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Spurs are currently battling West Ham for the right to take control of the stadium and if successful, plan to knock the stadium down and replace it with one that they say is more suitable for hosting football. West Ham chief Karren Brady also continues to attack Spurs’ bidĬhairman of the 2012 London Olympics Lord Coe has slammed Tottenham’s plans to occupy the Olympic Stadium in east London following the Games. Lord Coe slams Tottenham’s Olympic Stadium Plans We are not prepared to ‘trash our international reputation’ London Olympic Stadium Legacy – West Ham or Spurs? Tottenham Hotspur Football Club Stadium Proposal e-architect previously showed the design by KSS for this: Retention of the running track at the stadium needs to be legally binding.įocusing on the architecture in summary we have the Olmypic Stadium retained – being used for football and athletics – and Tottenham Hotspur can now proceed with their £400m stadium on the site of their current home at White Hart Lane. The OPLC board’s decision still needs to be ratified by London Mayor Boris Johnson and two government departments but is very unlikely to be overruled. Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) executives unanimously chose the West Ham bid today as it was judged to provide the best legacy. Spurs’ plan to build a football-only stadium on the site of the main venue for the 2012 Olympics in east London had caused controversy as an athletics legacy was part of the capital’s successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. The rival failed bid from Tottenham Hotspur involved removing the track. West Ham’s successful bid includes the retention of the athletics track. West Ham were voted as preferred bidders for the Olympic Stadium. London Olympic Stadium Legacy – West Ham Win The winners of the four groups will each advance to the Classic in March 2013.London Olympics Stadium Building, West Hamm Football Ground News, Construction Start, Image London Olympic Stadium BuildingĢ012 Architecture: New West Ham Football Ground, England, UK
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Qualifying will conclude with Brazil, Colombia, Nicaragua and Panama playing in Panama City. The third pool in Taipei, Taiwan, will feature Taiwan, New Zealand, the Philippines and Thailand. Then France, Israel, South Africa and Spain will meet in Jupiter, Florida. 20-24 with Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany and Britain competing. Teams that finished 0-2 in 2009's Classic face an extra qualifying round, which will begin in Regensburg, Germany, Sept. "The biggest single thing that we've done is add a qualifying round for the World Baseball Classic," Russell said. In September and November, 16 nations will compete in four different pools for the right to compete in the 2013 Classic. MLB is also excited over the recently unveiled plans for a new worldwide qualifying tournament for the World Baseball Classic. "So right now they're the front-runners," Russell said while attending the presentation of the Italian baseball season. "It's tight and there would be some struggles with sight-lines," he said.Īnother option is a new $20 million stadium being built near Schipol airport in the Netherlands, which will have 3,000 permanent seats but room for temporary seating of 25,000. Russell said MLB has measured the London stadium. After the games, it will be downsized to a 60,000-capacity multipurpose venue, including for track and field.
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The London stadium will seat 80,000 spectators for the Olympics. West Ham football club is among the bidders vying to take over the stadium after the Olympics, and Russell said that MLB is also talking to the games' legacy committee.
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"It's not perfect, but it has some real potential." "That (London) stadium, the way it's built, actually is big enough for a baseball game," Clive Russell of MLB International told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The biggest obstacle for MLB in Europe has been to find a facility with the right dimensions and seating capacity, and London's Olympic Stadium is under consideration. Now, stadiums in London and the Netherlands could provide the chance for baseball to follow suit. ROME - Major League Baseball officials have been watching with envy for years as the NBA, NFL and NHL played games in Europe.