West Ham 2012 stadium plan 'would not work'
Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 by BBC.com
The decision on who will take over the stadium will be made by 28 January
West Ham's plan to inherit the London 2012 Olympic stadium after the Games and keep the running track intact has been described as "madness".
The Hammers want to create a 60,000-capacity arena for football, athletics, concerts and community use.
But ex-British Olympic Association chief executive Simon Clegg said: "I don't think it would work."
Tottenham's bid, which would remove the track altogether, has also received heavy criticism from within athletics.
Clegg said of the West Ham plan: "It is not compatible to have football and track and field athletics in the same stadium in this country."
And figures such as ex-BOA chairman Sir Craig Reedie were quick to condemn the Spurs bid.
He was joined by UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee, who warned: "If London doesn't have a stadium where we can organise major championships in athletics, that puts you in a category in Europe that I can't even think of.
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