West Ham Sell Upton Park Ahead Of Olympic Stadium Move

West Ham have agreed a deal to sell Upton Park to a developer once the club have completed their move to the Olympic Stadium in 2016. The Galliard Group has been named as the successful bidder for the site, with West Ham saying they had chosen a developer with close links to the community and a plan to honour the history of the club as part of its development on the site.

Upton Park will become the latest historic ground to be abolished this century, following Manchester City's Maine Road, Leicester's Filbert Street, Coventry's Highfield Road, Arsenal's Highbury stadium, Ninian Park in Cardiff and several others. Hammers vice-chairman Karren Brady said: "We opted to reach an agreement with Galliard because they are a local London developer and employer with origins in east London.