New Stadium Details And Discussions

SpurSince57 said:

Not a hope. Where did you get that notion from? Before Christmas is certainly a possibility.

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camaj said:

Things I've heard. Before christmas is a certainty surely, especially if they're 2 months ahead of schedule. I would have though it'd be open before November at the latest. If I hear anything I'll post. Not that it matters directly but it'll be interesting for us who live in the area and go to games.

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Lilbaz said:

Remember they have to fit it out and train staff.

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Lilbaz said:

If they are 2 months ahead that is great news. What about the collage?

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SpurSince57 said:

They're collecting millions of photos, old programmes, bits of kit, corner flags, etc. Should be amazing when they're stuck on the walls.

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eoghanthfc said:

I simply find all this complicating. Anyone care to explain briefly whats the latest with us regarding the stadium or sponsors etc?

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acky99 said:

Heard that a new planning application has been put in to the council to take the capacity up to 62K, and that we may be possibly losing the kop end as well!!!

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dovahkiin said:

this was posted over on coys, not sure where its from

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SpurSince57 said:

That's from the High Road end of Northumberland Park and looks as if it was taken from a roof or upper storey, or possibly the top of a W3. Great shot, anyway. Thanks for sharing.

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http://www.tottenhamjournal.co.uk/n...ham_community_open_meeting_saturday_1_2266753

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Community campaigners have demanded that Tottenham Hotspur FC sinks £100million into improving the local area in the first summit with the club’s director and senior management yesterday.


The recently-formed Our Tottenham group, which draws support and members from community and residents’ groups and businesses in the area, said the contribution would equal that of Arsenal FC’s payments for improvements to the area in Highbury, made after intense wrangling with Islington Council.

The amount is more than 200 times the £477,000 Spurs is legally required to contribute under the current legally-binding arrangment.

At the club’s request, Spurs’ executive director Donna-Maria Cullen and its head of community relations Adam Davison met with a five-strong delegation from the Our Tottenham network on Thursday.

The group condemned the “negative” effect the current Northumberland Development Project regeneration is having on the community, and handed them seven written demands, including that for a £100million commitment.

Our Tottenham also demanded that no homes or businesses be demolished for the club’s planned ‘Wembley Way’-style approach from White Hart Lane station, that no public money is used for developments related to the stadium, that at least half of the new homes Spurs builds are for social housing, and that it sign up to the group’s community charter.

Ms Cullen said the club would respond in writing and the group claims there was intense discussion about the extent of Spurs’ responsibility for revitalising the local area. Frank Murray, one of the Our Tottenham delegates at the meeting, said: “We are calling on the club to speak out against the threat of demolitions of nearby homes and shops, and to promise to fund the improvements people actually need.

“Spurs always say they want to go one better than Arsenal, so we expect them to put more money into the area than Arsenal did since they built their new stadium.”

Spurs is currently required to pay £477,000 towards community and infrastructure improvements, a deal agreed in February 2012 after Haringey Council let it wriggle out of £15.96million of further payments, a £1.2million contribution towards education improvements and a requirement to build at least 100 “affordable” homes as part of the stadium development.

Some of those costs were passed on to the council and left to be absorbed by Transport for London and the Mayor of London’s £27million Tottenham Regeneration Fund.

The council also gave Spurs permission to increase the number of flats from 200 to 285, in order to help make the entire project “viable” and thereby keep the wider regeneration of Tottenham on course.

+ Our Tottenham will update the community on its campaign at a “street assembly” public meeting at noon on Saturday, July 6, outside Wards Corner above Seven Sisters Tube station, High Road, Tottenham.

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JerryGarcia said:

So who are the 'Our Tottenham group' and do they carry any weight? Sorry if this is old.

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Community campaigners have demanded that Tottenham Hotspur FC sinks £100million into improving the local area in the first summit with the club’s director and senior management yesterday.

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L.A. Yiddo said:

Hahaha Spurs are the only entity of note in the whole borough.

They can fuck right off.

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