Stadium move setback for West Ham
West Ham’s hopes of moving to the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games in London are dealt a blow by Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell.
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West Ham’s hopes of moving to the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games in London are dealt a blow by Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell.
Uncertainty over whether a soccer club will move into the main Olympic stadium after the London 2012 Games is undermining overall legacy planning, a London Assembly report said on Tuesday.
London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe says that track and field remains the Olympic Stadium’s primary purpose after the 2012 Games.
West Ham feel they could provide a legacy for the Olympic Stadium by moving into it after the 2012 Games.
West Ham legend Billy Bonds says he is against the the club’s proposed move to the London 2012 Olympic Stadium.
West Ham legend Billy Bonds says he is against the club’s proposed move to the London 2012 Olympic Stadium.
West Ham would have to to keep a running track if they want to move into the Olympic Stadium, London 2012 says.
Plans to build a giant mosque near London’s 2012 Olympic stadium have collapsed after local authorities said Monday an Islamic group failed to submit a planning application in time.
The cable net sits between the outer white steel roof section and an inner tension ring, 30m above the field of play. Fifty-six hydraulic jacks took six weeks to lift the 450-tonne roof structure into place.
Lord Coe has hinted that UK Athletics may use London’s 2012 Olympic stadium as its centre-piece for a bid to host the 2015 World Athletics Championships.