West Ham United in legal dispute with LLDC over London Stadium prices, court now on the cards
West Ham are involved in an ongoing legal dispute with the London Legacy Development Corporation, who own the London Stadium, over the terms of their contract, with a court settlement now on the cards, according to Sean Whetstone.
The West Ham news source reported on 15 January that the non-enforcement of the Comparable Club clause in their contract with the LLDC has led to the club trying everything in discussions without success.
This clause should avoid seeing the Hammers “held hostage” over catering prices at the London Stadium, but the LLDC have failed to cooperate with the terms leading to the legal dispute.
Conversations leading to nothing
The contractual agreement over West Ham’s usage of the London Stadium shared that catering prices will be fixed for each football season, and would match those of comparable clubs.
Those comparable clubs are determined by the stadium capacity and location so in this case, Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea would fall into that bracket as each has a capacity of over 40,000 with their postcode based in London and playing regular Premier League football.
LLDC have failed to stick to the terms of the contract surrounding catering prices despite the specifics of the deal negotiated by Baroness Karren Brady, with the club saying they are just as frustrated as supporters about the prices.
Although the Hammers have tried to enter discussions with LLDC surrounding the contract infringement to come to an agreement without having to involve the courts, those conversations appear to have led nowhere with the possibility of a court visit looking more and more likely.
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