Olympic Stadium to keep 74,400 seats

Olympic Stadium

The Design and Access Statement for the rebuilt Olympic Stadium shows that there are now 52,000 upper tier seats meaning 3,000 seats have been removed in the last two rows around the stadium to allow the reconstruction of the new roof.

The rebuilt lower stand will hold 19,000 in football mode including a further 2,000 in a new de-mountable area in the east stand to create a Kop style stand. This is a reduction of 4,000 from the 25,000 used in the 2012 London Olympics games.  There is a further 1,400  new seats in a new West Stand mid tier.

This means the overall capacity for the new stadium now stands at 74,400. Planning permission remains at 54,000 for football which will require 20,400 seats to be covered up on match days.

How the stadium operators plan to cover such a large number of seats remains to be unveiled. Maybe Claret and Blue tarpaulin might be planned or images of West Ham heroes rather than just empty seats.