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West Ham United Vice Chair Says Club Will Fill Olympic Stadium Every Game

Premier League side West Ham United Vice Chair Karren Brady said that the club "will sell out the Olympic Stadium for every Premier League match next season," according to Mark Meadows of REUTERS. The team leaves its 35,000-seat Upton Park venue "at the end of this campaign to set up home" at the remodeled London 2012 Games arena that will have a capacity of around 54,000. Brady said, "The opportunity this represents for West Ham is huge. There are five times as many people on the priority list as there are available season tickets. All of the corporate hospitality facilities have already sold out. Every seat will be sold for every match." Excitement over the Olympic Stadium move "is having an impact on the pitch." West Ham "are eighth this season under impressive new Coach Slaven Bilic, one point off the top six ahead of Saturday's home match with seventh-place Liverpool." Brady: "From our point of view, using the stadium and our brand to attract new players is incredibly important" (REUTERS, 1/2).

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