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The London Taxpayers' Stadium Shambles

galeforce said:
I think there is potential for football as a tourist experience alongside the obvious benefits they can offer corporate clients. They need to Disneyfy the experience though.

The first step should be to change the allocation, its a 60k stadium, i'd be splitting that at 30k each way for a start and advertise it as an opportunity to see PL stars in London rather than West Ham (they obviously need to retain PL status for that to work).
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I think you're right. Be much easier to sell short-breaks in London with Hotel, PL game and West End show for couples and families
 
Jurgen the German said:
How much are they going to make from it realistically though? That idiot son of David Sullivan recently tweeted that they make only marginally more than they did at Upton Park IIRC. And they will never be able to compete with the likes of scum, us or even Chelsea in terms of fanbase and revenue through things like marketing for example.
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He really is the, errr, tweet that keeps on giving.
 
Chelsea FC said:
Chelsea V West Ham United
Ticket news Friday 14 October 2016
Direct from CFC

The ticket selling details for our EFL Cup match away against West Ham United on Wednesday 26 October have been announced and we regret to inform our supporters we have been given an allocation of only 5182 seats.

The club requested the full allocation as determined by this competition’s regulations, which would have been approximately 5,700 tickets, but due to the set-up at West Ham’s new stadium, the Football League has given them dispensation to provide a lesser amount for this competition. We are disappointed by this.
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Will be trouble regardless
 
West Ham suffers new crowd surveillance blow as Airwave system further delayed
25 Oct 2016

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A top Premier League football club will have to manage without official police presence for home games inside its prestigious stadium for the majority of this season.

A long-running problem – first highlighted two years ago – means additional policing measures cannot be implemented at West Ham’s London Stadium because of the absence of the Airwave radio system.

And the system that allows officers to communicate safely within the Olympic Park will now not be operational until at least February.

Stadium operators London 185 had previously claimed that Airwave would be in place in time for the match against Arsenal on December 3.

However, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has confirmed a further two-month delay.

For the EFL Cup clash against London rivals Chelsea on Wednesday (October 26), almost 5,200 away fans will descend on the converted London 2012 Olympic stadium, where West Ham moved to at the beginning of the 2016/17 season.

The club has reportedly previously struggled to cope with an average of 3,000 visiting fans against less ‘hostile’ opposition.

Due to the absence of Airwave, the MPS has so far refused to place officers inside the ground on health and safety grounds.

However, for the Chelsea game, a ‘tactical solution’ has been found that, in the event of crime or disorder taking place, officers can be deployed inside the ground and it is understood there will be police vans outside that will act as a central communication system.

And, because of the nature of the game, the MPS may yet decide to deploy officers within the stadium before and during the game.
Earlier in the season ten fans were ejected from the Olympic Park after fights broke out in the closing stages of the local derby with Watford.

The MPS, which retains a presence outside the ground until "serious" incidents require inside attendance, maintains progress cannot be made until the system is fully functional.

Last month MPS Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Terry explained: "Until there is comprehensive Airwave radio coverage throughout the ground officers will not be routinely deployed within it," said Mr Terry.

"The stadium operators (separate to the owners) have only very recently agreed to install a satisfactory radio system."

It is understood a deal was agreed in May and originally was to be in place by the beginning of December.
 
The stadium operators must be one the very few organisations that are more incompetent than the dildo twins. A perfect match.
 
StephenH said:
My thought exactly!

But this whole "london stadium" debacle has the stench of Boris all over it.
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I wonder if it's considered ok if the works are in progress as policing is still possible outside the stadium and security is dealt with inside.
And if anything really kicked off inside a game that the police would just shut down the event.
Much like if it were a festival

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So today's the day then. Over 5,000 angry Cheatski headhunter macarons descend on the Athletics stadium to go toe-to-toe in a pwoper nawty mashup innit bruv. Both are kicked out of the league system and have to start again from the Zenith Data Systems Johnstone's Paint League
 
It's kind of ridiculous the police can refuse to police a large public event because their favoured communication system is not available. If the event needs policing then they should have to do it. The charge and who pays is the only part that should be negotiable.
 
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