Olympic farce. Morning [almost ] folkks from Holland. question. why should any football team profit from taxpayers money, IE a free stadium. Spurs and West ham, are fighting for OUR TAXPAYERS venue, why not keep it as a center of excellence, to promote our amateur track and field, our aspiring footballers, rugby players, cricketers, an alternative venue for raising awareness, and revenue for our up and coming youth.Aussie/South africa has em, why not us, a legacy that will maintain the fact that we hosted ,what I hope will be a great olympics, of the track,,,,, and indoors, promotion of karate, boxing. aikedo, judo, gymnastics, fencing,etc etc, could one day make our small island proud again. could also be used as a music venue, to help make it self sustaining, a little help from national lottery [ my money again ]and a little bit of that shadowy group SPORT ENGLAND........................WTF ARE THEY. Got no answers myself. dont want to see another dome fiasco, where the taxpayer got stuffed, and private enterprise got richer.
Ik ook! Although it would be quite funny to see the reaction of the Arsenal fans, watching one of their great rivals move into a free stadium, after the amount they spent on the Emirates
Why can't one of the smaller London teams have it on the understanding that. 1. The track stays. 2, It is to be made available for other events, be it music or sports. Sort of like a stewardship.
AGREED! And the title of this topic is quite right; London's Olympics is going to be a complete farce, look at Beijings cracking opening ceremony, were probably gonna have some drunk, fat bloke with a party-popper singing our anthem!
Wasn't there and article on the BBC website about Leyton Orient complaining that a huge club would be given a free stadium right in the middle of their catchment area?
Hello Peadar, Have not seen an article but it makes sense that somebody has said it. They should give it to the closest team and then redevelop their stadium.
