West Ham are coming.
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Why ?
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Porque?0
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Only if they start running a Hammer Express service from Eltham0
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Not really. West Ham already have a very strong 'East End' identity which they will take with them.
I would have been much more worried, long-term, if it went to 'London' Orient.0 -
they'll never fill it, always advertising tickets in the (sub)Standard......even with kid a quid they wouldn't fill it0
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Indeed. They will at first, but once the novelty wears off, there will be plenty of empty seats at their home games.Elthamaddick said:they'll never fill it, always advertising tickets in the (sub)Standard......even with kid a quid they wouldn't fill it
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Barry Hearn is!Granpa said:It looks likely that West Ham will be moving into the Olympic Stadium, anybody worried ?
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Easy access from South London, Wealthy Owners, our poor home form, we appear to be potless, Premiership football, their pitch is green, attractive to newcomers to the game ( team and Stadium ), close to City Airport, available to Scandinavian fans who used to visit us for Premiership football, I'm bored now.0
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the bigger target area for West Ham will be north Kent, 10 minutes on High Speed from Ebbsfleet, tons of cheap parking, 5 minute walk to the stadium when you get off at Stratford International0
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and they won the World Cup0
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This is true. 20 mins on the DLR from Woolwich Arsenal as well.Rothko said:the bigger target area for West Ham will be north Kent, 10 minutes on High Speed from Ebbsfleet, tons of cheap parking, 5 minute walk to the stadium when you get off at Stratford International
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I wonder if the new stadium will help them play the attractive "West Ham way" football which they haven't played for about thirty years....0
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Rothko is right
I actually think if they price it right they will get 50k every week based on their Essex support but if they dont then expect them to tread on our toes0 -
Was it ever decided on whether they have to keep the running track?0
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W Ham are in bigger debt than us.0
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Retractable seats are being installed, pull them out for football and get seats closer to the pitch, put them away to reveal the running track for athletics.Chris_from_Sidcup said:Was it ever decided on whether they have to keep the running track?
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/mar/21/leyton-orient-olympic-stadium-hearn-essex">guardian.co.uk/football/2013/mar/21/leyton-orient-olympic-stadium-hearn-essex</a>
Orient on the move as a result?
How on earth we as taxpayers have allowed this to happen is a disgrace and we will probably end up paying yet more to convert the stadium.0 -
Won't be an issue as West Ham will sell out every week to Season Ticket holders so nobody else will be able to get a seat.0
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Can't see it affecting us in the slighest?!
So if they get a train from Ebbsfleet then stand on their heads for 5 minutes that will mean...well... nothing.
The stadium will cost them an arm and a leg, and like Arsenal they will have to charge fans a shed load to get in...
Can't see 60,000 doing that week in week out to watch a mid-table side.0 -
20 mins on the train from chelmsford, jump off, bobs yer uncle. No thanks. I guess it will help draw in new supporters, rather than make people change the allegiance0
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I'd be interested to see who actually pays for it, I doubt very much it will be the club.Jarman said:Can't see it affecting us in the slighest?!
So if they get a train from Ebbsfleet then stand on their heads for 5 minutes that will mean...well... nothing.
The stadium will cost them an arm and a leg, and like Arsenal they will have to charge fans a shed load to get in...
Can't see 60,000 doing that week in week out to watch a mid-table side.
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Do people really think West ham will sell out 60k each week, no chance. Give it a season or 2 for the novelty to wear off and they'll be getting 40-45k tops0
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That's why the smart thing would be to do a lot of development work south of the river.Chris_from_Sidcup said:Do people really think West ham will sell out 60k each week, no chance. Give it a season or 2 for the novelty to wear off and they'll be getting 40-45k tops
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such a shame the way these famous old stadiums are being tossed aside without a second thought...0
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guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2013/mar/09/olympic-stadium-west-ham-home
Interesting take on the reasons behind it from David James.
BTW I've seen elsewhere that the figure of £2.5m a year in rent it will cost them won't even cover the upkeep let alone start paying back the principal costs. Why the taxpayer is providing financial assistance to a club in the wealthiest league in the world is truly beyond me other than to stop it looking like a huge white elephant.
It's even worse that it's that lot of all teams...0 -
I don't understand why people turn this into an issue about taxpayer funding.
We needed a stadium for the Olympics. We built one. Now the Olympics have finished, surely there is a responsibility to maximise the returns on the stadium over the long-term. This means leasing it out to the highest bidder.
Any bidder will only bid at the market rate (by definition). If that doesn't cover the maintenance/running costs then so be it. No tenant is going to pay more than they have to!0 -
I doubt they'd even get that much on a consistant basis, why would they suddenly (after the novalty has worn off) get bigger crowds than they do now - unless they are doing alot better, they'll obviously be able to give bigger away allocations I guess but that's itChris_from_Sidcup said:Do people really think West ham will sell out 60k each week, no chance. Give it a season or 2 for the novelty to wear off and they'll be getting 40-45k tops
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i heard we were going to sell the valley and move to upton park.0
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Elthamaddick said:
I doubt they'd even get that much on a consistant basis, why would they suddenly (after the novalty has worn off) get bigger crowds than they do now - unless they are doing alot better, they'll obviously be able to give bigger away allocations I guess but that's itChris_from_Sidcup said:Do people really think West ham will sell out 60k each week, no chance. Give it a season or 2 for the novelty to wear off and they'll be getting 40-45k tops
Well quite a few teams that move to shiny new stadiums increase their support. Southampton, Derby, Sunderland, Reading, Swansea, Cardiff, Brighton.
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Then tell them to piss off and stay at Upton Park.Jodaius said:I don't understand why people turn this into an issue about taxpayer funding.
We needed a stadium for the Olympics. We built one. Now the Olympics have finished, surely there is a responsibility to maximise the returns on the stadium over the long-term. This means leasing it out to the highest bidder.
Any bidder will only bid at the market rate (by definition). If that doesn't cover the maintenance/running costs then so be it. No tenant is going to pay more than they have to!
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