"The public will end up paying at least another 100 million pounds towards converting the Olympic Stadium into West Ham's new home, it has emerged. ... taking the overall bill for the venue to 702 million. ... To compound matters West Ham will still contribute a grand total of just 15 million pounds under the terms of their 99 year anchor tenancy. ... The LLDC admitted conversion costs could even rise further ... Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London and LLDC chairman, said the blame for the soaring cost lay with those who allowed it to be designed without football in mind. They included former mayor Ken Livingstone, Olympics minister Tessa Jowell and London 2012 architect Lord Coe. "A very bad call was made when those in charge at the time backed a stadium construction plan that would leave the Olympic Park with a much smaller, mouldering and tumbleweed-ridden arena,' Johnson said."
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