Olympic Stadium not up to Premier League standards

London: The pitch inside London's Olympic Stadium is not up to Premier League standards and will have to be ripped up after the games using public funds to enable a football club to be able to use the venue.The 486 million-pound ($744 million) stadium has been built without the under-soil heating required in England to stage top football matches.[caption id="attachment_220919" align="alignleft" width="380" caption="A general view of the London 2012 Olympic Games Olympic Stadium. Rueters"][/caption]East London football club West Ham would have footed the bill of up to 2 million pounds ($3 million) to install a new pitch with under-soil heating, but its long-term tenancy agreement was ripped up last year due to legal challenges.Instead, the Olympic Park Legacy Company told The Associated Press that it will have to pay for the post-games transformation of the stadium, which West Ham could just rent.AP