knew they'd lose the JR and have tried to find a way to save their skins. 3. Orient would have been just as capable as Spurs of derailing this process given the nature of Wet Ham's bid. Throughout this process the media, including the BBC, have harped on about 500mln worth of stadium being torn down whenever they mention the Spurs plans, when the truth is that the cost of redevoping the site was 500mln but the stadium was about 180mln and that the top tiers were always deigned to be removed after the games. I know it's not quite so emotive as half a billion pounds being burned but it's the truth! The entire blame for this debacle lays at the feet of the Labour government and the OPLC who have been so cavalier with taxpayers money that it beggars belief. I'm sure that Spurs and Orient will sue the OPLC and anyone else involved in the bidding process for the money that was wasted and they'll probably win. Comment number 31. It beggars belief that after the Millenium Dome the same bunch of numpties made precisely the same error, namely believing you first build the arena and then try and think what you can fill it with. In the case of the Olympic Stadium the athletics lobby will have you believe that even though they can't sell out 10k seater stadia for the biggest athletics events outside of the international Championships, they nevertheless require a 60k stadium to