Do West Ham even have 80,000 fans??....

paddy147 · 13-08-2012 12:02PM #1

,...becasue West Ham are convinced they should have a right to use the London Olympic Stadium as their new home/football stadium.

So can West Ham or even Spurs really expect to get use of the Olympic Stadium as their new football home???

One team wants to dig up the athletics track.

The other team wants to leave it in place.

Place your bets now please.

mike65 · 13-08-2012 12:03PM

IBL

R0ot · 13-08-2012 12:04PM

paddy147 wrote: »

,...becasue West Ham are convinced they should have a right to use the London Olympic Stadium as their new home/football stadium.

So can West Ham or even Spurs really expect to get use of the Olympic Stadium as their new football home???

One team wants to dig up the athletics track.

The other team wants to leave it in place.

Place your bets now please.

There's a soccer forum you know.

Washington Irving · 13-08-2012 12:04PM

They sure do

Lando Griffin · 13-08-2012 12:05PM

Yum yum someone mentioned Ham

electrobanana · 13-08-2012 12:05PM

spurs are building their own stadium and west ham won't fill it so a big white elephant id say

funk-you · 13-08-2012 12:05PM

Sports, sports, sports, sports....

-Funk

paddy147 · 13-08-2012 12:05PM

R0ot wrote: »

There's a soccer forum you know.

Just wondering what peoples thoughts are here though?

What will become of the 80,000 seat stadium,now that London 2012 will be finished soon (after the paralympics are over).

DEFTLEFTHAND · 13-08-2012 12:08PM

They have a nice tight ground with a good atmosphere in Upton Park. All of that will be lost with the big open Olympic stadium which they won't be able to fill..

A ground share with Spurs might be an option though.

Dravokivich · 13-08-2012 12:09PM

I prefer East Ham myself.

paddy147 · 13-08-2012 12:09PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

They have a nice tight ground with a good atmosphere in Upton Park. All of that will be lost with the big open Olympic stadium which they won't be able to fill..

A ground share with Spurs might be an option though.

Like with what they do in Milan with AC and Inter??

c_man · 13-08-2012 12:10PM

WestHam plan to reduce the capacity to 50,000 or 60,000 iirc.

NufcNavan · 13-08-2012 12:11PM

Who cares?

Chuck Stone · 13-08-2012 12:12PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MusyO7J2inM

paddy147 · 13-08-2012 12:12PM

Dravokivich wrote: »

I prefer East Ham myself.

Ah well,could be worse.....

R0ot · 13-08-2012 12:12PM

paddy147 wrote: »

Just wondering what peoples thoughts are here though?

What will become of the 80,000 seat stadium,now that London 2012 will be finished soon (after the paralympics are over).

Well I don't care personally since soccer is about as much of a sport as golf is these days. Most others seem to like ham (the food).

DEFTLEFTHAND · 13-08-2012 12:15PM

paddy147 wrote: »

Like with what they do in Milan with AC and Inter??

Yeah with the two of them sharing the running costs it could make any potential deal more financially viable.

RoyalMarine · 13-08-2012 12:18PM

I support West Ham.

paddy147 · 13-08-2012 12:18PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Yeah with the two of them sharing the running costs it could make any potential deal more financially viable.

But I wonder could they really turn the Olympic Stadium into a "San Siro" style stadium...with regards the atmosphere of the San Siro.

RobbingBandit · 13-08-2012 12:19PM

West Ham may indeed have 80,000 fans. However many of these fans may be blowing green bubbles up each others arses in an Eastend London prison.

anncoates · 13-08-2012 12:20PM

This shouldn't concern Irish fans of the club as most have probably never been to watch them anyway.

garv123 · 13-08-2012 12:21PM

They stadium is been reduced down to just over 40,000.. Same as all the other venues that they are keeping up like the aqua place.

And west ham wouldnt need 80,000 fans to fill it unless they weren't letting away fans in?

Fratton Fred · 13-08-2012 12:22PM

The stadium was built in basically a kit format where the upper tier can be removed and the capacity reduced.

The Aquatics centre is the same I believe and will be converted into something not too dissimilar to Blanchardstown.

This olympics was all about legacy, they didn't want any white elephants hanging around like in Greece.

Bad Panda · 13-08-2012 12:24PM

The important questions aren't being asked!

I want to know why there isn't a Ham derby game?!!

electrobanana · 13-08-2012 12:25PM

RoyalMarine wrote: »

I support West Ham.

Sorry about that.

johnmcdnl · 13-08-2012 12:26PM

Share it with Millwall I say

Sunnyisland · 13-08-2012 12:26PM

Does Bobby moore still play for them ?

DEFTLEFTHAND · 13-08-2012 12:27PM

paddy147 wrote: »

But I wonder could they really turn the Olympic Stadium into a "San Siro" style stadium...with regards the atmosphere of the San Siro.

Its hard to tell really at the moment. I suppose with the removal of the running track and restructuring of the seating it could be possible.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 13-08-2012 12:31PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

The stadium was built in basically a kit format where the upper tier can be removed and the capacity reduced.

The Aquatics centre is the same I believe and will be converted into something not too dissimilar to Blanchardstown.

This olympics was all about legacy, they didn't want any white elephants hanging around like in Greece.

Beijing got it all wrong also. The 'birds nest' stadium still has no tenant and the aquatic centre eventually ended up being turned into a water park.

Duckworth_Luas · 13-08-2012 12:31PM

realies wrote: »

Does Bobby moore still play for them ?

Did he ever escape from that Nazi prisoner of war camp?

swimming in a sea · 13-08-2012 12:32PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

The stadium was built in basically a kit format where the upper tier can be removed and the capacity reduced.

The Aquatics centre is the same I believe and will be converted into something not too dissimilar to Blanchardstown.

This olympics was all about legacy, they didn't want any white elephants hanging around like in Greece.

Those pictures were 4 years ago, god knows what it looks like now. They might rent it out to the guys making the Mad Max movie.

Do West Ham even have 80,000 fans??....

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