Originally Posted by Mick (Post 35867172)

I saw this on the news and I am thinking, some hospitals are facing closure due to serious budget cuts, we have had a hospital closure in another district not that long ago and now people have to travel in to our district if they need Accident and Emergency care and now I can see why. I cannot believe Tax payers are being levied here, when majority of them won't ever use or visit this Stadium, ever in their life time.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35867244)

The FA have pocketed £billions from TV deals. Is it too much to expect them to stump up a few £million instead of the taxpayer?

Originally Posted by Mick (Post 35867172)

I cannot believe Tax payers are being levied here, when majority of them won't ever use or visit this Stadium, ever in their life time.

Originally Posted by Kursk (Post 35867250)

Nor me. Bungs in plain brown envelopes must be changing hands daily.

Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35867166)

This whole thing has been a mess. I don't understand why the government is paying for all the work that needed to be done. The option to sell the land to Spurs and have them build a custom stadium as a better idea too.

Originally Posted by Mick (Post 35867172)

I saw this on the news and I am thinking, some hospitals are facing closure due to serious budget cuts, we have had a hospital closure in another district not that long ago and now people have to travel in to our district if they need Accident and Emergency care and now I can see why. I cannot believe Tax payers are being levied here, when majority of them won't ever use or visit this Stadium, ever in their life time.

Originally Posted by RizzyKing (Post 35867243)

Absolutely ridiculous and demonstrates that there is money about but it's being wasted on things not in the national interest by people and organisations happy to squander public funds. Sorry but if west ham need a new ground they should pay all the costs of constructing or converting they can keep their £2.5 million and we'll keep our £740 million.

Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35867248)

Why should the FA cough up? West Ham should.

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35867256)

l think its pretty obvious that friends in high places played a large part in West Ham getting this type of deal.

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 35867295)

Good idea, give the stadium to the people that scuppered the origional deal that would've seen west ham purchase the stadium rather than rent it for 25 days a year



The deal will make a profit for the taxpayer in the end besides if the money wasn't spend here you really think it'd be available for hospitals because I don't, anyone that does probably believed the referendum poster about giving the nhs all that cash to



We'll keep a white elephant. At least with the hammers there it'll make a profit over the course of the lease



Why? They're tenants for 25 days a year

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You clearly have absolutely no knowledge of the deal to say that

Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 35867328)

I think we can safely assume you're a West Ham fan.

Twice you stated in your replies that this deal will make a profit for the taxpayer.

The taxpayer has paid £323m to convert the stadium. West Ham are paying £2.5m a year.

So at that rate it would take 123 years to break even. That's a great deal for the taxpayer!

I just hope it's London taxpayers that are copping for it.

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 35867329)

Joy, yet another person with absolutely no idea what they're talking about