New Stadium Details And Discussions

Phischy · Dec 12, 2017

Lilbaz said:
There was a rumour that matilda collywobs might be donna cullen i believe.

Given that the name is Mattilda Collywobs, it seems obvious to me that it must be our Operations and Finance Director Matthew Collecott. He'd be privvy to the almost identical information as Donna Cullen and other than the gender disparity between him and his alias, the name seems to be an obvious 'hide in plain sight' pointer.

EDIT: Having not moved on to the final page before posting, I see that Wine Gum got there first!

SlotBadger · Dec 12, 2017

It's a good alias, regardless.

slartibartfast · Dec 12, 2017

dondo said:
With 25000 tourists for a day out if the West Brom game is anything to go by. I’d rather have 40,000 real fans than 65000 where 25000 are there for a day out

Theres not a team in the world with a large stadium that attracts nothing but die hard fans week in week out. Never fill it.
How big a percentage of Man U shirts sold are bought by people who go to even 1 game a year?
I couldnt give a shit really. If it means more people support or follow spurs then that can only be a good thing.

Graysonti · Dec 12, 2017

Worth noting that we record attendances on people who turn up and not tickets sold (like Arsenal and West Ham).

An example - 60k tickets sold for Last CL game but only 43k turned up. Arse would record that as 60k.

That means we have sold a fair chunk more that the actual attendance figures

dricha1 · Dec 13, 2017

dondo said:
With 25000 tourists for a day out if the West Brom game is anything to go by. I’d rather have 40,000 real fans than 65000 where 25000 are there for a day out

Well I was one of those so called tourists who turned up for the West Brom game, shame I spoilt the day for you.

I’ve actually been a spurs fan living in the North West for 35 plus years so getting to a home game was always tricky. I’ve seen spurs at United,City, Liverpool, Everton, Bolton, Wigan, Blackburn even Notss Forest but nothing beats seeing your team play in front of their home crowd.

Wembley offered us the chance to travel for the day, ticket prices okay and easy to get through the website, and I’ve introduced my two boys to the mighty Spurs. Apart from the result, we enjoyed the day. The 6:30am start, the late return, all made it something different for the boys and we’ll likely do it again in the Spring.

If the opportunity arises for the new WHL then I’m sure we’ll do similar. I’m not ashamed to be a tourist!

Col_M · Dec 13, 2017

dricha1 said:
Well I was one of those so called tourists who turned up for the West Brom game, shame I spoilt the day for you.

I’ve actually been a spurs fan living in the North West for 35 plus years so getting to a home game was always tricky. I’ve seen spurs at United,City, Liverpool, Everton, Bolton, Wigan, Blackburn even Notss Forest but nothing beats seeing your team play in front of their home crowd.

Wembley offered us the chance to travel for the day, ticket prices okay and easy to get through the website, and I’ve introduced my two boys to the mighty Spurs. Apart from the result, we enjoyed the day. The 6:30am start, the late return, all made it something different for the boys and we’ll likely do it again in the Spring.

If the opportunity arises for the new WHL then I’m sure we’ll do similar. I’m not ashamed to be a tourist!

Hooray to that. A dad taking two boys to see their favourite team could end up shelling £150-£200 for a game. Especially if they want a Fanta

dricha1 · Dec 13, 2017

Col_M said:
Hooray to that. A dad taking two boys to see their favourite team could end up shelling £150-£200 for a game. Especially if they want a Fanta

A fanta I could cope with, it was the £18 pick-and-mix that tipped the balance

dovahkiin · Dec 13, 2017

edmonton on the internal fit out:
Think you would be surprised just how far this has got. Toilets on ground floor finished months ago.

Lilbaz · Dec 13, 2017

dondo said:
With 25000 tourists for a day out if the West Brom game is anything to go by. I’d rather have 40,000 real fans than 65000 where 25000 are there for a day out

I remember people complaining that whl was quiet because we priced out young fans from going to games. The average age must have been late 40's. Now your complaining because fans that haven't had the chance to see spurs are coming?
As for tourists. Go to the european away games. The amsterdam and new york spurs make as much noise as any english fan.

Lilbaz · Dec 13, 2017

Phischy said:
Given that the name is Mattilda Collywobs, it seems obvious to me that it must be our Operations and Finance Director Matthew Collecott. He'd be privvy to the almost identical information as Donna Cullen and other than the gender disparity between him and his alias, the name seems to be an obvious 'hide in plain sight' pointer.

EDIT: Having not moved on to the final page before posting, I see that Wine Gum got there first!

Knew it was one of them.

spursfan77 · Dec 13, 2017

dricha1 said:
Well I was one of those so called tourists who turned up for the West Brom game, shame I spoilt the day for you.

I’ve actually been a spurs fan living in the North West for 35 plus years so getting to a home game was always tricky. I’ve seen spurs at United,City, Liverpool, Everton, Bolton, Wigan, Blackburn even Notss Forest but nothing beats seeing your team play in front of their home crowd.

Wembley offered us the chance to travel for the day, ticket prices okay and easy to get through the website, and I’ve introduced my two boys to the mighty Spurs. Apart from the result, we enjoyed the day. The 6:30am start, the late return, all made it something different for the boys and we’ll likely do it again in the Spring.

If the opportunity arises for the new WHL then I’m sure we’ll do similar. I’m not ashamed to be a tourist!

This so shouldn't be under estimated. As annoying as Wembley has been for some, it has enabled us to appeal to a whole load of new and young fans. Its such an amazing positive and can't be underestimated.

Bulletspur · Dec 13, 2017

dondo said:
With 25000 tourists for a day out if the West Brom game is anything to go by. I’d rather have 40,000 real fans than 65000 where 25000 are there for a day out

dricha1 said:
Well I was one of those so called tourists who turned up for the West Brom game, shame I spoilt the day for you.

I’ve actually been a spurs fan living in the North West for 35 plus years so getting to a home game was always tricky. I’ve seen spurs at United,City, Liverpool, Everton, Bolton, Wigan, Blackburn even Notss Forest but nothing beats seeing your team play in front of their home crowd.

Wembley offered us the chance to travel for the day, ticket prices okay and easy to get through the website, and I’ve introduced my two boys to the mighty Spurs. Apart from the result, we enjoyed the day. The 6:30am start, the late return, all made it something different for the boys and we’ll likely do it again in the Spring.

If the opportunity arises for the new WHL then I’m sure we’ll do similar. I’m not ashamed to be a tourist!

That's telling you , you Snob @dondo !

I too am a tourist having visited Wembley for the Crystal Palace game, my first home visit for years and have been supporting Spurs since 1981. Its just that it is difficult for us Tourists to attend games every other week, travelling from places like Toronto where I currently live

Phischy · Dec 13, 2017

dricha1 said:
Well I was one of those so called tourists who turned up for the West Brom game, shame I spoilt the day for you.

I’ve actually been a spurs fan living in the North West for 35 plus years so getting to a home game was always tricky. I’ve seen spurs at United,City, Liverpool, Everton, Bolton, Wigan, Blackburn even Notss Forest but nothing beats seeing your team play in front of their home crowd.

Wembley offered us the chance to travel for the day, ticket prices okay and easy to get through the website, and I’ve introduced my two boys to the mighty Spurs. Apart from the result, we enjoyed the day. The 6:30am start, the late return, all made it something different for the boys and we’ll likely do it again in the Spring.

If the opportunity arises for the new WHL then I’m sure we’ll do similar. I’m not ashamed to be a tourist!

Lilbaz said:
I remember people complaining that whl was quiet because we priced out young fans from going to games. The average age must have been late 40's. Now your complaining because fans that haven't had the chance to see spurs are coming?
As for tourists. Go to the european away games. The amsterdam and new york spurs make as much noise as any english fan.

Without meaning to speak for anyone else specifically, I think there is a distinction to be drawn here when people talk about football tourists.

Clearly I think in most people's eyes, a Spurs fan living too far away to go regularly (whether it's S****horpe or Sydney they call home) isn't a football tourist, they are a fan making an effort to attend a game and taking advantage of ticket availability. They might not know all the chants or be familiar with how people tend to 'behave' at football, but they are no less a fan.

The real 'football tourists' are those who aren't coming to 'see Spurs' they are coming to 'a Premier League match' and making the most of a chance to see football at Wembley. We all do it, when in Barcelona going to the Nou Camp or the Bernabeu when in Madrid to see a random game because it's an opportunity to experience it. So we can't begrudge those people; some might even become fans as a result (and many will certainly be buying a memento of the day in the form of a shirt or similar, which can only be good). Of course they will be less 'passionate' and vocal in the ground and that does have an effect. But equally, if we as fans can get on our feet and make noise that will help.

It does effect the matchday experience, obviously. But it's something which has changed beyond measure over the last 20 or 30 years and we (the club) need to find a way of accommodating and benefiting these people whilst also ensuring that it isn't negative for atmosphere and experience. The big Spanish clubs seem to manage, I am sure we can too.

davidmatzdorf · Dec 13, 2017

spursfan77 said:
This so shouldn't be under estimated. As annoying as Wembley has been for some, it has enabled us to appeal to a whole load of new and young fans. Its such an amazing positive and can't be underestimated.

I was thinking just the other day, as I was shuffling back toward Wembley Park station after the Stoke match, that one powerful reason why the club decided to take the expensive/challenging/risky option of a season at Wembley, instead of dragging 30,000 of us off to Milton Keynes every 10 days, was because it gives them a great opportunity to recruit more fans to attend regularly before the new stadium is ready - to get them in the habit of coming. The best way to market the extra seats is to start early.

I know two Spurs-supporting friends who formerly attended occasional matches - often using one of our season tickets when my partner or I couldn't go - who are attending every match this season. One of them has not only become an ST-holder himself, he's also got a spare one that he uses to get his two nephews to attend with him.

I don't know anything about the rent/receipts split between THFC and Wembley PLC, so I don't know whether we're making more money than we would have made at MK, but either way, it certainly looks like a good long-term investment in fan support.

dondo · Dec 13, 2017

dricha1 said:
Well I was one of those so called tourists who turned up for the West Brom game, shame I spoilt the day for you.

I’ve actually been a spurs fan living in the North West for 35 plus years so getting to a home game was always tricky. I’ve seen spurs at United,City, Liverpool, Everton, Bolton, Wigan, Blackburn even Notss Forest but nothing beats seeing your team play in front of their home crowd.

Wembley offered us the chance to travel for the day, ticket prices okay and easy to get through the website, and I’ve introduced my two boys to the mighty Spurs. Apart from the result, we enjoyed the day. The 6:30am start, the late return, all made it something different for the boys and we’ll likely do it again in the Spring.

If the opportunity arises for the new WHL then I’m sure we’ll do similar. I’m not ashamed to be a tourist!

Don’t get offended mate.
The tourists I’m referring to had no interest in football or spurs they spent most of the time at the bar inside Wembley

absolute bobbins · Dec 13, 2017

davidmatzdorf said:
At great risk of being a smug git, I have to point out the five or six times that I have written here that the capacity of the stadium has been primarily dictated by the transport strategy and by how many people can safely be got in and out of the neighbourhood - without having to build a new underground station. That was what dictated the original 56,250 and that is what permitted the redesigned 61,559.

I'm totally un-astonished that they are "making changes so late". As the stadium takes shape, it's plausible that the design team could spot places where a few more seats could be spliced in - or that some areas occupied by seats could prove to be too cramped for other purposes.

You, smug? Never

dazzle · Dec 13, 2017

Wine Gum said:
Mattilda Collywobs has posted on Glory Glory

"It is envisaged that activity around the site envelope will remain for a considerable period of time, but this activity will largely focus upon developing the SDL - not the stadium, which will only have very minor legacy activity and largely speaking, this shouldn’t be visible".

Ok, I might be being stupid here, but this sentence defeats me. Can someone translate it into plain English please?

worcestersauce · Dec 13, 2017

I read it that once the roof is on most of the activity you can see will be working outside and not on the stadium, there is still lots to do on the stadium but it will mostly be inside so we won't see it.
Going to make the weekly time lapses pretty boring.

Dougal · Dec 13, 2017

It’s one of the Goat’s cryptics, isn’t it? I think we’re getting Bale.

arunspurs · Dec 13, 2017

dovahkiin said:
edmonton on the internal fit out:
Think you would be surprised just how far this has got. Toilets on ground floor finished months ago.

Amount of Work done on the inside is not a surprise to me. In the updates we get it is said nearly 1500 work in stadium site each day. In pics & videos, the numbers close to 1500 is nowhere to be seen. Logically , this means most are doing work inside.

Electrical wiring, plumbing, flooring, painting, glass paneling, carpentry, interior designing....Pretty sure we should have done lots of work in all areas except south stand. Really looking forward to the inside pics & status updates

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