UK Athletics boss slams Spurs’ Olympic Stadium plans 08/10/2010 |
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The chairman of UK Athletics has branded the joint bid from Tottenham Hotspur and AEG to take over the Olympic Stadium but ditch the running track "an insult to the whole Olympic project".
Ed Warner called on the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) to make a quick decision on whether to throw out the joint bid from AEG and Tottenham to take over the main stadium after the Games.
"It's very important for the OPLC to make a quick decision on the validity of the bid,” said Warner, who is backing West Ham's rival bid in conjunction with Newham Council, which pledges to retain the track in a 55,000-seat multi-use stadium.
“There is a danger that this late and apparently frivolous entry into the process will blow the whole thing up.”
OPLC chairman Baroness Ford appeared to support Warner’s view on Thursday (October 7), when she insisted that the track must remain.
"Bidders would have to meet the Olympic promise for use of an athletics stadium – that has not changed," she added. "We want this to be a mixed use and sports stadium.”
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