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The London Taxpayers' Stadium Shambles
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Kandi1977
Garth Crooks
parklane1
Tony Galvin
Wearing a Spurs shirt.
Kandi1977
Garth Crooks
They've had 4 years to come up with a solution for the "retractable" seats, and the state of the art (West Ham actually called it that in a letter to season ticket holders) solution is scaffolding held together by tape and cable ties. BRAVO! In addition, the concourse and general look, is like a 70's eastern block structure. One wonders where all the money went!
K.D.D.D.D.Soc
Ian Walker
Lots of space for their vans and mobile homes, where will their horses graze? the pitch?
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indianspur
Guest
Well jel
jts1882
Dean Richards
It's 25k in athletics mode, same as in the original Olympic Stadium. Then they shift the retractable seats forward blocking off 3k at each end, but there are an extra 2k added somewhere (bridging the gap on one side?) so ends up as 21k in football mode.
Craig_J
Mido
I think they were trying to cut down costs so they have £20m to spend on a world class striker who doesn't want to join them.
Glenda's Legs
Paul Walsh
Wrong.
They were saving up for the GIANT LETTERS that spell out their name
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/fo...mpic-Stadium-lettering-opening-sportgalleries (warning, it is the Daily Star, in case anyone has any objections opening it).
Oh - and I see that Uefa have reversed the order of their EL matches.
Glenda's Legs
Paul Walsh
That is just atrocious as a view (or maybe not, considering what will be on display)
Rorschach
Ricky Villa
I think that is in athletics mode. The seats will be in over the track when the Spammers are playing. In saying that those badly named 'retractable' seats are at a low pitch so visibility will not be great. I reckon after a while that the inner ring will be full for the most part but anything back in the original stands will have fairly low numbers. If it wasn't Wham I might feel sorry for them.
Glenda's Legs
Paul Walsh
Yes, there will be closer views when the temporary seating is in place. But some fans will still be watching football from where that photo was taken.
Re the bolded bit - but they are going to fill it, doncha know?
Rorschach
Ricky Villa
I think they might start off pretty well numbers wise but it will fall away year on year as the friends and family season tickets holders dwindle away and just the core support is left. In fact a lot of long term WHam season ticket holders are hoping just that. A large portion were shunted up the back because of a high uptake on the friends/family season tickets, more than they anticipated, and they want to get back down nearer the action. The club are putting a positive spin on everything to do with the stadium but the bottom line is that it will be a brick stadium to watch football in and they won't be able to change that.
