Quote: Prince "Emirates Stadium (v near Kings Cross)... with a view to moving to the Olympic Stadium in 2016 or '17 to create another showpiece event in the capital?'"
Cost of tickets are likely to rocket due to stadium hire, costs for a weekend in London are ridiculous (recently done it), especially for a family. Two big events in London is too much and attendances would suffer.
I work in Newcastle a few days a month and stay in the Encore hotel on Gateshead Quay (next to the Millenium Bridge), which is a two minute walk from Newcastle Quays, it is a really nice hotel and it is £67 a night for B&B (£12 extra for a second person in same room). I recently stayed in London in a very old, manky Premier Inn which cost me £144 per night.
Newcastle for me.