University College of Football Business

The UCFB proposes becoming a subtenant for the stadium in the same way as it occupies a stand at Burnley’s Turf Moor. It wants to expand into a second campus and has been looking for a site in the south of England. The Stratford site is its preferred option. A spokesman described the institution’s plan as being to “take a proportion of the stadium. The seating is not particularly relevant because we would be using the back rooms. But we would be keen on access to a part of the site overlooking the pitch or that green area, depending on the anchor tenant”.



Formula One & Intelligent Transport Services

Bernie Ecclestone has made plain his frustrations with the ageing Silverstone facilities that host the British Grand Prix. He has been taken by ITS’s proposal for a race through and around the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, which Ecclestone said would even take F1 cars inside the stadium. He told The Daily Telegraph yesterday that he has held further dialogue with Harvey Goldsmith, who advised Anschutz Entertainment Group on the redevelopment of the O2 into a concert venue, over the prospect of hosting live events at the stadium.