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Reference:
2011/1461
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Question by:
John Biggs
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Meeting date:
18 May 2011
A Londoner has contacted me and asked me to raise the following issue with you. As taxpayers, mostly funded the Olympic Stadium with Londoners bearing the greater share, his would imply that the Stadium therefore belongs to the people who financed it. Why, then, was there no "consultation" on the sale - or otherwise - of the Stadium, and should we not be compensated from the proceeds of the sale? In addition, we were told that the Stadium would be a "legacy" to the nation. Once sold to a Football club it ceases to be a legacy. Your views on...