Saw this on RTG earlier. Defo worth signing. West Ham has only contributed £15m towards the £272m conversion costs of the Olympic Stadium, with the taxpayer footing the rest of the bill. Considering the cost to the taxpayer, and the effect of this taxpayer subsidy on competition between clubs, a full public inquiry into the deal is needed. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/106355
Absolutely ridiculous while everyone (well working/lower middle classes) are getting shafted by cuts - signed
With the news yesterday of Coe's appointment, I thought again about the Olympic legacy and the ''all Britain benefits from having the Olympics'' statement, saying it's like a business proposition of putting in the investment and then coming away with profit. Well having contributed the taxpayers money and lottery money, can Mr Coe tell us how much profit the country made, how we in the north east have benefitted (in cash or facilities) and has the ''loan'' from the public purse been put back. This government ranted about how they were the ones who would dual the A1 - a promise which turned out to be only 13 miles of the A1 -- at a begrudging cost of £290m. So almost the same for a stadium conversion ? Well it is for the Londoners. I feel someone is pocketing some nice little earners for contracts. Surely stadiums can be built for that price ? Signed
From the bbc website 2 years ago; "But the deal was secured only after West Ham agreed to increase their own funding of the project by £5m, to £15m. They will move in from August 2016 and pay around £2m a year rent." Remind me whats the TV deal worth per season?
I just hope that £2m a year rises with inflation. It looks like **** all now but seeing as it's a 99year lease what is £2m gonna be to a PL football club in 2050 ? Regardless of what happens, I think it should all be made public what the actual deal is.
On a sporting level, what they have paid to have that stadium compared to the debt and cost of other clubs is a huge, huge advantage. It's bullshit.
Sharks, there's more and worse than Blatter about, and one or two are involved in this, they will all no doubt end up in the House of Westminster's Holiday home for Cronies one way or another.
Signed it yesterday. **** all will happen until the Clubs get together and protest it. Where's our 100+ million government grant from the tax payer? It's bullshit
I would. Too big for us for a start. West Ham are paying 15m towards theirs, our stadium cost 15m, I'd rather have ours. The one we paid for entirely ourselves. It's honest.
Doesn't bother me at all, not remotely moved by it. Interested to see if there's any sort of atmosphere in the ground mind. Arsenal's is a library.
That doesn't even interest me. I think clubs should be interested though. Interested to know if they're going to get tax payers money to fund ground improvements.
This boils down totax payers funding a football club which is giving them an unfair advantage. Signed and put on Facebook.
Why the hell reduce the capacity ?, just leave it the way it is surely it is bizarre has most clubs extend. Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea would take 30,000 there easily us and Newcastle would take 10,000 I bet. So are the owners going to pay that money back over years to come ? NHS is crying out for money as well.
