UK Athletics have become engulfed in a stand-off with London Stadium bosses over ‘unacceptable’ proposals to relocate this summer’s Anniversary Games.
The London Legacy Development Authority have offered to cover the costs of moving the July 13 event elsewhere as a means of avoiding a potential £3million black hole.
That is approximately the cost of converting West Ham’s home stadium from its football configuration to athletics, with 20,000 spectators anticipated for the meet.
Ordinarily the impact of that sum is lessened by staging other events including concerts, but pandemic restrictions mean the Anniversary Games is the only non-football booking between the current and forthcoming West Ham seasons.