Named: man who sank stadium deal

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Steve Lawrence said he lodged the complaint with the European Union because the deal for West Ham to move in after the Games would leave taxpayers picking up the bill.

Mr Lawrence was commissioned by Stratford Development Partnerships more than a decade ago to carry out a feasibility study for the Olympics on Stratford Rail Lands, once it became clear that Wembley was not a viable site for the Games.

He is a long-standing critic of the plan to keep the running track in the Stratford stadium. His argument is that West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur should have shared the venue with a separate running track outside the stadium after the Games.

"(The taxpayer) will be supporting the stadium for the next 100 years," Mr Lawrence said.
The West Ham deal collapsed last year amid concerns that legal objections to a £40 million loan from Newham council for the stadium would derail the sale.

Legacy chiefs say they have closed the legal loophole and are offering the stadium for rent. However, West Ham say they might not bid because of the changed commercial terms.

Last week the process suffered a setback when Boris Johnson's legacy chief Baroness Ford announced her resignation, leaving the post-Games stadium and the £300 million media centre with an uncertain future.