Olympic Stadium

London Stadium

Nowadays, the London club of West Ham United plays all its home matches in the London Stadium. With its capacity of 60,000, it's one of England's biggest stadiums. The stadium retrieved the name London Stadium, but it’s more generally known as the Olympic Stadium. The reason the stadium is called this way is that the stadium was especially built for the Olympic Games of 2012. Several kinds of sports took place in the stadium during the Games, which is why the stadium is multifunctional. Therefore, London Stadium also hosts several other sports events, such as rugby, baseball and cricket. Concerts also take place at the stadium.

Who would become the new tenant?

It wasn't known yet who would become the new tenant of the stadium after the Olympic Games had taken place. The Olympic Park Legacy Company set up five requirements the next tenants had to meet in the first tenancy process. Many sports associations were interested in leasing the Olympic Stadium, but there were only two bidders: AEG and Tottenham hotspur, and Newham Council and West Ham United. The Olympic Park Legacy Company unanimously decided that Newham Council and West Ham United had the best shot at becoming the future tenants, but the procedure wasn’t done yet. A second tenancy process took place in which four bidders were announced. We all know who was chosen as the new tenant of the London Stadium…

Visit London Stadium?

Just like almost every stadium in London the distance between the city’s centre and the stadium is quite a bit. The chances of you being in the centre of London when departing for the London Stadium are grand. Be aware of you leaving well in advance for the stadium because it’s usually very busy in the city on matchdays of London football clubs. The Underground is a very useful tool to get to the Olympic Stadium in London. This great website creates an itinerary easily for you. You simply fill in the place you’re at followed by the place you want to travel to, and that’s it. It might be clever to have some knowledge about how the London Underground map works before being in London. Would you like to see the impressive, multifunctional stadium with your own eyes? Then you should book your football trip to West Ham United!