Any news on the stadium

[Stoof]

Though I'm not entirely sure how it's going to work because the East Stand is a listed building and can't be knocked down.

It's a myth.

It simply requires consent and has to go through tighter controls than a non-listed building. But to say it can't be knocked down because of listing is not right, good sir.

As llama said, there are also different grades. :up:

 

[domw001]

This may have been raised before, so shoot me down in flames if it has.

I have been thinking about this new ground thingy over the last few weeks and Sunday really put into perspective the need for a new ground.

I was lucky enough to be at The Lane to watch Ar5ena1 get their arses handed to them but not lucky enough to get a ticket for the final. The oversubscription must have been incredible and highlighting more than ever we have more fans than seats.

60,000 seats would be filled every home game, no problem, and obviously it would still be a bit of a lottery come Cup Final time but it would be easier for more fans to have first option on a final ticket.

A new stadium has to be built and this is where I have a problem.

Identity.

When I was a boy, ‘Boro played at Ayresome Park, Derby played at the Baseball Ground, Citeh played at Maine Road, Sunderland – Roker Park, the Ar5e - Highbury, I could go on.
The common thing is with these clubs there seems to be nothing in their new stadium names that connects with their histories. The only club in recent memory that has tried to retain some sense of identity is Millwall moving from The Den to The New Den.

If we are to build a new "Home of the Gods" is there anything us, the fans, could do to influence the naming of a new stadium or are we purely in the hand of the marketing and money men.

White Hart Stadium could be your starter for ten. Even if it was built in Antarctica you’d know it was the home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club




Additional Thought for the day: My dad used to say to me "If you don’t play with that toy properly I'm taking it off you".
I'm reminded of that statement every time I see the figure of 52,000 seats at St James Park

 

[oasis_yid]

I hope that we dont have a stadium with the same design as MK?

The company helped build it - not design it - Spurs were there to look at employing them to do some work on the new Stadium for us.

I agree - I don't like the MK one - think it is really basic and boring.

 

[domw001]

New Stadium Mentioned in Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/02/28/sfntot128.xml


Nothing we don't already know about but there's a quote.

"Despite reports that the Spaniard will have £40 million to spend during the summer, the directors feel the current squad is strong enough to achieve the club's aims."

Usual media BS. Doesn't actually say whos directors.
Every clubs except Spurs I suppopse.

 

[Adam456]

Something like the 'New Anfield' would be nice (see below), with 55,000 to 60,000 required

You're joking aren't you ? We have the opportunity to poke the Scum in the eye by building a bit bigger. Even if it was just, say, 62,000 we'd have a bigger stadium and it would cost them a fortune to do anything about it.

I happen to think that we'd fill more seats than them anyway so the bigger the better for me although I realise there is a capacity above which it will be uneconomic.

i.e. 'expected' revenue from extra seats over debt repayment lifetime < cost of building extra seats plus interest

 

[Evolution]

Hehe fair one Adam

Would be nice to stick one into the Ar5ena1 at the same time

 

[DC_Boy]

55-57,000 at the Lane would do me fine -it can be very useful not to have too big a stadium

if we could fill that at the type of prices we charge plus all the prem TV money we'd probably get in the the top 10 rich list even without CL money

however if a 60,000+ stadium could be built without sacrificing the views and acoustics too much - then fine

 

[Real_madyidd]

Forgive me, if ...

No.

 

[General Levy]

To have a 61,000 seater would be great. Bigger than Arsenal's, and they cannot increase capacity.:hello:

 

[Stoof]

I think to wind-up the Arsenal fans we should do 62,051.

 

[Dibby]

There is talk of buying the land directly above whl and building a new stadium there.

Awesome!!!

The world's first hover-stadium!

 

[SpurSince57]

The club seems to be thinking in terms of 50,000; the reasoning is, it may not be possible to pack out a 60,000-seater for every game, leading to unsightly gaps—and if punters realise that they can just turn up on the day and buy a ticket, season ticket sales will take a knock.

This, anyway, from a club representative BOF spoke to at a meeting a while back. There's a thread somewhere or other.

 

[nickspurs]

The key is to get a capacity that is nearly always going to fill, brings in lots more matchday revenue, keeps the season ticket highly sought after but also has a future expansion option.

I think 50-55K is fine for stage I and I'd love to think we could move to 65K and beyond in stage II.

 

[EmperorKabir]

we could pack out 60k each game if the club employ a good advertising strategy.

If prices are slightly reduced on tickets, or even kept the same, and spurs advertise their matches are 'quality premiership football' as oppose to support spurs, then we should fill the gaps with just plain old tourists who just want to see a good match.

So 100% of people who want to see us live will be there, and eventually, the tourists who fall in love with the club will become real fans until we start packing in 60k every week.

 

[EmperorKabir]

*60k a week of pure fans (re: my last sentence)

 

[Jinx the Cat]

There are other factors to consider :

The transport links around WHL would need to be improved. The rail links would need updating and dispersal from the stadium is problematic - it still amazes me that people are driving along the high road at 4:55pm on a Saturday when Spurs at home!!

The long term money remaining in football. Many fans have already been priced out of attending football matches and if the TV money does dry out then its bust time.

Would we fill it every game? Like any other club only if we are a success on the pitch and to this end i think the club has the right order of priority with money on the squad and the training centre coming first.

For me the redevelopment of the East Stand in 1990 was a missed opportunity. The lower side is OK, but the shelf was narrowed and only kept after fans protests, to accommodate the exec boxes, the upper tier is far too small and for the size the stand occpupies there is a lot of wasted space.

I would develop WHL bit by bit- we have the land behind the West Stand - do away with the upper tier and build a huge arching tier that forms into the away support and paxton road end - i would then re-develop the east stand upper section and have two tiers ( like Man Utds east stand )

A capacity of 50,000 plus would suit us fine. Big is not always best, WHL has a great atmosphere and i would not like to see us in bowl indentkit stadium that looks completely emotionless with no sense of history and identity.

 

[General Levy]

I would Spurs to sell WHL and build a brand new stadium near the Victoria train depot.

 

[sundancer]

Would like to see a 55,000 capacity with options to increase if needed.

 

[nightgoat]

A new stadium has to be built and this is where I have a problem.

Identity.

When I was a boy, ‘Boro played at Ayresome Park, Derby played at the Baseball Ground, Citeh played at Maine Road, Sunderland – Roker Park, the Ar5e - Highbury, I could go on.
The common thing is with these clubs there seems to be nothing in their new stadium names that connects with their histories. The only club in recent memory that has tried to retain some sense of identity is Millwall moving from The Den to The New Den.

If we are to build a new "Home of the Gods" is there anything us, the fans, could do to influence the naming of a new stadium or are we purely in the hand of the marketing and money men.

White Hart Stadium could be your starter for ten. Even if it was built in Antarctica you’d know it was the home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

If it's going to be, say, where General Levy's marked out, we could easily just keep the name White Hart Lane...

 

[Kendall]

we wouldn't though

any new stadium is bound to have a sponsor's name