More details of London Stadium seating plans revealed
Minutes confirm that E20 have appointed a company (Arena Events Group) to do the work on the north and south seating system saying there is an intense period of detailed design and prototype between December and the end of January 2020.
They go to say the plan is to have them installed in the London Stadium after Athletics in July in 2020. The new seating will have no impact on the total 60,000 capacity in the stadium. The document reveals ‘Wet seats plan to be drafted by end of January 2020 to manage the 300 people in each stand outside the roof line, and a new manifest will go in at that time.’ Stadium owners E20 say they are committed to reviewing the side screenings and the segregation line will be redesigned as proposed earlier in the year. They are currently assessing the void treatment and what would happen on a progressive collapse.
Newham Council raised their concerns during the meeting about what information will go out on the wet seat and risk of seat migration if it rains. A new seating manifest from West Ham Football Club must be submitted to Newham Council.
The news that the design and prototype phase ended at the end of January means that the Official Supporters’ Board (OSB) due to meet nest week on 25th February can have little impact in changing any designs before the seating is installed in the July. It appears that the decisions have already been make before designs and plans will be shown to them by Karren Brady a week next Tuesday.