'The whole "legacy" crap' was a big part of us being awarded the games to begin with. Dont think either option is/was viable. Spurs knocking the place down and making it purpose built for football, plus moving from one part of London to another was never going to work, and i dont think an athletics track around the pitch, plus the extra events the pitch has to cater for, is a good idea either
If they wanted a legacy they should have built the stadium with that in mind. Spurs offer the only viable legacy, a 20000ish new stadium in Crystal Palace. It's ridiculous that the tax payer will have to pay for the up keep of a 60000 seater stadium that will host a few athletics events a few times a year with attendances of a few thousand. With the Spurs plan, less of the stadium would have been knocked down than originally planned, and Crystal Palace would have a much more suitable and cheaper to maintain athletics stadium.