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Bzzz said:
Why are people so bitter about West Ham moving into the Olympic Stadium?

Total Conversion costs: Under £200m, West Ham is paying 15 million of that upfront, and then we will pay 2 Million every year for the next 99 years. So that means we will have paid over 200 million, paying back the cost of adapting the stadium (even more than the cost needed to adapt it).

We are not getting a new stadium, the Olympic stadium will not be ours, we will be simply renting it, it will not belong to West Ham, and so there is no reason why we should pay the full value of the Stadium unless we were going to buy it.

Can please everyone moaning about the decision to award us the situation please find an alternative option that will bring as many fans frequently into the stadium than the current one? Or should we just leave it as it is and not use it like the Chinese Olympic Stadium witch is falling apart.

Jealousy Jealousy Jealousy....
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I like the fact that you assume that anyone who's against it must be jealous. I'm not jealous, I just think in a time of austerity, spending so much money on something that'll only really be for the benefit of a select group of people (i.e. West Ham fans) is ridiculous, irresponsible and takes the piss. Football needs to start living in the real world. As for what it could be used for, I've always felt it should be a similar type of stadium to Wembley: used for concerts, England games, American Football, other random events, athletics, cricket perhaps, maybe the FA Cup Semi-Finals, etc but in a far better location than Wembley.

And unless that rent is renegotiated at a later point, due to the inflation I think that £2 million will be worth less and less over time (or unless it's due to rise in line with inflation, but I've not heard anything like that).

And I'm pretty sure City do lease their ground.
 
Don't forget West Ham will only be using it for around 19 - 25 days of the year. There is no reason why the stadium can't be used for many of the events you mention.

In fact, due to the conversion that we are part funding, it can used for a wider range of events than it could have if it had remained an athletics stadium with a track.
 
Gerrez said:
Bzzz

I made a comment above that isn't about costing tax payers blah blah blah. It was about WHU and was looking for a WHU input but its been completely ignored. How can you expect serious comments if this is the response? <doh>
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My comment talked about those moaning about the cost/tax and not about your comment, I wasn't replying to you as you raise valid points in a constructive way so apologies if you felt attacked by my comment <ok>

PompeyLapras said:
I like the fact that you assume that anyone who's against it must be jealous.
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Not so much your comment but when people start having digs about filling the stadium or the view then it starts coming across as bitter and Jealous.
 
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