Even more ridiculous was building a stadium for the Olympics and redeveloping Wembley. Surely the sensible solution was to have one national stadium that could cater for athletics, football and rugby. The Stade de France (built at a fraction of the cost of Wembley and the Olympic Stadium) has managed to successfully host the Football World Cup final, Rugby World Cup final and the Olympics.You wonder why they are throwing £130m at this, when there is the Olympic Stadium in Straffoird. If it was good enough to hold an Olympics, surely its good enough to be a National Sports Centre.
There are obviously vested interests here and someone is on a nice little earner.