Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn has asked Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson to review the decision to allow West Ham United to inhabit the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games.

West Ham were named the preferred bidders by the Olympic Park Legacy Committee – a decision that must still be ratified by Johnson and the British government.

However, as the club closest to the Stratford site, Hearn fears League One Orient’s existence would be threatened by the Hammers’ move across east London.

Hearn is in talks with his legal team about a judicial review, which could delay the process of confirming West Ham’s tenancy. His major worry concerns suggestions from West Ham that they would offer free tickets to fill the stadium.

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