to be fair, he was the front man for the entire project, not sure if we can tell if it was his personal opposition or that of the wider athletics community. they didnt/dont like the idea of stinkin' footballers on their stadium (hence no Wembley/FA permutations). a sensible approach (after the...
redeveloping the site should always have been a plan, but that doesnt win you Olympic bids, they want to "leave a legacy" even if that is a great big white elephant. it cost too much to build, cost too much to re-purpose (ffs why wasnt the retractable seats in from the start? cost? oops), it'll...
the alternative would be nothing. you have to bear in mind no one else had a better project to use it for. Orient wanted it for free, Spurs pretended to want it, athletics cant sustain the grounds they have, a few pop concerts and motor racing was all that was left, and clearly they didnt...