Gavros 3:52 Sun Oct 5
Pressure on Baroness Brady to play ball with Spurs over ground share
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A major row is brewing over West Ham’s likely refusal to SHARE the Olympic Stadium with Tottenham Hotspur for a season should the north London club make a formal request to do so while their own new stadium is being built. The London Legacy Development Corporation, with whom the Hammers negotiated a highly favourable 99-year lease from the 2016-17 season, are privately annoyed at the stance taken by the club’s freshly ermined vice-chair, Karren Brady (now Baroness Brady of Knightsbridge), that any such move would be firmly opposed.
Like London’s mayor, Boris Johnson, the Legacy Board are keen to see the largely taxpayer-funded stadium pay its way, and would welcome the income a season of Spurs home matches would attract. One leading figure involved in the original negotiations tells us: “A ground-sharing arrangement for a season seems eminently workable, and profitable. Someone should be reminding West Ham that they need to be flexible on this.”
It was understood West Ham would be able to veto a potential move, even if Tottenham, or any other club, agreed a deal with the Legacy Corporation. But in fact West Ham only have this power of veto for the first season in which they move from Upton Park.
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13 Brentford Rd
5:03 Mon Oct 6
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Man City contributed a similar ammount of money for the Etihad which was built for them or with them in mind for their exclusive use, no one said a word of course.
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flyingV
4:47 Mon Oct 6
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I think West Ham United will be their resident circus. Car boot isnt a bad idea though.
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13 Brentford Rd
4:46 Mon Oct 6
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How about a Circus then, a few thousand to be made there.
Maybe Carboots on a Sunday morning and 5 a side midweek?
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flyingV
4:35 Mon Oct 6
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Already a funfair isnt there 13?
http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/fun-helter-skelter-arcelormittal-orbit-regenerated-urban-area-stratford-now-olympic-park-42850960.jpg
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Arko
3:52 Mon Oct 6
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They can also invite Millwall to play their cup fixtures there...even more income!
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13 Brentford Rd
3:37 Mon Oct 6
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Might as well.
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ooooh Morley Morley
3:36 Mon Oct 6
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I think they should put a Roller Coaster around the roof.
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13 Brentford Rd
3:33 Mon Oct 6
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So this pitch which hasn't even been laid yet is going to survive 3 OR 4 games a week being played on it?
Fuck Spurs and the LLDC, show us some respect, what next a fucking Funfair just to make a few extra pounds to keep the taxpayer ( WHO HAS FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT IT) happy.
They will recoup all the money and more for the alterations just from our rent alone, CUNTS!
It was built for the Olympics not us so fuck off!
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Arko
3:07 Mon Oct 6
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Shame that the courts only sentenced the spies themselves but couldn't prove direct links to the Tottenham hierarchy.
But I agree. Spurs have made their own bed with their behaviour during the OS bidding processes, now they need to lie in it and shouldn't expect sympathy, goodwill or leniency, neither from us or the LLDC.
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Side of Ham
2:56 Mon Oct 6
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Flying V, they also hacked the LLDC themselves, it would be an excellent start for that legacy's board to then do business with a company willing to use dishonest methods in order to get their own way.
Very much in the spirit of the games, i think not.
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Arko
2:55 Mon Oct 6
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The LLDC/successor entity needs to treat West Ham as anchor concessionaire for 99 years with a certain level of respect. Which means that they need to be sensible with who they are asking us to groundshare with.
Sure, they need to rent out the OS as often as possible to recoup as much money as possible for the taxpayer. But we are the one team that gives the taxpayer the most reliable and regular stream of income over 99 years.
The LLDC/successor entity need to make sure they keep the anchor concessionaire onside and don't piss off West Ham at the earliest opportunity.
West Ham had to make compromises in order to move to the OS, the LLDC needs to show some courtesy towards West Ham too.
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flyingV
2:51 Mon Oct 6
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in turn* not term...
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flyingV
2:50 Mon Oct 6
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Hang on, are we talking about the same gaggle of cunts that hired a firm of investigators that in term hacked our phones illegally in order to scupper our bid for the stadium?
Yeah nice one LLDC, we'll just let them share it to help them out.
Hope we tell them to stick it.
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Arko
2:43 Mon Oct 6
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The article doesn't appear to have a lot of substance really. the only source is ' one leading figure involved in the original negotiations' that doesn't get named.
It also doesn't really matter what the LLDC think as they soon will cease to exist when the handling of renting out the OS and running it will be put into the hands of Anschutz Entertainment Group, Live Nation or a similar entity.
And why would the LLDC (or the legal successor) be prepared to sacrifice a decent relationship with the anchor concessionaire for 99 years for some additional income that'd last for only one season?
And to do it early on too ?
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Northern Sold
2:14 Mon Oct 6
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what an utter waste of WHO space
... and that is saying something that !!
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Admiral Lard
2:05 Mon Oct 6
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This is a completely spurious article which does not appear in any credible news source
what an utter waste of WHO space
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inconsistant fc
1:55 Mon Oct 6
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""Someone should be reminding West Ham that they need to be flexible on this.”"
Someone should be remind YOU that you're a cunt who doesn't understand football or its rivalry.
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Texas Iron
12:06 Mon Oct 6
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It's all in the fine print in the contract...
Btw...Baroness of Knightsbridge...more like Edmonton...
Hahaha..
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mentor
9:23 Sun Oct 5
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Misogynist
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roltrader
6:19 Sun Oct 5
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fat slag
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Spandex Sidney
6:17 Sun Oct 5
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Baroness Brady of Knightsbridge?
How fucking chavvy can that woman get?
Quote them £50,000,000 for the season to share. Then use it to buy Gareth Bale.
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