Olympic Stadium Discussion and Questions

[kayahammer]

A huge leap in the right direction would be to have retractable, or dismantelable terracing for standing. How envious would other clubs' supporters be if we had 'safe' standing.

[Pop Robson]

Has anybody answered the league cup question if drawn at home ? Presume only possibility is to have to play it away?

Well the club will be hoping for an away draw to save them having to do anything

[marshboy]

[quote="Pop Robson"][quote="bubbles500"]Has anybody answered the league cup question if drawn at home ?

the game would have to be played at natural ground .There is no way we could ask for an away game as this would be " fixing " the draw

[bubbles500]

A huge leap in the right direction would be to have retractable, or dismantelable terracing for standing. How envious would other clubs' supporters be if we had 'safe' standing.

Why would other clubs be envious.We wouldn't solely be granted safe standing it would be across the board.Im pretty sure spurs have built there single tier with safe standing in mind,to mirror dortmunds yellow wall.Im afraid to say that's something to be envious of .And I don't think any changes can be implemented till the mayors report is done.

[mushy]

Plenty of complaints from Joe Public as regards the stewarding, safety checks and the time taken to get back to the tube (90 mins) after last nights Robbie concert.

[bubbles500]

Plenty of complaints from Joe Public as regards the stewarding, safety checks and the time taken to get back to the tube (90 mins) after last nights Robbie concert.

Been same for all the concerts this summer.However much the move was a bad call ,the idiots running the stadium made the whole migration x10 worse.

[Thekorean]

Would it be cheaper for tax payers if the government converted the London Stadium to football specific ground and sell it off to West Ham?

[Alfiehammer]

Would it be cheaper for tax payers if the government converted the London Stadium to football specific ground and sell it off to West Ham?

How exactly do you turn a circle into a rectangle without knocking the thing down?

[chalks]

Plenty of complaints from Joe Public as regards the stewarding, safety checks and the time taken to get back to the tube (90 mins) after last nights Robbie concert.

To be fair, anyone that goes to a Robbie Williams concert deserves everything they get

[Coops]

How exactly do you turn a circle into a rectangle without knocking the thing down?

Keep the circle outside but build the stands in more of a rectangular shape. It is all made out of macarno anyway.

[Claret&Blue,Thru&]

the game would have to be played at natural ground

Well we don't have a natural ground so likely to be away (doubt neutral)

[hamstas_paradise]

Keep the circle outside but build the stands in more of a rectangular shape. It is all made out of macarno anyway.

I assume that was tongue in cheek........ But just in case, while it wouldn't cost the three quarters of a billion tax payers money spent on it so far, I suspect knocking it down and rebuilding a new design would cost several hundred million. Where would that come from? It is what it is and will be that way until some future club owners are oligarchs and can buy it and replace it.

[Coops]

I assume that was tongue in cheek........ But just in case, while it wouldn't cost the three quarters of a billion tax payers money spent on it so far, I suspect knocking it down and rebuilding a new design would cost several hundred million. Where would that come from? It is what it is and will be that way until some future club owners are oligarchs and can buy it and replace it.

It wont happen. it could happen but it wont.
What will happen is pretty much nothing. There will be a few improvements as time goes on but the ground we have now will pretty much be the ground we have in 10 years time. Some people will stop going, some will grumble less, others will just accept it.

I do wonder what will happen longer term though. We have a 99 year lease, surely that stadium can't last 20 even if it is a Triggers broom of a stadium by then.

[hamstas_paradise]

Ah, Trigger's Broom, the old Ship of Theseus paradox, as discussed by Plato. Nice to have a bit of ancient Greek philosophy to start the day.

Plato, they say, could stick it away, half a crate of whisky every day.

Agreed, the stadium won't change significantly in my lifetime!

[hammerman11]

I think we all agree that it wont change much until either we buy it or athletics goes, hopefully both soon.

It will then need a new permanent lower tier to be built. Rich new owners are also needed.

The stadium wouldnt be too bad if they at least did a few cosmetic things which we know they cant for branding reasons and athletics mode.

claret bowl, claret seats, cover the grey slabs.

other than that we will have to wait new owners.

[bubbles500]

Moore Stephens report into the stadium should be finished and club have probably seen it .I think it's due to go public by end of summer.Its gonna be very interesting to see what exactly £330m was spent on,cause that's pretty hard to understand right now.

[James P]

other than that we will have to wait new owners.

Still can't work out why new owners would be motivated to spend hundreds of millions rebuilding the stadium.

[Rio]

Plenty of complaints from Joe Public as regards the stewarding, safety checks and the time taken to get back to the tube (90 mins) after last nights Robbie concert.

The 90 minute thing again exacerbated by people who don't go to the place week in, week out and all heading to the same focal point I.e. Stratford station. It's never taken me more than 15-20 minutes to get any station I choose to use.

[bubbles500]

What I don't get is people say our gate revenue has only gone up £11m.yet spurs is going up about £50m.Appreciate spurs will have about an extra 5k as things stand and they can charge top dollar as it will be state of the art.But was it worth moving for an extra £11m a year ,you can make that up in positions in table almost.

[Corney Beal]

The 90 minute thing again exacerbated by people who don't go to the place week in, week out and all heading to the same focal point I.e. Stratford station. It's never taken me more than 15-20 minutes to get any station I choose to use.

Made worse this weekend as the DLR line to Stratford was down due to engineering works.