Olympic stadium pitch not up to Premier League standards, will be ripped up after games
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The pitch inside London's Olympic Stadium is not up to Premier League standards and will have to be ripped up after the games using public funds to enable a football club to be able to use the venue.
The 486 million-pound ($744 million) stadium has been built without the under-soil heating required in England to stage top football matches.
East London football club West Ham would have footed the bill of up to 2 million pounds ($3 million) to install a new pitch with under-soil heating, but its long-term tenancy agreement was ripped up last year due to legal challenges.
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Instead, the Olympic Park Legacy Company told The Associated Press that it will have to pay for the post-games transformation of the stadium, which West Ham could just rent.
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