

I never wanted us to move there and still don't. I don't envy Wet Spam one even tiny weeny little bit.

 

[LukaMotion]

The nearest seat to the pitch in the Olympic stadium is the same distance as standing outside Upton Park.

It will happen and they will undoubtably become more of a threat but it will always be bittersweet because they will have lost their club, their atmosphere and their history. They will hate it and regret it forever.

 

[montylynch]

You should get over to KUMB to see what their fans think.

 

[Hoopspur]

No they're not.
We haven't done too badly over the year and recently
in our old, shabby, hard to get to, harder to get away from,
run down, cosy, friendly, memory filled heap.
Reduced even an American 'Celebrity' to tears this week.
West Ham in the Olympic Stadium, to which they are very welcome,
are still West Ham. Same wine new bottle.
History is history is ambiguous: it could be the past is done with,
move on, forget it, it counts for nothing
History is the foundation and bedrock of our current attitude and reputation.
We have a proud history, put bluntly, West Ham don't.
And that is what allows us to face the future with confidence, new stadium or not.

JimmyG2 available for Corporate team building and Bar Mitzvah's.

But people don't get it. I don't even think West Ham will have the name West Ham in 10 years time when the media kings and marketing people have told them that to have London within the name will help them globally.

A roll out of new names - 'West Ham London', followed by a US style name 'London Hammers' or 'London United'. London is the only major City in the world without a football club named after it (football playing nations that is). Clubs have been wrestling with how to get this into the name - Spurs toyed with it last season on their advertising believe it or not. Half hearted and a shambles.

Bugger history and tradition to those poor fans that have lived in and breathed it. There will be a big shiny team to support that will be massively financed by the City or the Middle East.

I'm not being over dramatic. I've thought about this for a long time and the potential. I didn't want to move there, but knew there was no choice.

Shit happens, as they say, and the trouble is we could be on the end of it (or under it!).

 

[JimmyG2]

But people don't get it. I don't even think West Ham will have the name West Ham in 10 years time when the media kings and marketing people have told them that to have London within the name will help them globally.

A roll out of new names - 'West Ham London', followed by a US style name 'London Hammers' or 'London United'. London is the only major City in the world without a football club named after it (football playing nations that is). Clubs have been wrestling with how to get this into the name - Spurs toyed with it last season on their advertising believe it or not. Half hearted and a shambles.

Bugger history and tradition to those poor fans that have lived in and breathed it. There will be a big shiny team to support that will be massively financed by the City or the Middle East.

I'm not being over dramatic. I've thought about this for a long time and the potential. I didn't want to move there, but knew there was no choice.

Shit happens, as they say, and the trouble is we could be on the end of it (or under it!).

I understand what you are saying but my response is
'Who gives a shit?'
Good luck to the London Hammers/United owned by some oil or property billionaire.
We will still be Tottenham Hotspur from The Lane
in our new 50/60.000 Stadium which we will fill more or less every week,
with our new training facilities AND our History intact and hopefully in the next few years enhanced.
OK the kids might flock to them if and when they are successful, the tourists too.
I'm happy for them but I don't think it will materially affect us.
The rise of Man.Utd and Chelsea and now Man city doesn't herald the demise of the Spurs
or Liverpool or Newcastle because we all have an established fan base locally and round the world.
It will take them a generation to even establish themselves.
I think you are just frightening yourself for nothing.
Neither of us want to go there for obvious reasons, it will be a poor place
to play and to watch football in.

 

[SugarRay]

Sme very dramatic and deluded views here. West Ham the biggest club in London? Never in a million, trillion years let alone the biggest in the PL. And all because they are playing in an athletics stadium...

The financial fair play rules means the only chance they have of becoming a big club, namely getting a sugar daddy to buy them success, has vanished.

Those "worried" by this seem to be the same mob who wanted us to up roots and go there ( I would no longer support the club if we had made such a move )
Our new PURPOSE BUILT FOOTBALL STADIUM will be ten times better than anything they can come up with t the Olympic venue.

The stadium is an iconic athletics arena. It's iconic status is attached to the Olympics, which has long finished.
Pikey FC playing in front of a 3/4 full stadium ( league cup gates will be hilarious, 15/20k rattling around in that huge structure! ) is not the same as Danny Boyles opening ceremony or the magnificent golden Saturday of Ennis, Farah and the long jump ginger.

As for them becoming some all conquering beast who play to full houses every week, Arsenal, the biggest club in London over the past two decades ( that hurt ), have won sod all in their stadium and have plenty of empty seats for games. They have a much bigger support than the spanners and have enjoyed much, much, much more success, have better players etc etc, yet they can't sell out every game yet some expect West Ham ( record attendance of 45k, lower than Crystal Palace ) to suddenly become Manchester United of London purely because they have a few extra seats that are two miles from the pitch...

 

[dirtyh]

I never wanted us to move there and still don't. I don't envy Wet Spam one even tiny weeny little bit.

agree 100000%. who gives a flying fig about them? there's no way on earth that they're going to fill a 60k stadium, even with £2.50 tickets and 30k kidnaps. I've a feeling the novelty will soon wear off......

 

[SteveH]

Monetarily Levy was spot on with his attempt to get the OS. It failed sadly - its why Gold and Sullivan & Co invested in the club and fairplay to them its not the stupidest move.

They will have pay back a chunk if/when they sell the club. Still a great deal of twist and turns in this saga.

 

[Hoopspur]

Sme very dramatic and deluded views here. West Ham the biggest club in London? Never in a million, trillion years let alone the biggest in the PL. And all because they are playing in an athletics stadium...

The financial fair play rules means the only chance they have of becoming a big club, namely getting a sugar daddy to buy them success, has vanished.

Those "worried" by this seem to be the same mob who wanted us to up roots and go there ( I would no longer support the club if we had made such a move )
Our new PURPOSE BUILT FOOTBALL STADIUM will be ten times better than anything they can come up with t the Olympic venue.

The stadium is an iconic athletics arena. It's iconic status is attached to the Olympics, which has long finished.
Pikey FC playing in front of a 3/4 full stadium ( league cup gates will be hilarious, 15/20k rattling around in that huge structure! ) is not the same as Danny Boyles opening ceremony or the magnificent golden Saturday of Ennis, Farah and the long jump ginger.

As for them becoming some all conquering beast who play to full houses every week, Arsenal, the biggest club in London over the past two decades ( that hurt ), have won sod all in their stadium and have plenty of empty seats for games. They have a much bigger support than the spanners and have enjoyed much, much, much more success, have better players etc etc, yet they can't sell out every game yet some expect West Ham ( record attendance of 45k, lower than Crystal Palace ) to suddenly become Manchester United of London purely because they have a few extra seats that are two miles from the pitch...

I hope you are not suggesting that a. I'm part of a 'mob' or b. that I've ever suggested going and playing there . I'd be more than happy if it reverted back to wasteland, bottles and bricks.

But those saying it won't happen, are like Ostrich's burying their heads in the sand. Doesn't matter if it's West Ham, Orient or Stratford Town FC (these last 2 would take a fraction longer). It will take time and be the result of devious owners, who don't actually care about the history of 'their' club. These owners will not be from the East End, they will be from a bit further east - Middle? It will be owners with either vanity or cash on their minds, but will have vision. There will be a way to achieve this. After all there was a legal method to stop West Ham getting the stadium in the first place. Yeh right.

When London United are playing Barca and Juve in the weekly Global League then I'll cast my mind back. Bigger plans are afoot, and not just here. Football is a money making machine and the surface has only just been scratched.

Not dramatic, just realism. I never wanted to go there in the first place and I still don't. One day they may even be able to put a man on the moon.

 

[Real_madyidd]

The nearest seat to the pitch in the Olympic stadium is the same distance as standing outside Upton Park.

It will happen and they will undoubtably become more of a threat but it will always be bittersweet because they will have lost their club, their atmosphere and their history. They will hate it and regret it forever.

Wrong. They are putting retractable seating in at a cost of 140Million. which West Ham are not paying.

So taxpayers giving West Ham a stadium for 99 years, worth half a billion pounds. It's bullshit and it's anti competitive. the EU should step in.

 

[Spirit58]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/mobile/olympics/2012/stories/20603585

I don't think we should believe they won't fill it.New fans will jump on board in a stadium like that. A Premier League club playing at a truly iconic stadium will draw people.

No they won't, they'd need a pair of binoculars to see the match, and that's just the ones sitting in the front row.

 

[TaoistMonkey]

Shit club, shit fans.

 

[SheffieldAndy]

Tossers the lot of them, from the owners, to the manager, right down to the fans.