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BaZ87 said:
Not sure if we have a thread for this already (I couldn't find 1) but it looks as if West Ham have won the Olympic stadium bid.

And I know Levy mentioned it a couple of weeks back now; Spurs have no intention of following up their plans to build a new stadium at White Hart Lane, something I said would happen the day Spurs revealed those plans :p
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Due to it not being viable or somesuch.

Personally, I had come around to the idea of moving to the OS.

I wonder what the fans who protested against this think now.

1: The redevelopment plans won't go ahead anyway.
2: We'll have to move somewhere. Only now it'll take longer and set the club back.
 
Greenlizard0 said:
Without really knowing the ins and outs of each deal it appears a strange decision on the surface.

No offence to W Ham, but Spurs are more likely to fill it each week. What use is a stadium that large for the former particularly if they're relegated? With the track in place are they going to get that many more seats than the 35,000 they already have? A lot of fans who visit their new homes dislike running tracks surrounding pitch because they're further away from the pitch, e.g. I think Real Sociedad's supporters are against their multi-purpose ground.

I had thought Spurs were only going to remove the track, and upgrade the site to a 50k+ all seater site, but the latest news from the Beeb suggests they were going to knock it down and build their own ground. Got to say that does sound unappealing in a freshly developed area.
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The Spurs proposal also included redeveloping Crystal Palace.
 
simulatorman said:
Oh dear no facts no comment. I didn't know we had that new rule. :p

We know the facts or don't you read the papers in your neck of the country?

In black and white:

1 We will keep the Olympic legacy.

2 We will keep Spurs where they belong, in North London.

3 UK Athletics will have a showcase home and not some redeveloped **** hole in South London that nobody can get to.

4 O2/AEG will have some competition with live events across the river.

5 The AEG & Spurs businesses will have to raise money and not get it for free.

6 Londoners (it's what we/they want) will benefit from the outcome.

Anyway Boris will make sure this happens. :D
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When has a newspaper ever cared about facts? :p

Brady was rambling on about how it would be a waste of the taxpayers money for us to rebuild the stadium, when in actual fact, a very small amount would have been lost, which of course would have been reinvested by Spurs, so I don't see the problem there. Not only that, but Crystal Palace also would have been redeveloped.

Then you have the fact that the vast majority of fans do not want a running pitch in their stadium. Athletics and football cannot co-exist perfectly. The distance between the stands and the pitch is an absolute joke, and something that West Ham were also against until the OS went ahead with the running track, put the stadium up for bids and received no offers.

Spurs' proposal for the OS was financially sound, and any monkey could see that there's a much greater possibility of Spurs filling that stadium than West Ham, especially when they start to realise how much the running track will leave them feeling separated from the action. Be prepared for an expensive library in Stratford.


Part of me is glad we remain in Tottenham, but the other part believes that this will set us back a number of years.
 
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DanH84 said:
was it something like 80% of polled londoners wanted WH to get it? Didn't a fairly high proportion of Spurs fans even want to stay in Tottenham?
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Those who didn't get the point that a move is going to happen one way or another.

Wouldn't be surprised if the club ends up being sold over this.
 
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