<P> London had bid to host the 2015 World Athletics Championships using the Olympic Stadium . It went up against Beijing's Olympic Stadium and the Polish city of Chorzów . However, the stadium had to withdraw their bid due to uncertainties arising out of the timing of the announcement of who would operate the stadium after the Olympics, thus gifting Beijing the championships . With issues resolved over the stadium's future, London again used the stadium to bid for the 2017 World Athletics Championships . The bid was made official in August with Lord Coe personally submitting the bid a few weeks later at the 2011 World Athletic Championships in Daegu which was supported by London's Mayor Boris Johnson and the British Government . On 11 November 2011, the IAAF officially awarded the 2017 World Championships to London . The World ParaAthletics Championships (formerly the IPC Athletics World Championships) are scheduled to take place a month before the able - bodied event and were formally confirmed for the stadium in December 2012 . The 2017 athletics event was the final trackchampionship for Mo Farah and Usain Bolt . </P> <P> The ParaAthletics Championships will be held between 14--23 July 2017, with 800,000 tickets available across 16 sessions . The IAAF World Championships will follow between 4--13 August 2017 with 700,000 tickets available . 3,300 athletes from 200 countries will compete for 690 medals across 245 events . </P> <P> West Ham United play at the stadium, having moved from their former Boleyn Ground in August 2016 . The club announced in March 2013 that the stands behind the goals will be named after former players Bobby Moore and Trevor Brooking; there were stands at the Boleyn Ground named after them . West Ham sold out the 50,000 season ticket allocation for the stadium by May 2016 for the 2016--17 season . </P> <P> The opening game for West Ham was a Europa League match against NK Domžale on 4 August 2016, which West Ham won 3--0 with the stadium sold out, albeit with a reduced capacity of 54,000 as conversion works were still being finished . The official opening match was a friendly with Juventus on 7 August with a 2--3 defeat . West Ham's first Premier League match at the stadium was against Bournemouth with an attendance of 56,977 . Watford were the first Premier League side to beat West Ham at the London Stadium, overcoming a two - goal deficit to beat West Ham 4--2 . </P>

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