New Stadium Details And Discussions

coys200 · Oct 3, 2018

worcestersauce said:
Don't the sprinklers and growing lights compensate for the vagaries of the weather?

No idea but that’s what he said.

Buster18 · Oct 3, 2018

Four cameras have been removed from the website?

http://new-stadium.tottenhamhotspur.com/interact/

Hotspur88 · Oct 3, 2018

Can't find a live stream anywhere for watching the pitch being put down

SEANSPURS1975 · Oct 3, 2018

1st tray done...

coys200 · Oct 3, 2018

Wonder what’s so secretive about the laying of the turf. Obviously something they don’t want people to see.

Grapo2001 · Oct 3, 2018

Wonder if the turf will eventually match the astro turf colour round the outside. Looks weird at the moment.

chrissivad · Oct 3, 2018

coys200 said:
Wonder what’s so secretive about the laying of the turf. Obviously something they don’t want people to see.

Don't think it's anything secretive, probably just due to the site being hit yesterday and trying to find a way of it not crashing again.

Lilbaz · Oct 3, 2018

coys200 said:
That was Rochdale pitch 2 days after being laid. Not saying there is an issue, just saying we’re obviously not in a rush for it to be ready. I actually asked Darren on twitter when it would be playable and he said “ depends on the weather”

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Maybe let them unroll it and give them a couple of days for it to be watered, rolled and got some sunlight then see how it looks?

spursfan77 · Oct 3, 2018

whitesocks said:
I know how this works and I dare say it will not satisfy you but here you go (from ssc):

And I say he is ITK. I should know as I've followed a few.

MP himself is pretty much identifying Dec 15 as the potential first game, then the test events would be late Nov early Dec, as once they've been passed, then we are home and dry (depending on where you sit).

No. I don't understand why the pitch is being laid now. Maybe the grass can only be held in that top matrix alone for so long before it starts to get distressed. And it does look a bit distressed.
Maybe the pitch providers have another pitch to prepare and need the space.
If only we had an expert on grass on here...

I can understand why it’s being laid now. They’ve no idea how the grass is going to react to the stadium or the sliding pitch. They will be laying it ahead of time to check it out and see if it’s ok. If not then they will have given themselves a chance to rip it and relay it and try again. Although I really hope that doesn’t happen. We’ve had enough bad publicity.

Hoopspur · Oct 3, 2018

worcestersauce said:
With the greatest respect do the lifts have to work to stage a football match?

I do know that the 4 lifts in the ‘corners’ are integral to the disabled access. First hand from the club.

Hoopspur · Oct 3, 2018

spursfan77 said:
I can understand why it’s being laid now. They’ve no idea how the grass is going to react to the stadium or the sliding pitch. They will be laying it ahead of time to check it out and see if it’s ok. If not then they will have given themselves a chance to rip it and relay it and try again. Although I really hope that doesn’t happen. We’ve had enough bad publicity.

Maybe they decided they don’t need any more monster cranes or destructive plant on it anymore?

Dougal · Oct 3, 2018

coys200 said:
Wonder what’s so secretive about the laying of the turf. Obviously something they don’t want people to see.

Maybe they're tired of the constant negative analysis.

worcestersauce · Oct 3, 2018

Hoopspur said:
I do know that the 4 lifts in the ‘corners’ are integral to the disabled access. First hand from the club.

Do they need software or can they be off line individually, even manually operated? There's not a lot of floors after all.

Lilbaz · Oct 3, 2018

worcestersauce said:
Do they need software or can they be off line individually, even manually operated? There's not a lot of floors after all.

If they are for disabled in a building for this many people they'd have to be fire lifts and be working for evacuation purposes.

Hoopspur · Oct 3, 2018

worcestersauce said:
Do they need software or can they be off line individually, even manually operated? There's not a lot of floors after all.

Don’t ask me, I’m not a lift engineer or even safety officer. Only know the info as given earlier.

Hoopspur · Oct 3, 2018

Just seen images of the Wembley pitch for tonight and that looks worse tbh!

davidmatzdorf · Oct 3, 2018

eddiev14 said:
Is it just me or does in not look particularly green and vibrant? I mean, I guess when layed next to an astroturf surface it'll never look quite the same colour, and maybe it needs time to take hold in the soil and grow out/be cut?

Any gardeners on here have some insight? I don't have a garden

whitesocks said:
I don't understand why the pitch is being laid now. Maybe the grass can only be held in that top matrix alone for so long before it starts to get distressed. And it does look a bit distressed.
Maybe the pitch providers have another pitch to prepare and need the space.
If only we had an expert on grass on here...

You learn on any course in horticulture that September/October is the best time of year to lay a new lawn. It especially applies to seed-grown swards, but the same reasons also apply to pre-grown turf: there's not going to be heat stress, there's unlikely to be drought and it has enough time to get rooted into place and knitted together before winter stops it growing.

I reckon they're doing it now because any earlier would have been pointless and exposed it to potential damage, but any later risks unfavourable growing conditions.

worcestersauce said:
Don't the sprinklers and growing lights compensate for the vagaries of the weather?

To an extent. But why rely on those when you can just let the sun and air get to it?

Dougal · Oct 3, 2018

Real_madyidd said:
not liking that you have a "shed end".

To be fair, I’d never be able to store all the shit I’ve got in my shed if there was just a shelf at the end of my garden.

theShiznit · Oct 3, 2018

Probably put the cameras back on once the pitch is complete (or slid away)

You can still check progress through time lapse two on the stadium website though (updates ever hour or so)

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