New West Ham Stadium

The New West Ham Stadium was the working name of a proposed football stadium to be built in East London. It would replace the Boleyn Ground (Upton Park) as the home of West Ham United F.C., but plans to develop a new stadium have been shelved in the wake of the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis. In 2010 the club submitted a bid to take over the 2012 Olympic Stadium after the games. The Boleyn Ground has a capacity of 35,000, tenth-largest in English football, leaving West Ham at a financial disadvantage compared to its competitors with bigger grounds. Three options have been considered : The stadium for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics is close to Upton Park and is is seen as a possible location. However the stadium has an...