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Post by harlowo on Jul 27, 2013 19:31:09 GMT
for the athletics and have to say it is a very impressive stadium. West Ham must be peeing themselves that they are going to get it for next to nothing,how that is being allowed to happen i will never understand. Having the track there for football won't be good but if they remove it then they have got the best bargain ever  |
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Post by MungO on Jul 27, 2013 21:35:40 GMT
It's an awesome stadium. Was there last year for the Paralympics.
Agree with what you say about West Ham.
Regardless of what happens, the track has to go, or retractable seating is going in.
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Post by harlowo on Jul 27, 2013 22:09:56 GMT
Yes agree the track can't stay for football.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2013 22:21:35 GMT
Track is staying as there has to be an athletics legacy, but it will be covered with retractable seating for football. Best outcome for us would be a compensation package from LLDC or Premier League, stay at Brisbane Road and build a decent new Two tier East Stand that would seat 5- 6000 and get our capacity up to around 12,500.
If we go into the Stadium we would only use the lower tier (18,000) and while that is plenty for our attendances even after the building work the view will be pony.
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Post by harlowo on Jul 27, 2013 22:24:37 GMT
If/when West Ham go there apart from covering the track what other work is being done to it ?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 12:01:16 GMT
Never been there but remember passing it every day when they were building it.
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Post by aussieorient on Jul 28, 2013 12:09:14 GMT
If/when West Ham go there apart from covering the track what other work is being done to it ? I recall Barry Hearn sayin the roof needed to be adjusted as once the seats come in the roof won't be covering all the inner seats so roof needs a bit of work, |
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Post by mayland0s on Jul 28, 2013 13:47:11 GMT
I was there for an evening session of the Olympics and the atmosphere was electric,,something i'll never forget.But I wouldn't like to watch football there,like every other Olympic stadium that has attempted to be a football ground,it does not work!
However I can see a business case for Orient moving there.
If,just if,we were taken over by a rich eastern Asian person and the name changed to London Orient and we made it to the premiership,imagine the credos the club would gain in the far east(oriental world).
By that time the track would have gone and the stadium rebuilt because it wont be able to support the athletics forever.I reckon 10 to 15yrs.
If Orient don't do it Wet Sham will.It wont happen in my lifetime but it will happen.
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Post by harlowo on Jul 28, 2013 15:00:40 GMT
If/when West Ham go there apart from covering the track what other work is being done to it ? I recall Barry Hearn sayin the roof needed to be adjusted as once the seats come in the roof won't be covering all the inner seats so roof needs a bit of work, Yes definitely even yesterday when it rained the people down the front were getting wet. |
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