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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/olympic-stadium-decision-looming.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Olympic Stadium under construction in Stratford, East London" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-olympic-stadium-decision-looming.jpg" alt="The Olympic Stadium under construction in Stratford, East London"/></a></p>
<p>A decision on who will move in to the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Games will be made this week, the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) has said.</p>
<p>Claims that West Ham have already won approval ahead of London Premier League rivals Tottenham is &#8220;pure speculation&#8221;, a spokesman insisted.</p>
<p>The 14 voting members of the OPLC board are gathering on Friday for a special meeting where the future of the Olympic Stadium will be the only item on the agenda.</p>
<p>The spokesman said: &#8220;It is pure speculation to say that a decision has been made. Our board meets on Friday. There will be presentations by OPLC officers of both bids and a vote to recommend a preferred bidder.&#8221;</p>
<p>The meeting could take up to three hours and a final decision will have to get the go-ahead from the Government and the London Mayor.</p>
<p>The differences between the two bids for the showpiece £537 million venue in Stratford, east London, centre on the running track &#8211; West Ham would keep it while Tottenham would not. An athletics legacy was a key pledge that London made to the International Olympic Committee when it won the right to stage the 2012 Games.</p>
<p>West Ham, in a joint bid with Newham Council, want to convert the 80,000-seater stadium into a 60,000-capacity arena for football, athletics, concerts and community use.</p>
<p>The contest has become a bitter war of words in recent days. Tottenham&#8217;s proposed 60,000-seat new home would be built in place of the Olympic Stadium prompting West Ham vice chairman Karren Brady to declare it would be &#8220;a corporate crime to bring the bulldozers in&#8221;.</p>
<p>If successful Tottenham, joint bidders with sports and entertainment giant AEG, intend to refurbish an old athletics centre at Crystal Palace as a 25,000-capacity venue for track and field. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy dismissed criticism about its bid as &#8220;scaremongering&#8221;, adding: &#8220;We are proposing one of the most advanced, state-of-the-art stadiums in Europe that will deliver an exceptional spectator experience.&#8221;</p>
<p>The aim is for a deal to be struck on the stadium and contracts signed by the end of the financial year.</p>
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