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The world's largest live entertainment company have endorsed the club's
Olympic Stadium plans
08.10.2010
West Ham United and Newham Council are pleased to announce global media
giants Live Nation - the largest live entertainment company in the world -
are supporting their joint legacy bid for the 2012 Olympic Stadium. After a
series of meetings, Paul Latham, Chief Operating Officer of Live Nation
Entertainment, has written to West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady to pledge
his backing for a state of the art stadium that will be a centre of sport,
education and culture. The statement included hope of "making the Olympic
Stadium, the rest of the Olympic Park, and the surrounding area, a
destination of worldwide significance". Unrivalled in staging major
entertainment concerts and events, Live Nation are partners with Madonna, U2
and Jay-Z.
In his letter to West Ham, Paul Latham said: "Further to our recent meetings
and discussions, I am writing to confirm Live Nation's support for the West
Ham/Newham Council bid to take over the Olympic Stadium after the 2012
Games. "As you know, Live Nation is the world's largest live events company.
In 2009, Live Nation sold 140 million tickets, promoted 21,000 concerts,
partnered with 850 sponsors and averaged 25 million unique monthly users of
its e-commerce sites. "We regard the Olympic Stadium as an exciting project
which would be a superb venue for hosting major concerts and other events.
We would be happy to continue working with you to ensure that we bring major
concerts and other events to the Stadium on an annual basis."
Karren Brady said: "This fantastic support from Live Nation will take our
legacy ambitions to another level. Over the past eight months ourselves and
Newham have been talking to the biggest and best global names to ensure we
can make the Olympic Stadium dream a reality. "Live Nation immediately
bought into our vision and see the potential in turning the world's
spotlight firmly on to east London, and the determination we at West Ham and
Newham have to regenerate this proud part of the capital - and preserve the
Olympic ideals.
"We will create a busy, viable and sustainable stadium that will stand for
generations to come. We will make a multi-million pound investment to make
it suitable for the different uses we propose but we are adamant it will be
free of ongoing public subsidy and gate receipts will be shared with Newham
Council, ensuring financial benefits are passed on to the local community.
The area will also benefit in many other ways such as employment, health and
education."
Live Nation are the latest leading organisation to endorse the West
Ham-Newham bid with those on board including: Westfield, HS1 Ltd, University
of East London, Essex Cricket, ExCel London and London City Airport.
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Reid ready to return
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Summer signing Winston Reid will be hoping to show good form for New Zealand
on Saturday morning
08.10.2010
Winston Reid will return to action with New Zealand on Saturday looking to
get some valuable playing time under his belt. The 23-year-old defender has
been frustrated by injury and illness over the last month which has hampered
his progress under Avram Grant. Reid was involved in the first two matches
of the season for the Hammers but has had to wait for another chance. He was
impressive for the reserves last week in the 2-0 home win against Wigan
Athletic, although a dead leg just before half-time led to his substitution
and then cost him the chance of being involved against Fulham.
As such, the All Whites match in Auckland against Honduras, which takes
place at 7.30am UK time, will be important to his hopes of building up his
form and fitness - as well as proving his Kiwi commitment. Reid first shot
to global prominence with his strong displays for his country at the 2010
FIFA World Cup and wants to build on that with the weekend game and then
Tuesday's friendly in Wellington with Paraguay, who they also played in
South Africa last summer. "We'll go into those games aiming to be
competitive and to get a result," he said. "Hopefully we can just continue
to improve what we did at the World Cup, to build on what we did as a team
and as a nation."
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Squad spirit pleases Groves
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The coaching staff have not relented this week in training but all are
looking forward to two days off
08.10.2010
Paul Groves has spoken of the "belief and confidence" around the camp at the
end of a solid week's work at Chadwell Heath. The senior coach said morale
was high after a four-match unbeaten run and that had translated on to the
training pitches. "The lads are in a good spirit," he said. "We've managed
to vary the work a little bit this week and give them a little bit of a
different environment. We have been training hard at the right time. It's
been a good week for us. "We feel that the performances have gradually
improved and got better. There is a bit more belief, a bit more confidence.
Confidence is massive and it makes a big difference and I think it is there
for everybody to see in the results and in the performances."
Groves said a weekend off would be welcome - especially for the likes of
Scott Parker and Mark Noble who have figured in all seven league games and
the two Carling Cup fixtures. "It is important to rest and recharge. It
allows a little more time for one or two injuries to probably clear up.
Players play with knocks here and there and invariably players go into games
and they are not 100 per cent, so the time off does allow them to recover.
"Some have played a lot of games in a short space of time and this allows
them to recover, regenerate and hopefully kick on again."
Kicking on again is what the Hammers will hope to do next week, starting
with a friendly testimonial match at Dagenham and Redbridge on Monday night,
in aid of former Academy product Lee Goodwin. It will be a mix of youth and
experience in the Hammers squad, and Groves said it would be a useful start
to the week. "It gives the younger ones an opportunity to mix in with one or
two of the seniors, which is always good. They get an opportunity in games
like this when they can go out there and show people what they are about and
how they cope with that environment. That's a big thing for the younger ones
and they get good habits off the senior players."
Having been a professional player himself, Groves also said he was pleased
to see Dagenham honour Goodwin after a decade of service to the League One
club. "It is a fantastic gesture to the lad in the terms of obviously the
hard work that he has put in. "He is very obviously loyal, and it's good
that fans can come show their appreciation and other clubs like ourselves
can help him out. That is important especially when they've worked so hard."
The Hammers will obviously be without their international contingent, with
Groves acknowledging that such call-ups can complicate preparations. "This
time around it was late in the day in terms of knowing, certainly from the
England set up, who was and who wasn't involved. "The biggest thing for the
lads that go away is coping with the amount of travel that is involved. They
train and play and coming back off a heavy workload sometimes means that is
a big demand for them to go and play at the weekend as well. "We have to
wait and see how they come back, but hopefully in the main we get them back
in a good condition and they are available for selection at the weekend."
That weekend date is with Wolverhampton Wanderers and Groves said the
management team were already steeling themselves for another tricky test -
even if all have been boosted by the draw at Stoke City and victory at
Sunderland. "Most definitely it will be a tough game against Wolves. Mick
McCarthy's teams always work extremely hard, very difficult to play against,
but it's one that we going into with good confidence, one that we are
looking forward to off the back of four unbeaten games, so it's a good game
for us."
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Music backers for Hammers' bid
Live-Nation backs Hammers/Newham Council consortium
By Danny Wright Last updated: 8th October 2010
SSN
West Ham's attempts to take over the Olympic Stadium have been boosted by
the backing of a big-name music firm. Live Nation, a US-owned concert
promoter, have been unveiled as part of the Hammers/Newham Council
consortium which hopes to move into the stadium following the completion of
the 2012 Olympic Games. The Upton Park club were unsettled by Tottenham's
announcement that they were lining up a bid earlier in the week but Live
Nation's backing has given them a timely boost. The company is believed to
be keen on running official live events during the Games, including a
concert in Hyde Park. United vice-chairman Karren Brady said the move would
bolster the consortium's attempts to portray themselves as the bidders who
will offer the best legacy for East London. Brady said: "This fantastic
support from Live Nation will take our legacy ambitions to another level.
"Over the past eight months we have been talking to the biggest and best
global names to ensure we can make the Olympic Stadium dream a reality.
"Live Nation immediately bought into our vision and see the potential in
turning the world's spotlight firmly on to east London, and the
determination we at West Ham and Newham have to regenerate this proud part
of the capital - and preserve the Olympic ideals. "We will create a busy,
viable and sustainable stadium that will stand for generations to come. "We
will make a multi-million pound investment to make it suitable for the
different uses we propose but we are adamant it will be free of ongoing
public subsidy and gate receipts will be shared with Newham Council,
ensuring financial benefits are passed on to the local community."
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Hammers turn to QPR hot-shot Mackie
Published 23:00 08/10/10 By Football Spy
The Mirror
West Ham have targeted QPR's Jamie Mackie to fire them out of relegation
trouble. The striker has forced his way into the Scotland squad since
joining the Championship leaders from Plymouth in the summer for £500,00.
The Hammers would be willing to pay about £2million.
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U2 promoters jump on board Hammers' Olympic Stadium bid
Published 15:45 08/10/10 By MirrorFootball
The Mirror
West Ham have been boosted by the world's biggest concert promoter in their
bid to take over the Olympic Stadium. Live Nation, the US-owned company
which promotes events for rock and pop acts such as U2 and Madonna, have
been revealed as part of the Hammers/Newham Council consortium. The company
is understood to be interested in running official live events at the London
2012 Games, including a concert in Hyde Park. West Ham vice-chairman Karren
Brady said the move really enhanced the consortium's ambitions in terms of
its legacy. "This fantastic support from Live Nation will take our legacy
ambitions to another level," said Brady. "Over the past eight months we have
been talking to the biggest and best global names to ensure we can make the
Olympic Stadium dream a reality. "Live Nation immediately bought into our
vision and see the potential in turning the world's spotlight firmly on to
east London, and the determination we at West Ham and Newham have to
regenerate this proud part of the capital - and preserve the Olympic ideals.
"We will create a busy, viable and sustainable stadium that will stand for
generations to come. "We will make a multi-million pound investment to make
it suitable for the different uses we propose but we are adamant it will be
free of ongoing public subsidy and gate receipts will be shared with Newham
Council, ensuring financial benefits are passed on to the local community.
"The area will also benefit in many other ways such as employment, health
and education." After a series of meetings, Paul Latham, Chief Operating
Officer of Live Nation Entertainment, wrote to Brady pledging his support
for the bid. Latham declared: "Further to our recent meetings and
discussions, I confirm Live Nation's support for the West Ham/Newham Council
bid to take over the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games. "Live Nation is
the world's largest live events company. In 2009, Live Nation sold 140
million tickets, promoted 21,000 concerts, partnered with 850 sponsors and
averaged 25 million unique monthly users of its e-commerce sites. "We regard
the Olympic Stadium as an exciting project which would be a superb venue for
hosting major concerts and other events. "We would be happy to continue
working with you to ensure that we bring major concerts and other events to
the Stadium on an annual basis."
Live Nation are the latest leading organisation to endorse the West
Ham-Newham bid with those on board including: Westfield, HS1 Ltd, University
of East London, Essex Cricket, ExCel London and London City Airport.
Initially, West Ham hoped to partner AEG but, after a disagreement over who
would be the majority partner, the entertainment giant switched its backing
to a rival bid by Tottenham. The Spurs/AEG bid claim they have no intention
of retaining an athletics track after the games although Olympic chiefs
insist the track must remain to meet the promise made by London 2012 boss
Sebastian Coe.
AEG is intent on winning the bid but Spurs say it is only a back-up option
to redeveloping White Hart Lane. Meanwhile, West Ham co-owner David Gold has
criticised England boss Fabio Capello for leaving midfielder Scott Parker
out of the squad for the Euro 2012 clash with Montenegro. "It is
disappointing when such quality isn't involved in an England squad," said
Gold
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