New Stadium Details And Discussions

[Saoirse]

The ticket prices were attractive and tickets were a lot easier to get than they will be st the NWHL

Yep. Will be interested to see how many tourists there are when the "cheap" seats are in the region of £40 for Cat C, £50 for Cat B, and £65 for Cat A.

(Those work out to £980 for a 19 game season, when the cheapest STs barring the Family Area most can't get and the very top of the north/south are £950).

 

[Saoirse]

There's always gonna be people that find it hard.
You can't please everyone, you can only do the overall best.
8pm is too late for the majority of fans to even contemplate hanging around after a match, which is why most football stadiums, even outside of London, see swathes of people leaving before the match has even ended. At WHL and Wembley, there are hundreds of people literally running to the station to beat the crowds. This in itself is dangerous, little kids and the older, less firm fans, can get shoved out of the way (I've seen it happen)

For the proportion of fans that can't get to the match if they finish work on time there are options.
Change your hours that day
Take holiday
Don't go the match

Of course, but I do think we've reached the consensus of 8pm for good reason which is that it's on the whole the best option. You're always going to get that rush because the match is always going to end pretty late and people don't want to have to queue for ages, I don't think it'd be much different an hour earlier. The EFL experimented with earlier kickoffs in the Trophy and it wasn't at all popular and fans voted with their feet.

 

[coys200]

This stadium has a Qatari blood-money with slave labour in Doha level of finish.

Joking aside it does have the feel that anyone of significant wealth in London is gonna want to come here to watch their football. It’s only going to grease the wheels for a sale.

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

Of course, but I do think we've reached the consensus of 8pm for good reason which is that it's on the whole the best option. You're always going to get that rush because the match is always going to end pretty late and people don't want to have to queue for ages, I don't think it'd be much different an hour earlier. The EFL experimented with earlier kickoffs in the Trophy and it wasn't at all popular and fans voted with their feet.

More matches were 7.45pm a few years ago, including all the European matches.
They changed them to 8pm because the penny pinchers wanted to squeeze more matches into an evening having 1 at 5.55pm then another at 8pm

That is nothing to do with suitability for the fans and everything to do with money.
5.55pm games feel like preliminary round Nohoper league matches and 8pm is terrible for home and especially away fans.

 

[Saoirse]

More matches were 7.45pm a few years ago, including all the European matches.
They changed them to 8pm because the penny pinchers wanted to squeeze more matches into an evening having 1 at 5.55pm then another at 8pm

That is nothing to do with suitability for the fans and everything to do with money.
5.55pm games feel like preliminary round Nohoper league matches and 8pm is terrible for home and especially away fans.

That's just the European games which we can't control anyway. Our matches in other tournaments have been 8pm because the club asked for it so fans would have more time to get to Wembley. Once we're home a lot of them will be 7.45 again, not that the 15 minutes makes much difference.

And the 5.55pm games, by the way, are never the home ones for English clubs. They're for clubs at least one time zone further east. Which makes them 6.55PMs, almost exactly the time you're asking for.

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

That's just the European games which we can't control anyway. Our matches in other tournaments have been 8pm because the club asked for it so fans would have more time to get to Wembley. Once we're home a lot of them will be 7.45 again, not that the 15 minutes makes much difference.

And the 5.55pm games, by the way, are never the home ones for English clubs. They're for clubs at least one time zone further east. Which makes them 6.55PMs, almost exactly the time you're asking for.

I personally really notice that 15 minutes.
It might be 15 minutes at the end of the match, but by the time you get to connecting stations, you miss a train by 1 minute, you're waiting 30-40 minutes for the next one.

 

[kmk]

Yep. Will be interested to see how many tourists there are when the "cheap" seats are in the region of £40 for Cat C, £50 for Cat B, and £65 for Cat A.

(Those work out to £980 for a 19 game season, when the cheapest STs barring the Family Area most can't get and the very top of the north/south are £950).

Talking of tourists, I was sat in the Club Wembley section yesterday near two empty seats. The seats would have cost £70 each and the ticket holders arrived in the second half with 60 minutes gone.

The two ladies then asked which team are Spurs.

 

[Saoirse]

Talking of tourists, I was sat in the Club Wembley section yesterday near two empty seats. The seats would have cost £70 each and the ticket holders arrived in the second half with 60 minutes gone.

The two ladies then asked which team are Spurs.

Really don't get people like that - surely a stadium tour and nice meal would be more their thing?! - but fools and their money are easily parted I guess.

 

[Lilbaz]

Talking of tourists, I was sat in the Club Wembley section yesterday near two empty seats. The seats would have cost £70 each and the ticket holders arrived in the second half with 60 minutes gone.

The two ladies then asked which team are Spurs.

Nothing compared to barca. Was in their end and i don't think there was a spanish person in my section. Everyone taking selfies and not really watching the game. Curse of a successful club. But their money is as good as anyone elses and they might become diehard fans in the future so good luck to them.

 

[spursfan77]

The corporate areas are the ones that are going to help make the most money and help keep the cost of the seats down for the rest of us so the finishes have to be good.

 

[kmk]

Really don't get people like that - surely a stadium tour and nice meal would be more their thing?! - but fools and their money are easily parted I guess.

They seemed to be from the Middle East, so

Nothing compared to barca. Was in their end and i don't think there was a spanish person in my section. Everyone taking selfies and not really watching the game. Curse of a successful club. But their money is as good as anyone elses and they might become diehard fans in the future so good luck to them.

That's exactly what these two young women were doing.

 

[Lilbaz]

They seemed to be from the Middle East, so


That's exactly what these two young women were doing.

No i mean everyone. I was at the bottom of the third tier by the corner and there was a litteral qeue of people waiting to sit on the edge with the pitch behind them to get their photo taken. This went on for the whole game. There were maybe only one or two spanish in the whole block.

 

[Woland]

Seen the video....looks INCREDIBLE!
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This stadium has a Qatari blood-money with slave labour in Doha level of finish.

Joking aside it does have the feel that anyone of significant wealth in London is gonna want to come here to watch their football. It’s only going to grease the wheels for a sale.

Opulence, I has it

 

[kmk]

No i mean everyone. I was at the bottom of the third tier by the corner and there was a litteral qeue of people waiting to sit on the edge with the pitch behind them to get their photo taken. This went on for the whole game. There were maybe only one or two spanish in the whole block.

I guess this is what happens in major tourist cities unlike Manchester, where City still haven't sold out their match against Liverpool.

 

[Lilbaz]

I guess this is what happens in major tourist cities unlike Manchester, where City still haven't sold out their match against Liverpool.

Tbf i was in a fairly cheap seat (€95 lol) and barca didn't have anything to play for.

 

[Chinaspur]

The level of finnish is quite extraordinary for a football stadium! Blown away tbh.

 

[Bulletspur]

Really don't get people like that - surely a stadium tour and nice meal would be more their thing?! - but fools and their money are easily parted I guess.

Why be so patronizing? You may be a ST holder but that does not give you any right to be entitled and unwelcoming. THFC is more than just you and should be welcoming to everyone regardless if they are die hard fans or just learning about the club. The first time I watched a match live featuring Tottenham I too asked which one was Spurs. Thirty eight years later I am still an ardent fan. Me a fool, and my money were easily parted then, but no regrets!

 

[mil1lion]

Also, in those days, London had a fraction as many cars to clog up the roads and parking. And a large majority of fans lived locally and could either walk or take a short local bus ride. To put it another way, you didn't have 20,000 selfish fucks insisting on driving to N17 from Hertfordshire and Essex .

They should do a thing where we leave Europe and try and get rid of all the foreigners. That would surely help with the congestion.

 

[Bulletspur]

They should do a thing where we leave Europe and try and get rid of all the foreigners. That would surely help with the congestion.

I honestly do not know if you are joking or not

 

[SpursDave88]

People who went today? does it seem unlikely it will be ready for feb if still a building site now?

Gut tells me we will be at Wembley for the rest of the season...