West Ham charged to train at the London Stadium

West-Ham-United-TrainingA Freedom of Information request has revealed that West Ham are charged to train at the London Stadium if the training falls outside the twenty hours before or after a scheduled match.

The Hammers pay a basic fee of £2.5m per year in stadium rent plus other performance related bonuses for up to 25 matches per year with each match allowing 48 hours of exclusive use of the stadium.

The FOi Response revealed:

West Ham used the Stadium 14 times on the following days between 1 August 2016 and 1 November 2016:

3 August 2016 Pre-match training (within terms of the Concession agreement)

4 August 2016 WHU v NK Domzale (within terms of the Concession agreement)

7 August 2016 WHU v Juventus (within terms of the Concession agreement)

20 August 2016 Pre-match training (within terms of the Concession agreement)

21 August 2016 WHU v Bournemouth (within terms of the Concession agreement)

25 August 2016 WHU v Astra Giurgiu (within terms of the Concession agreement)

10 September 2016 WHU v Watford (within terms of the Concession agreement)

13 September 2016 Pre-match training (charged for separately)

21 September 2016 WHU v Accrington Stanley (within terms of the Concession agreement)

25 September 2016 WHU v Southampton (within terms of the Concession agreement)

1 October 2016 WHU v Middlesbrough (within terms of the Concession agreement)

21 October 2016 Pre-match training (within terms of the Concession agreement)

22 October 2016 WHU v Sunderland (within terms of the Concession agreement)

26 October 2016 WHU v Chelsea (within terms of the Concession agreement)

The London Legacy Development Agency confirmed there was one event on 13th September 2016 where West Ham used the Stadium outside of the terms of the Concession Agreement. They said “We can confirm that West Ham has been invoiced for activities held on this date” but they refused to confirm the amount invoiced to the Hammers saying it is commercially sensitive.

 

About Sean Whetstone

I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball, I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh. Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons! Follow me at @Westhamfootball on twitter