The London Taxpayers' Stadium Shambles

[Baleforce]

Do we think we will have the same popcorn and hotdog experience at our new stadium?

I hope so, the food is always part of the fun for me, i'm jealous that they have Tap East so close as well

 

[StephenH]

I hope so, the food is always part of the fun for me, i'm jealous that they have Tap East so close as well

You'll hear no complaints from me also. Ill miss the smell of fried onions from the burger van on match days ummmmm.

 

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

Can we have Tapas and Thai street cooking in the stadium, oh and an ice cream parlour and a buggy park with baby changing facilities.

 

[Jordinho]

Can we have Tapas and Thai street cooking in the stadium, oh and an ice cream parlour and a buggy park with baby changing facilities.

That would be great actually. Anything that makes more people want to give the club money.

 

[wiziwig]

I kinda feel sorry for them, reading that kumb thread....would hate that to happen to us.

Same here and then, memories of their joyful faces in that final game of season 2005-06 came flooding back, and I thought , fucck them , they're a cuuntish following with an unhealthy hate for us . Hope they get relegated.

 

[billyiddo]

Hopefully they give a few spots to some of the local Turkish places in our new ground rather than the standard burger and hot dog brick you usually get

 

[Baleforce]

Can we have Tapas and Thai street cooking in the stadium, oh and an ice cream parlour and a buggy park with baby changing facilities.

the baby changing facilities at most clubs are a disgrace

 

[billyiddo]

Levy made sure that couldn't happen by insisting upon a clause being inserted whereby the stadium had to keep athletics for the full 99 year term of the lease. It is possible that West Ham could buy the lease outright, but they would have to retain the athletics track for the full term.

The only solution to make that stadium suitable for football is to knock it down and start again but that would be prohibitively expensive and simply not worth it for any investor.

Also if the public sector was to decide to sell the stadium then (I would assume?) the sale would have to be a sale open to any bidder? I could see a few wealth funds being quite interested in owning the stadium, but not necessarily wanting to own West Ham United. Obviously the terms of the lease are currently pretty poor for the LLDC and advantageous for West Ham, but in the future (long in the future admittedly) the terms could instead become advantageous for the stadium owner. Let's assume that overall (with potential naming rights + lease cost + food and drink concessions) the public purse is better off to the tune of £10 million a year. A wealth fund would probably be prepared to pay £200 million to keep that same arrangement and have that 5% return (especially knowing that the return could easily be increased later).

Therefore WHUFC would probably be looking at having to pay at least that amount just to acquire the stadium freehold - and at that stage they are still stuck with having to maintain an athletics legacy.

im on the same page as you i think im just unsure as to how water-tight that clause would be in the face of someone super rich and powerful throwing a lot of money at the LLDC

 

[jts1882]

the baby changing facilities at most clubs are a disgrace

Personally, I'm old school and think you should leave with the same baby you arrive with. There might be some wiggle room with wives, though.

 

[Baleforce]

Personally, I'm old school and think you should leave with the same baby you arrive with. There might be some wiggle room with wives, though.

deserves to be liked more than once

 

[spurspinter1]

Anyone else noticed that West Ham United is an anagram of.... The new stadium?

 

[Lemonade Money]

Anyone else noticed that West Ham United is an anagram of.... The new stadium?

I'm guessing only you.

 

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

Anyone else noticed that West Ham United is an anagram of.... The new stadium?

Can I contact you with my crossword queries?

 

[inkpenspur]

There might be some wiggle room with wives, though.

A wiggle room for the wife? An excellent idea, I guess you'd need to book it up in advance if you wanted a quick half time wiggle.

 

[Rorschach]

Wow

 

[StephenH]

Wow indeed - its like a subbuteo table

 

[SteveAWOL]

https://twitter.com/x/status/780836703024078849

https://twitter.com/x/status/780087424999448576

 

[spurspinter1]

Can I contact you with my crossword queries?

Yes and I am also available for advice about avoiding the regulations of the National Crossword Association on a part time basis.

 

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

Yes and I am also available for advice about avoiding the regulations of the National Crossword Association on a part time basis.

Are you available to do 3 corporate do's in the Far East next year as we had someone drop out?

 

[mephitis]

Wow

And if you pull out further you find they've finally found their level....................