West Ham's Business Model

[basil6345789]

If things went pear-shaped for them and they went down, would their business model in that ground stand it?

[tim_noone]

If things went pear-shaped for them and they went down, would their business model in that ground stand it?

I think they'll be kicked out of there by the landlord if the so seventies behaviour continues. Their fans are a nasty lot.

[Chester Perry]

The rent is very little in reality if you consider upkeep of a ground you owned

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and that £15m they contributed to the £172m conversion is being spread over the full lease period in their accounts

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[Top Claret]

West Ham obviously got a good deal by moving to the Olympic stadium, but in doing so they ripped the heart and soul out of the club.
Football is unlike other businesses, you have to consider the fans and their interest. The move from Upton Park to this soulless concrete mess is proving a disaster.

[No Ney Never]

I think they'll be kicked out of there by the landlord if the so seventies behaviour continues. Their fans are a nasty lot.

On a serious note, would it be possible for them to be served notice to vacate the premises on the grounds of anti social behaviour should there be a continuation of such by their 'supporters'?

[Spijed]

The thing is they can't really be kicked out because the fear of an empty stadium 90% of the year, which would be a major problem for Newham council and the local area.

You would have a rotting corpse, so to speak, on the very centre piece of what was the Olympic park.

Unfortunately, aside from the odd athletics event and a few one night concerts there is no other use for the venue.

[Rick_Muller]

The thing is they can't really be kicked out because the fear of an empty stadium 90% of the year, which would be a major problem for Newham council and the local area.

You would have a rotting corpse, so to speak, on the very centre piece of what was the Olympic park.

Unfortunately, aside from the odd athletics event and a few one night concerts there is no other use for the venue.

Wouldn’t be empty if Leyton Orient used it

[Shore claret]

He needs to knock the military coat on the head he looks a complete tool. Realistically where can they go, all the experts are saying it's never going to be a good stadium for football. I'm sure they knew this but didn't care about the common football fan, they saw a cheap alternative to an old ground. As other people have said would they be moaning if they were in our position, probably not.

[JohnMac]

Wouldn’t be empty if Leyton Orient used it

Sadly Rick, it all but would.

[Colburn_Claret]

The very least they should do is force West Ham to PAY for extra security. That they don't already pay for stewarding in the OS is one of the many head shakers in the whole deal. If West Ham refuse, they could just withdraw their licence for using the stadium, on the grounds of safety.
I would love to see SGB go down, nothing against the club or fans, but the way WBA, Stoke and Saints are playing, they could get away with it yet.

[Man of Kent]

There's nothing wrong with the stadium at all. It just should never have been converted for football. It's an awkward and ill thought out (and shabby) temporary conversion. It was a brilliant venue in the Olympics and the World Athletics Championships but it has been desecrated and abused by West Ham and by football in the pursuit of cheap rent and maximum profit (ie West Ham's business model).

[gawthorpe_view]

Symptom of the IOC's obsession about a lasting legacy following the games.
Didn't work in London or in Brazil.
Gold or Sullivan, I can't remember which, said athletics should move to a stadium in Birmingham and let West Ham adapt the London Stadium in a manner more suited to football.

[tim_noone]

On a serious note, would it be possible for them to be served notice to vacate the premises on the grounds of anti social behaviour should there be a continuation of such by their 'supporters'?

That was mentioned after the violence there last season.

[thatdberight]

The thing is they can't really be kicked out because the fear of an empty stadium 90% of the year, which would be a major problem for Newham council and the local area.

You would have a rotting corpse, so to speak, on the very centre piece of what was the Olympic park.

Unfortunately, aside from the odd athletics event and a few one night concerts there is no other use for the venue.

The amount of housing development around there, I'm sure it would just get redeveloped. Knock it down and make a note not to get involved with events for sports everybody only cares about for 3 weeks every four years.

[Chester Perry]

The reason the Stadium was very much designed to be wrong for football can be laid firmly at the feet of Sebastian Coe - he was determined that Athletics would have a legacy after the Olympics following the loss of the commonwealth stadium in Manchester. All through the process it was repeatedly pointed out that only football would have the economic means to run such a venue after the Olympics, but he wanted a large stadium so UK athletics would look good to IAAF (of which he is President)

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[randomclaret2]

Their business model appears to be transferring tax payers money into private hands

[Top Claret]

Has someone else has said, knock it down and build houses. Then let West Ham ground share with Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road.

[ŽižkovClaret]

The ground move is just the latest excuse. West Ham fans have always had a scummy element.

It makes it very hard to have much sympathy. Imagine if our lot acted like that and no east end media darlings.

Yeah, exactly, we'd be relegated