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This is official confirmation that the original bid process was flawed and that they knew any defence of it was doomed to failure so they have pulled out beforehand and so we should maintain our challenge to get our money back.
This is a sly move by the authorities though, it makes no difference whether there is a buyer in place by the time of the Olympics even though the media will make a big thing of it but what this means is that the awarding of the Stadium to Newham & West Ham will just be delayed until we have built the NDP, they can then have a new process which we won't enter and which will not require a cast iron guarantee that the running track must stay.
The outcome of this is that West Ham will eventually be given the stadium but given carte blanche to do what they want with it.
I predict they will rebuild it without a running track and provide an alternative athletics legacy elsewhere, you mark my words.
This is a sly move by the authorities though, it makes no difference whether there is a buyer in place by the time of the Olympics even though the media will make a big thing of it but what this means is that the awarding of the Stadium to Newham & West Ham will just be delayed until we have built the NDP, they can then have a new process which we won't enter and which will not require a cast iron guarantee that the running track must stay.
The outcome of this is that West Ham will eventually be given the stadium but given carte blanche to do what they want with it.
I predict they will rebuild it without a running track and provide an alternative athletics legacy elsewhere, you mark my words.