2012's environmental legacy 'under threat', Green Party

The Green Party has reacted angrily to rumours that London Mayor Boris Johnson is considering plans to demolish the London 2012 Olympic Stadium and replace it with a premier league football club HQ. News emerged today that the London Development Agency (LDA) is thinking of junking plans to convert 80,000 Olympic seat venue into a 25,000 seat athletics stadium

Jenny Jones, GLA member, said that knocking down the £525m stadium would break the country’s environmental promise: "London's Olympic organisers have said they would minimise the energy which goes into providing materials for 2012 venues. Demolishing and rebuilding the biggest of those venues after the games makes a mockery of efforts to provide sustainable stadia.”

She continued: “"Londoners were promised a significant environmental and sporting legacy from these Games. But this already appears to be under threat from the need to cover costs."

A spokesman for the Mayor denied the rumours, saying: “The LDA has been looking at a range of options but the Mayor has no plans and is not aware of any plans to demolish the stadium. The Mayor … envisages a long term future for the Olympic stadium. Expensive facilities should not be built unless they have a viable future.”