Karren Brady says extension of roof and other modifications would cost up to 拢180m

The Olympic stadium will cost up to 拢180m to convert into West Ham鈥檚 home ground, according to the club鈥檚 vice-chairman Karren Brady.

Speaking to BBC London, Brady said that West Ham United football club was the 鈥渘atural and logical solution鈥� for the stadium鈥檚 future, predicting her club could become the 鈥渁nchor tenant鈥�. 

The cost of converting the venue by extending the roof, creating a pitch, turnstiles, toilets and space for corporate hospitality would be between 拢150m and 拢180m, according to Brady.

West Ham launched a bid for the venue in March proposing a 20,000 reduction in capacity to 60,000.

Brady said that the capacity would entice entertainment firm AEG, which owns the O2 Arena in Greenwich, to become a tenant of the Olympic stadium.

鈥淎EG, when I had a discussion with them, would only be interested in the park if we were the tenant. And if it was [only] 25,000 seats, they wouldn鈥檛 be interested at all because it鈥檚 so middle-of-the-road and it鈥檚 not big enough for certain things,鈥� she said.

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