Olympic Park Legacy Company pull the plug

Tweet from Gold.......

The council the police and highways are all opposed to any further development at Upton Park. DG
Twitter for iPhone • 11/10/2011 23:39

Guess we are still at UP next year, and I can get up there to see a game or two.

Jiggs wrote:If Dave, Dave and Karen have anything at all about them, they will heed the warnings we've had so far and tell the OPLC to shove it where the sun don't shine. They need to show us 'they didn't get where they are today' by allowing arse'oles to take the piss.

The thought of them taking a risk on this rolling one year lease, with a group of tossers that change their minds at the drop of a hat, is finguck scary ....

Oh, and wot Daz and Motty said about tarting up the Boleyn, and Hearnia is a cnut.

gold said last night it will be a 250 year lease :affraid:

I have a very bad feeling about all of this

X2 :pale:

X 3

How come our Local Borough and supposed supporters have pulled the rug from under our feet? Don't make sense to me. As for Spurs , they are biigger cnuts, than I ever gave them credit for.

'We will tender again'
The Board have spoken about the club's proposals for the Olympic Stadium
12.10.2011

As you will no doubt have seen and read this week, the Government has
decided to start a new process to determine the future of the Olympic
Stadium after it became bogged down in legal wrangling.

The best way to move forward is this new streamlined process that will shift the focus from the courtroom to the playing field.

Before this news, the prospect of being able to use the fantastic achievement
of securing the 2012 Games to create a lasting legacy for generations
was in in real danger of being lost.

Despite the court action and other tactics used, our position at West Ham United never changed and
the merits of our legacy commitment have never been challenged. And they
never will.

Our unanimously supported proposal which earned us
preferred bidder status back in February was for a multi-use,
multi-sport stadium that provided a real home for football and
athletics.

It would have been open in 2014/15, and it would have
been a destination for national sport and certainly a fitting stage for
the 2017 World Athletic Championships.

We will tender again with the same energy, vision and determination.

We welcome the positive words from the Sports Minister and the Mayor of
London. It is great to see a collective determination for the Olympic
Stadium to live up to the promises rightly made by Lord Coe and his team
when the Games were won back in 2005.

If we are allowed, we will
deliver the right legacy for the East End and the wider community,
ensuring that the vibrant Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park with its
thousands of new jobs and homes is well served.

We will only need to travel only just over a mile from the Boleyn Ground to the Olympic
Stadium. But in that small journey within our own borough we would be
taking giant strides for sport in this country.

We believe we are the home team. We are the ones who understand the area and its proud
people. There will not be many, if any, who have moved to a new stadium
closer and who have been able to carry so much goodwill with them.

There's no doubt our legacy plan is the right one. It was the right one when we
took part in the first fair and open bidding process and no one has
found fault with our community-based vision that offers hope to so many.

We are committed to the borough of Newham. The area has been our home for
more than 100 years and we understand the needs of local people.

We will never turn our back on our history and heritage. We embrace it and
recognise that we must make sure the stadium works for our fans first
and foremost.

We know given the chance we can deliver a stadium
capable of top-class football that will be up there with the game's
finest arenas.

Our loyal fanbase continues to grow. We need a
home that matches yours and the club's Premier ambitions, which would be
impressive yet intimate with a great infrastructure.

Rest assured, we will keep you informed as and when the new process unfolds
but our aim is to make West Ham United's strong case once again as the
right choice for the future legacy of the Olympic Stadium.

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Dear West Ham United,

We have decided not to sell....would you like to rent instead.

from OPLC.

would be easier wouldn't it....

We will never turn our back on our history and heritage. We embrace it and
recognise that we must make sure the stadium works for our fans first
and foremost.

- Cobblers!!

Pissing me off bigtime now....a foul smell from the word go and until the last minute I'll bet. Do you know - If we get the shitehole, I don't think I'll ever see a home match again.......Now bore off

Now Hernia thinks he has a chance of getting the new gaff for 2 mil a year , do them wankers have that kind of sponduliks , I dont think so . Plus , he only wants it to be a 25,000 seater stadium , those tossers have probs filling thier own gaff , what they gonna do with the other 21,000 seats . The running track , well he hopes the can cover that somehow , what with , a nice green carpet , it will still be a couple of furlongs away from the fans . What is it with that creep , he really is on another planet

Hernia is after a cash lump sum, its been his agenda since day one, if he does not get the bowl you can lay a pound to a pinch of shit that he will start legal action again.

Good article by Martin Samuel which sums up just how wrong Barry Hearn is.........

What do Orient bring to table?

Barry Hearn, chairman of Leyton Orient, says Tottenham Hotspur took what he calls a bung to withdraw from the battle for the Olympic Stadium. Boris Johnson, the London Mayor, has offered £17million to help with new transport facilities around a redeveloped White Hart Lane.

'I would take a bung if it helped us,' Hearn mused.

He was using a figure of speech, but was not far from the truth.

Orient's claim on the Olympic site seems built around a rather spurious sense of entitlement. It is hard to see what they are bringing to the party.

West Ham United want to keep the running track - thereby maintaining the Olympic legacy - and much of the capacity, so that the arena can stage major events in other sports, including cricket and rugby, plus concerts.
Olympic dream: Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn wants his club to move to the stadium in Stratford

Olympic dream: Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn wants his club to move to the stadium in Stratford

Tottenham, by staying where they are, will help drive the much-needed regeneration of their area.

Leyton Orient? It is not so much what Hearn can do for you, as what you can do for Hearn. Like as good as knock the stadium down, leaving it with a 25,000 capacity and no running track.

'Can we build up, if not down, and get it covered when we play?' Hearn asks. 'We wouldn't move in with a running track between the pitch and crowd.'

Well, don't do us any favours, Barry. We'd hate to inconvenience a football club that currently averages 3,710 fans per league game with something as trifling as an Olympic legacy.

What do Leyton Orient want with a 25,000 capacity stadium anyway? They cannot fill the 9,271 spaces at Brisbane Road. As for building down, the Olympic stadium was constructed on contaminated land. They've gone as far as is safe. Build down and Hearn might be able to get his fans closer to the action, but they might not be able to see it for green smoke and quadruple-headed mutant sewer rats.

Maybe Hearn thinks he can pad out the arena with discount offers and reduced ticket prices, except it is precisely that type of pledge that has made him such an opponent of the West Ham bid.

Hearn talks community, but what could be more of a community initiative than a club based in the London borough of Newham, moving to a stadium in the London borough of Newham, and offering cheaper tickets to the people of the London borough of Newham?

It was little more than two years ago that Hearn was so taken with Leyton Orient's role in the community that he was talking of transferring to Harlow or Basildon 'where a lot of our core support has moved'.

Earlier that year, Hearn's company, Matchroom, bought Brisbane Road with an arrangement that splits the profits 50-50 with the club in the event of a sale.

So, just to recap: we spend £496m building a pristine Olympic facility, we then reduce it to slightly less than the size of the Darlington Arena, abandon or submerge the running track at enormous cost and move in the 21st-best team in League One, leaving the chairman free to cut a property deal on his former home around the corner.

Hearn is due in court, asking for his legal costs in mounting the challenges that forced a judicial review. The figure is in the region of £250,000 and, if he is successful, will be met by the Olympic Park Legacy Company and perhaps Newham council.

Still no news on what Leyton Orient are bringing to the table, though, beside a big empty sack for that Government bung.

Well Said that man , spot on . Hearnia aint from this planet or he done too many shrooms in the 60,s

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Tottenham Hotspur ends 2012 Olympic Stadium legal bid

Tottenham Hotspur has withdrawn its bid for a judicial review into the handing of the Olympic Stadium to West Ham, the government has said.

The move follows the collapse of the deal to award the stadium to West Ham after the London 2012 Games.

The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) blamed the collapse on delays caused by the legal dispute with Tottenham.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) confirmed the latest move. Tottenham is yet to comment.

It is thought a legal hearing into the matter scheduled for Tuesday will not now take place.

A DCMS spokeswoman said: "We have come to an agreement with Tottenham Hotspur, where all parties will bear their own legal costs."

The OPLC, government and mayor of London currently agree the stadium will remain in public ownership.

West Ham has said it will bid to be the stadium tenant.

The OPLC has been asked to start a new process to secure tenants for the stadium and any interested bidders will have to submit proposals by January.

A fund of £35m has been set aside from public money to convert the stadium, which will have an 80,000-capacity during the Games, to a 60,000-seater venue afterwards.

Leyton Orient has also been challenging the award of the stadium in the courts. It has also withdrawn its bid for judicial review.
The club is afraid West Ham moving to the stadium would affect numbers attending matches at its nearby ground. ........... Fucksake...Do these goons know anything about football at all?

Chairman Barry Hearn said on Monday: "The whole process has been flawed. The last four or five years has been largely wasted and we have to go back to the beginning.

"If the OPLC try to fast track the whole process they will be challenged again. :shock:

"Someone has to convince me how Leyton Orient, with its history in east London, can keep in existence." ............ Obviously not then, in answer to my own question

As much as I despise Hernia at the moment, I hope Orient manage to stay up......we need to avoid another lawsuit, at all costs!

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London 2012: Spurs accused of 'spying' by Olympics chief A fresh application process has been launched to find a sporting tenant for the Olympic Stadium Continue reading the main story

Tottenham Hotspur FC monitored all 14 board members of the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC), according to the OPLC's Chair, Baroness Ford.

The Premier League club said it "totally rejects the accusation in the strongest possible terms".

A 29-year-old man was detained in Sussex in connection with the claims.

Spurs and League One club Leyton Orient launched a legal battle when West Ham were chosen to occupy the stadium after the Games.

The bidding process collapsed and a new round of applications has been invited.

'Frivolous and vindictive'

Baroness Ford told the London Assembly: "My board were put under surveillance by Tottenham Hotspur and the chairman of Tottenham Hotspur felt confident enough to say that in the Sunday Times several months ago, that all 14 members of my board were put under surveillance.

Tottenham Hotspur FC statement
"The Metropolitan Police are now conducting an investigation into that surveillance.

"There has been all kinds of behaviour here that I could not have anticipated which, believe me, has not been pleasant in the last 12 months.

"I'm expecting the unexpected because that's what the last 12 months has told me.

"Our job now is to narrow, as far as we possibly can, the scope now for legitimate legal challenge in this next process. That is all that we can do.

"If people want then to be vexatious, frivolous and vindictive or whatever they want, they will do that."

But Tottenham said it "did not undertake, instruct or engage any party to conduct surveillance on any member of the OPLC committee".

"We consider the making of this baseless accusation to be wholly inappropriate and irresponsible," it added in a statement.

'Beggars belief'

The Chair of London Assembly's Economy, Culture and Sport Committee, Dee Doocey, said the suggestion that board members had been spied on was "reprehensible" and "absolutely disgraceful".

It "almost beggars belief that this thing can happen", she added.


London 2012: Latest Olympic news, sport, features and programmes from the BBC "I personally find it appalling, and I'm sure I speak for the rest of the committee, at the very idea of your board being put under surveillance."

Scotland Yard said officers had searched homes in Sutton, south London, and in Sussex, as part of their investigation.

Business premises in Westminster, central London, and in Sussex were also examined.

West Ham and the OPLC "have made allegations to the Metropolitan Police in respect of the unlawful obtaining of personal information", a spokeswoman added

Read that earlier 3W , glad they got someone or is he just the pattsie , " you take this one on the chin for the sake of the club and we,ll look after you when you get out "
fcuk all will happen about this for a few yrs , its all gonna get tangled up in the court system and the new gaff will become a white elephant, just what they did,nt want . Then after it laying idle for too long , HR puff and stuff + HRH Brady , will make them an offer they cant refuse.
End result we get Stratford for fake all , the borough pay all the costs to do away with the running track , put a roof on the place and give us a brand new Supps club to meet up in and a seperate room for them in the other corner with thier own special glasses

this could all denpend on if the said nicked dude starts to sing like a canary

Been released on police bail.

Seen leaving said nick sucking throat lozenger's

******message ends******

Fed up with the whole thing.

Tell them all to stuff it, rebuild the Bolyen ground, and surprise surprise find that Shitehart lane has been burnt to the ground along with Levy twitcher and hearns houses...............................

Nicked from somewhere

David Gold was talking on Talk sport today and, as usual, came across very well. The last few minutes were the most interesting when they discussed the Olympics Stadium.

I’m at w**k so I didn’t have the chance to transcribe the interview, but here are a few thoughts…

Gold stated that Atheltics has a lease at the stadium for 99 years. In short, nothing can get in the way of a running track being there for the next 99 years.

Rather pleasing to hear was that DG admitted he does have some doubts now about moving to the Olympic Stadium:

‘I have mixed feelings, I think it can be very exciting. We’ve got to go through a consulted procedure with our fans.’

‘There is a doubt. There are issues unresolved…’

Rather unpleasing to the ears was this though. David Gold categorically ruled out the redevelopment of the Boleyn Ground’s East Stand:

‘I am ruling out developing the Boleyn. You’d be pouring money down the drain.’

I always enjoy listening to David Gold and today was no different. Weirdly, it has filled me with more hope that the daft Olympic Stadium move won’t happen, but his outright claim that we won’t redevelop the Boleyn is hugely disappointing. He stated it wasn’t the stadium, but the area…

The realist in me thinks they’ll still go for the Olympic Stadium. The fool hopes they’re looking at another site, like that old West Ham Parcelforce site…

He does come across well doesnt he....

The old West Ham Parcelforce site was ruled out a while back due to a presevation order on some buildings / tank silo type things......I think.

I think we will end up at the OS but now I dont think he will be quite "ours"

the club must stay in newham ....... and there aint that much land to be had ....except the old bus station behing the norf bank ..... and ...if orient go for the oilympic stad we should point out to all concerned that they are creaping into our borough ...bastards

Having listened to Mr Gold on TalkShite today, reading between the lines and taking into account what he didn't say, I've come to a 2 option conclusion.

1)Sit back and wait for the Olympic Stadium to become a white elephant like the Dome, buy it cheap and redevelop it, removing the running track completely.

2)Look at other buildings being built for the Olympics i.e. Hockey Stadium or Velodrome. Pitch for one of those and redevelop that into a 50 - 60,000 seater football stadium, remaining in Newham and seriously pissing Hearne off into the bargain.

On Twitter, Mr Gold has been keen to deny that Spurts and Orient have effectively 'Won' their battles. However, with the ongoing legal shinanigins, he's very limited in what he can talk about or comment on.

Agree with Bus dude . That place is gonna be making fcuk all from day one and it will just get worse , ride it out get sorted at UP and back in the prem , then when they realise they have fucked up , we give them an offer they cany refuse