Leyton Orient have applied for permission to move to the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 London Olympics, with the club's chairman Barry Hearn calling for West Ham to be ruled out of the running.
Hearn said last week that his club would be interested in becoming tenants at the Stratford site after the Olympic Park Legacy Company reopened the tender process to rent the stadium.
A deal with West Ham and Newham Council collapsed amid legal challenges, with the Government announcing last week that the stadium would remain in public ownership and be leased out.
Hearn believes the application to the Football League is significant, arguing that they would not sanction another member club - West Ham - moving closer to Orient's home if it affected their business.
Hearn told his club's official website: "We are asking for a 25,000-seat stadium and we want to see if we can get around the athletics track. It has to stay, we know that. But can we build up, if not down, and see if it's possible to get it covered while we play?
"If it isn't possible, it isn't - and we wouldn't move in with a running track between the pitch and the crowd.
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