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Legal challenges give buyers an Olympic headache

October 13, 2011

So the government has ultimately decided to scrap the tender for the 2012 Olympic Stadium tenancy, and start a new one on different terms.

An anonymous complaint to the European Commission – asking for an investigation into whether the preferred bid broke rules on state aid – was reported to be the final straw for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which bemoaned the “legal paralysis” that has affected the tender. (more…)