New Stadium Details And Discussions

coys200 said:

Let’s be honest Chris is a lovely guy. But he knows absolutely nothing more than anyone standing outside with a camera. He’s info has continuously been wrong the whole build. He said the club shop was opening about 6 months ago. The main reason I give Kramer credibility is because: As far as i’m Aware he is the first person that you can 100% say is working on the site and info is coming straight from him. Not some Chinese whisper as in my mates brother sister blah blah. Second I’ve followed him on twitter for a while and see no reason why he would lie as seems a straight up guy. Thirdly he’s a proper spurs supporter, when Chris asks a few workman their opinion most are probably Arsenal or West Ham and on a wind up. I’ve been following the build closely on various platforms for 2 years and imo he is the most consistent reliable source I’ve seen. Of course this is just my feeling and I may be wrong. And of course Kramer himself may simply be wrong. And I’m probably more dismissive of positive rumours regarding the opening because basically over the last 6 months they’ve all been unfounded and the realistic ( negative) have all been true.

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thebenjamin said:

the question isn't whether Kramer would lie -- it's why Daniel Levy would tell Mauricio Pochettino, who then tells the entire world, that it will be open before Christmas, if somebody who has a lot less knowledge of the situation, like Kramer, knows for sure it won't be?

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DogsOfWar said:

The marketing wouldn't be for event organisers, it would be to create awareness of a new arena offering the 'Tottenham experience.'
How many tourists visit the Bernabou, or climb up the O2?
We can offer tours, skywalk, museum, NFL megastore plus bars and restaurants to drag in visitors to a, potentially, iconic stadium for football, NFL, and music.
This would create revenue 7 days a week for the lifetime of the stadium as well as increasing the value of any naming rights deal.
Combined with the area/transport regeneration it would attract and keep visitors in Tottenham all day and, therefore, spending their money on us and the local area all day.
The potential for increased daily revenue may outweigh any single match day and a 'free' worldwide advert could be hard to turn down.

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thebenjamin said:

the question isn't whether Kramer would lie -- it's why Daniel Levy would tell Mauricio Pochettino, who then tells the entire world, that it will be open before Christmas, if somebody who has a lot less knowledge of the situation, like Kramer, knows for sure it won't be?

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coys200 said:

Levy told our whole fan base it would be ready for September 15th and proceeded to sell circa £80m worth of ST and hospitality. And seem to remember he promised 100% it would ready on time in a meeting with Pochettino sitting right next to him.Not exactly sure Levy is the most reliable source.

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coys200 said:

Levy told our whole fan base it would be ready for September 15th and proceeded to sell circa £80m worth of ST and hospitality. And seem to remember he promised 100% it would ready on time in a meeting with Pochettino sitting right next to him.Not exactly sure Levy is the most reliable source.

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3.1 PH asked whether the stadium build was on schedule, noting that the roof was a little later than anticipated.
DL explained that the compression ring had been completed last weekend and the roof lift was scheduled to be completed in the next fortnight. Bad weather and high winds had caused the minor delay.
DL said the build was incredibly complex and it was impossible to give an exact date as to when the stadium would be completed. However, everyone is working towards being in the new stadium next season and would be extremely disappointed were this not the case.
Once the roof has been completed, there’s still a significant amount of technical work to do.

3.2 PH asked for contingency plans for any over run.
DL said that although a contingency plan was in place everyone was 100% focused on achieving the budgeted timescale. Certainly no talks had been held with Wembley over extending their residency and that there was no intention of activating any extension clause unless it was absolutely necessary.
DL stated he was confident, as far as was possible, that they would hit the build deadline.
Season ticket sales would open in the next few weeks.
DL thought it was likely they would request to play the first few matches of the 2018-19 season away from home. This had always been the case.

3.3 DL confirmed there was no possibility of opening the stadium at a reduced capacity.
SF reassured that any rumours to the contrary on social media had been clarified and corrected.

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coys200 said:

Can’t find video but this.

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coys200 said:

The 2nd is from a fans forum on December 11th that the guy was attending.

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coys200 said:

Levy told our whole fan base it would be ready for September 15th and proceeded to sell circa £80m worth of ST and hospitality. And seem to remember he promised 100% it would ready on time in a meeting with Pochettino sitting right next to him.Not exactly sure Levy is the most reliable source.

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coys200 said:

How much more do you want. He said infront of a room full of people with Pochettino sitting right next to him it would be ready. I don’t want to say lie, but he has given out false info 3 or 4 times. If you still want to believe him up to you.

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