David Sullivan is tonight reported as being ready to step up into what is described as an “impasse” surrounding London Stadium.
The BBC are reporting that Sadiq Khan said he wanted to make the stadium financially viable over the term of West Ham’s 99-year lease.
And they add that it’s projected London Stadium will lose £140m over the next 10 years.
Khan and West Ham’s chief executive Karren Brady met on March 27 in a 45 minute meeting but there was no progress then and has been none since.
The dialogue was intended to offer the club greater involvement in the running of the stadium in return for an increased financial contribution beyond the present £2.5m per year.
A spokesman for the Mayor of London said: “Following the Mayor’s meeting with Baroness Brady in March we are waiting to receive West Ham’s proposals on how to improve the future governance arrangements of the London Stadium.
“The Mayor’s Office and Lyn Garner, chief executive of LLDC, will then be keen to discuss those plans with West Ham as soon as possible.”
Just because we got good – great, even – deal shouldn’t allow The Mayor to try and renege on the existing contract. Without us it would be nothing but an empty white elephant burning up Londoner’s cash. Having us there brings more benefit than just the rent and the Assembly mustn’t be allowed to forget that.
If they stop pretending that LLDC have any idea what they’re doing and let West Ham take more responsibility, it will be better for everyone. But keeping the additional seats tarpaulined over out of spite isn’t going to work.
Buy it lock stock and barrel, give the tax payers there money back.
There’s only one winner in this… we can put up with no Sky TV inside the stadium, the wrong colour border to the pitch and the reduced seating. It’s a waiting game, let them haemorrhage the money, Kahn will come begging on his knees before long,