West Ham Make Olympic Stadium bid...Again

After failing first time around, West Ham United have made a second bid to become tenants of the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 London Games, reports Sky Sports.

The Hammers won the initial boxing-like fight for tenancy last year, winning a Chisora-Haye like brawl over Leyton Orient and Tottenham Hotspur – who offered stiff opposition.

However, this time around the Olympic Park Legacy Company is to lease the 80,000 seat stadium instead of search for a permanent deal, which when filtered from all the corporate jargon essentially means the stadium is for let, minus the tacky estate agent sign.

West Ham’s vice chairman Karren Brady released the following statement on the club’s official website: “West Ham United vice-chairman Karren Brady has today confirmed the club's intention to submit a bid by lunchtime to be the anchor user of the Olympic Stadium post-Games in line with the OPLC deadline."

The club’s previous bid had been approved and supported by the British Government and London mayor Boris Johnson (if that offers any credibility), but eventually was devalued by Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn, who suggested any such move would threaten bankruptcy on the O’s.

Tottenham Hotspur also rallied against the Hammers bid, suggesting that Newham Council’s proposed £40 million loan to West Ham offered the club an unfair advantage in their bid for tenancy. However, plans to redevelop White Hart Lane have since been released, and Spurs may look elsewhere other than the Olympic stadium, leaving a two horse race between David and Goliath – or just Leyton Orient and West Ham.

With fortunes on the pitch looking perilous, West Ham fans will be hoping for some better news in terms of their bid for a new stadium, or will they be left spitting feathers and not bubbles once more.

@AlexOLoughlin18

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