A bit of 2012 news to try and liven up this thread a little, (not that Bob's contributions aren't entertaining in their own right 
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Tottenham and West Ham may consider London Olympic site
The possibility of Tottenham Hotspur or West Ham moving permanently to the site of London’s Olympic stadium was raised when it emerged that planners are to again investigate the option of building a brand new ground after the 2012 Games.
London officials are understood to be drawing up comparisons to see whether it would be cheaper to demolish the £525 million Olympic stadium and build a new facility in partnership with a football club rather than subsidise its use as a predominantly athletics venue.
“The LDA has left no stone unturned in examining all legacy options for the Olympic venues and is still looking at a range of potential sporting uses including athletics, football and rugby for the Olympic stadium,” a spokesman for the London Development Agency said last night.
The planners are not looking to change the existing design for the Olympic stadium and have also been told that whatever is there afterwards must have the capability to stage major athletics events.
The current plan is to remove 55,000 seats to leave a 25,000-capacity venue for athletics, but there are concerns that it may need financial support for decades afterwards.
London mayor Boris Johnson said last month that he did not think the issue of having a Premier League side playing in the stadium after the Games was definitely settled.
Tottenham and West Ham are both looking at ways of increasing their capacities and would be interested in exploring any sort of option that could work in a similar way to Manchester City’s move to the stadium that hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
A spokesperson for Johnson said the mayor envisaged a long-term future for the stadium. “Expensive facilities should not be built unless they have a viable future. The mayor has no plans, and is not aware of any plans, to demolish the stadium.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...eague/tottenham/article&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
I also found this forum on my travels which details the progress being made on the olympic stadium.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=610996&page=35
Here is an interesting article about the olympic site:
http://www.timeout.com/london/olympics/features/5452/2012_Olympics_site_map.html
If someone could post that article with the enlarged picture of the site, that would be great.
).Tottenham and West Ham may consider London Olympic site
The possibility of Tottenham Hotspur or West Ham moving permanently to the site of London’s Olympic stadium was raised when it emerged that planners are to again investigate the option of building a brand new ground after the 2012 Games.
London officials are understood to be drawing up comparisons to see whether it would be cheaper to demolish the £525 million Olympic stadium and build a new facility in partnership with a football club rather than subsidise its use as a predominantly athletics venue.
“The LDA has left no stone unturned in examining all legacy options for the Olympic venues and is still looking at a range of potential sporting uses including athletics, football and rugby for the Olympic stadium,” a spokesman for the London Development Agency said last night.
The planners are not looking to change the existing design for the Olympic stadium and have also been told that whatever is there afterwards must have the capability to stage major athletics events.
The current plan is to remove 55,000 seats to leave a 25,000-capacity venue for athletics, but there are concerns that it may need financial support for decades afterwards.
London mayor Boris Johnson said last month that he did not think the issue of having a Premier League side playing in the stadium after the Games was definitely settled.
Tottenham and West Ham are both looking at ways of increasing their capacities and would be interested in exploring any sort of option that could work in a similar way to Manchester City’s move to the stadium that hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
A spokesperson for Johnson said the mayor envisaged a long-term future for the stadium. “Expensive facilities should not be built unless they have a viable future. The mayor has no plans, and is not aware of any plans, to demolish the stadium.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...eague/tottenham/article&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox
I also found this forum on my travels which details the progress being made on the olympic stadium.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=610996&page=35
Here is an interesting article about the olympic site:
http://www.timeout.com/london/olympics/features/5452/2012_Olympics_site_map.html
If someone could post that article with the enlarged picture of the site, that would be great.
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