Now that our friends across the water have thrown their Pearly King hat in the ring to take on the stadium after 2012 I was wondering how well it will go down with their supporters? When we were selling out every week you could argue that moving was a neccessity but they don't sell out every week to my knowledge so, great stadium no doubt about it, how are they going to sell this to their long term fans who've being going to the Boleyn Ground for decades? How would we feel, would we be happy to move on in their position?
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Most of their fans come from Essex so nice and easy to get to Stratford on the train, tis only one stop from West Ham after all.
Might be interesting with plenty of other London Clubs having to go through Stratford for their football though.
I thought that it'd all been sorted now and it was staying?
Gold showers comments on the deal.
Man City adapted the commonwealth games stadium well into a football ground.
But leave the track and it will be an awful place to watch games.
I think the track HAS to stay.
"The Hammers co-chairman had been worried by the requirement to retain an athletics track and the impact that would have on fans watching football.
"I was reluctant in the early stages because I have always been against the running track but going down there and seeing it was different," he said.
"At first, I thought the running track would be prohibitive but, seeing the layout of it, the sightlines are better than Wembley and as good as the Emirates."
Secondly it's nearer to where West Ham originate, so can't be compared to us moving to Kent.
I would be amazed if it has the corporate facilities are as decent as Upton Park, which are going for £100,000 a season (good luck with that one Mr. Gold & Mr. Sullivan!) which is where the money is in football these days. Without knowing much about the stadium I doubt the permanent facilities will be that good. At present the upper tier, which is 75% of capacity, will just be seating with all the food outlets being outside the ground, which is fine for the Olympics but not very practical for football.
Also it's Leyton Orient territory and it's out of order for a larger club to tap in to a smaller club's territory. ;-)
There is no cheap way of getting rid of the athletics track there, if you dig down, you're below the levels of the rivers in the area making the pitch more likely to flood, and you can't just extend the top tier down, it's expensive and you lose the boxes which will be put in.
The track does have to stay, so if West Ham can make it work, then good luck to them.
From actually going inside the stadium
Personally I think the fans will be a bit far from the pitch.
It's not a huge stadium compare to Wembley for example, it even feels smaller then the Emirates.
Well, that's how I read it at first .....(!)
Not buying this compact bit as you still have the running track and the outer bit in blue before you reach the seats.
Was at Crystal Palace Athletics track Saturday for the Grand Prix and from the Cheap seats behind one "Goal" I could hardly see the shot put on the other "goal" area.
I would not even bother thinking about us moving to kent.
Its never going to happen, theres a lovely stadium we call home, and it is just that home.
Why move so far away from Charlton?
Theres too many fans - myself included who worked to get the valley back and the last thing anyone wants to see is us leave it.
And whilst im ranting.
How stupid would it be to move from London to somewhere like kent.
No offence to any kent people here, but its harldy the capital of England is it.
FACT*
*Maybe.
West Ham is the headline story but AEG will also express interest. If they want a big stadium but they don't get Stratford then they make look at the possibilities of building close one the Dome/02.
Lots of ifs and buts but who knows.
But Kent did used to be called the "Garden of England".
That was before it was criss-crossed with a traffic grid, and the spaces filled in with Wimpy Homes.
http://www.london2012.com/webcams/olympic-stadium-camera-2.php