«Breaking News» West Ham told to pay £300k a year for claret carpet at London Stadium

West Ham's offer to pay for a claret-and-blue carpet to cover the London Stadium track has been rejected by their landlords, who instead want a yearly fee of £300,000.

The club’s vice-chairman Karren Brady last month penned an open letter saying they would pay the cost of having a new cover installed on top of the running track — replacing the current green one. It would have cost a one-off £380,000.

But Lyn Garner, the recently installed chief executive of the London Legacy Development Corporation, now wants the club to make an annual payment to cover the commercial benefits of pitch-side branding.

West Ham's bid to pay for a claret carpet to cover the London Stadium track has been rejected

Garner did not try to hide where she thinks the LLDC’s financial struggles originate, as she said West Ham’s £2.5million-a-year rent does not cover day-to-day costs.

‘No other Premier League football club has such an opportunity to have a track cover with its colours on,’ said Garner.

‘We think the club should pay not a one-off cost for the track cover but an annual fee. It is not unreasonable. What is really driving the problems here are the low rents paid by the concessionaires, particularly West Ham.’

A West Ham statement read: ‘West Ham United initially offered to purchase London Stadium but our request was denied. We were given a tenancy agreement because we were the best offer by far on the table.

‘All we have ever done is honour the terms of our tenancy agreement which has 97 years to run.’

Their landlords instead want a yearly fee of £300,000 to to cover the commercial benefits

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