New Stadium Details And Discussions

[Finchyid]

Thought we might get some test event news... oh well

Last couple of fixtures updates (Watford and Arsenal), we've had on the Wednesday, 3 weeks before they are scheduled to play.
Following that logic it seems we should get an update around 20th Feb.

They cant till they have got a certificate

 

[hakano]

They cant till they have got a certificate

Is that true though given they announced them previously without a certificate. I guess they can but they don't want to after the previous fiasco.

 

[mark87]

Wow what a bunch of ****s

Edit. Should clarify this is about the Leicester fans and not those in charge of our club.

 

[NickHSpurs]

Absolutely pointless token update with no information what-so-ever, the most vague yet!

 

[Sandro30]

Absolutely pointless token update with no information what-so-ever, the most vague yet!

Really?

Is this not information? We can today report that remedial works on the safety systems in the new stadium are near completion and we shall then move forward to the final stages of testing the fire detection and alarm system and its integration with the other safety systems.

 

[ValenciaYid]

Foxes Thoughts on the new Stadium

Spurs are just an incompetently run club anyway

legends on the pitch, legends in the ownership and bottling their stadium. At least they are consistent

Does look good doesn't it? Fans close to the pitch as well.

Looks very nice tbh. That big single tiered Kop will be sensational.

Fair play to Spurs having a stadium which isnt the usual boring designs, looking forward to seeing a City match in person there at some point. Pity its in an absolute shithole of an area


Half a billion pounds

Remember that Arsenal took a decade to pay back half of a debt much smaller than this, and became much more careful spenders just as huge foreign money came into other clubs. (If you think Wenger’s management was the only reason for their decline, I beg to differ.)

Even Man U, the sponsorship-generating giants of English football, sometimes watch pennies due to the Glazers’ debt. Here come Spurs with a bigger loan, just as interest rates are rising for the first time in years. And Brexit and/or the world economy going into recession could easily trash corporate spending in the UK. Drying up the well Levy is surely planning to tap.

That would leave Spurs’ STHs to make up tens of millions a year in debt service. Daniel, turn that Cheese Room into a Beer Garden !

I speculate, of course, but this could be Spursy indeed. Will they become a selling club for the next decade? Let’s make a January offer for Son and find out.


This stadium is going to be the dogs bollocks to be fair.

Looks nice but 100% it'll be quiet. Can't wait though.

Below is from 18 Dec
Spurs desperately hoping the stadium will be ready in time for their Europa League games in the New Year....

Ngl, I'm a fan. Love the "kop" bit. Definitely fancy an away trip when it's open. Shame we had our new stadium built in the identikit era along with Derby, Soton et all because Brighton's and now this are superb.

Thats a nice looking cock stadium.

Does it look like if the Etihad and the Emirates had a baby to anyone else?

I don't like the curve of the stand opposite the big stand but the rest of that ground is sensational.

Agreed. Loads of moaning and mocking by other fans, but boy oh boy, this ground

Just a shame it looks so absolutely out of place from the outside.

Looks like the best stadium in the league, fair play! Reminds me of the Donbass which is probably the best stadium I have ever been in.

Can't wait to go. I always liked going to White Hart Lane but this looks impressive.


Sums up levy and their shit house ownership. It's all about money. They couldn't give a single **** about their fans, the community or country. No tradition and no heritage. Awful, scummy club who think they're important because Danny Blanchflower once played for them. They've even devalued the prestige of Wembley in their efforts to save a few pennies. I'd be embarrassed to support them.

looks great that ground does, fantastic job.

Please bankrupt them. Please bankrupt them. Please bankrupt them.

Been shown loads and loads of pictures taken inside the stadium and in fairness, it is an impressive sports venue. The scale is hard to get from pictures but I’m told it feels absolutely huge.

Posted 30 Jan (Spurs vs Watford on a Wednesday winter night - cold snap incl.)
29k at Wembley tonight. Even the fans have had enough of it.


Less 3,000 Watford fans
Less 2,000 (approx) tourists
Less 4,000 corporate & hospitality tickets
Gives Tottenham a hardcore of 20,000 supporters.
Will never be a big club.

We took more than that to the Community Shield. (Leicester vs Man Utd, summer's day outing)

Yeah you can definitely compare the two events... (this guy gets it)

Why dont they just delay it until next season. The league should just force them to stay at wembley now its beyond a joke. Have a new stadium for new season, new hype might do them good. Im sure it will be an awesome stadium when completed but they deserve to have the best of something in the EPL as the league title they will never win. Side note: instead of fancy manager/player seats will they just install wooden ikea chairs?

I think they want Pochettino to manage in the new stadium. He’ll be off in the summer. (Bitter tears of hope)


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Wow, a real mix of admiration, jealousy, hatred and hope in our downfall. I'm surprised they aren't all on medication with all those conflicting emotions.

And to think they were the winning sperms...

 

[Hoopspur]

Christ, they really hate us. So much unsubstantiated bitter nonsense in there ("Spurs are just an incompetently run club anyway" - WTF is that guy on?).

Nonetheless satisfying to see that most of them acknowledge the stadium looks amazing despite their twat tinted spectacles.

Mind you, some of those emotions have been voiced, or questioned, maybe in slightly different ways, by our very own fans within this forum! OK to say it about ourselves, but other teams fans - pah?! Hand on heart, and until we are playing there, I can't 100% allow myself to think this will be the best thing ever. It should be, but will it better my pilgrimage to the old stadium?

Sounds like I'm knocking our new stadium, but I can assure you I'm not.

Edit - am I poking a hornets nest with a stick?

 

[Saoirse]

Really?

Is this not information? We can today report that remedial works on the safety systems in the new stadium are near completion and we shall then move forward to the final stages of testing the fire detection and alarm system and its integration with the other safety systems.

Yes. It means we're in all likelihood at Wembley for the rest of the season. They haven't even finished the works yet, let alone passed all the tests, got certificates, organised test events with a couple of weeks notice, sorted any remedial work that arises from them etc. At best we'll move in in April but that's assuming there's no more hiccups - and there've been worse than hiccups at every point so far it seems.

On the bright side, it does sound as though it should be ready for the start of next season. Maybe we can even have a home friendly.

 

[Shadydan]

Pointless giving those Leicester fans the time of day.

 

[luRRka]

Spurs literally cant win. "Why are they not updating us?!" Update arrives. "Pointless update with no information"

 

[Saoirse]

Spurs literally cant win. "Why are they not updating us?!" Update arrives. "Pointless update with no information"

It's not that difficult.

a) Don't promise an update in a certain timescale if you aren't certain it can be met.
b) If some extraordinary circumstance means you have to go back on it, explain that to the fans. If it's truly extraordinary they'll understand. If not, see a)
c) Having told a mistruth to people who's money you've already taken for a product you're failing to deliver, expect a negative reaction if the update eventually arrives eight days late with no positive information and an inivtation to pay more than we did last season to watch us play Arsenal at Wembley.

 

[therhinospeaks]

It's not that difficult.

a) Don't promise an update in a certain timescale if you aren't certain it can be met.
b) If some extraordinary circumstance means you have to go back on it, explain that to the fans. If it's truly extraordinary they'll understand. If not, see a)
c) Having told a mistruth to people who's money you've already taken for a product you're failing to deliver, expect a negative reaction if the update eventually arrives eight days late with no positive information and an inivtation to pay more than we did last season to watch us play Arsenal at Wembley.

Well said that man.

 

[spursfan77]

We can today report that remedial works on the safety systems in the new stadium are near completion and we shall then move forward to the final stages of testing the fire detection and alarm system and its integration with the other safety systems.

The success of this testing is critical to our ability to obtain a safety certificate and open the stadium.

We can confirm, therefore, that we shall play our Premier League match against Arsenal on Saturday 2 March at 12.30pm at Wembley Stadium.

Daniel Levy, Chairman, said: "Once again, thank you all for bearing with us and for the great support we have received from so many different quarters. These next few weeks are pivotal."

We shall provide a further update in due course. Ticketing and refund details for the Arsenal fixture will follow shortly.

Confirmation then of what we have known for a while.

I bet there’s a lot of people getting riled up on social media about now but the club can’t do much more in terms of the new stadium (not Wembley) than they are. They are as motivated to get in there as we are.

 

[chrissivad]

If you have issues with Levy and Co the go find one of the threads in spurs chat.

 

[vicbob]

I absolutely am. It's like Levy's dreamland on this site. Talk about mug army.

Oh bollocks to you you miserable sod. Unfortunately, despite being offered one, I am not in a position to afford a season ticket.
However, I go when I can, and despite hating the Wembley experience, still continue to support the team when I can.
I know many season ticket holders and sympathise with the situation, but do you honestly think Levy planned this or is happy with the situation??
Its a cock up, unfortunate, inconvenient, disappointing and many other adjectives, but your reaction may just be a little OTT??

 

[absolute bobbins]

Foxes Thoughts on the new Stadium

Spurs are just an incompetently run club anyway

legends on the pitch, legends in the ownership and bottling their stadium. At least they are consistent

Does look good doesn't it? Fans close to the pitch as well.

Looks very nice tbh. That big single tiered Kop will be sensational.

Fair play to Spurs having a stadium which isnt the usual boring designs, looking forward to seeing a City match in person there at some point. Pity its in an absolute shithole of an area


Half a billion pounds

Remember that Arsenal took a decade to pay back half of a debt much smaller than this, and became much more careful spenders just as huge foreign money came into other clubs. (If you think Wenger’s management was the only reason for their decline, I beg to differ.)

Even Man U, the sponsorship-generating giants of English football, sometimes watch pennies due to the Glazers’ debt. Here come Spurs with a bigger loan, just as interest rates are rising for the first time in years. And Brexit and/or the world economy going into recession could easily trash corporate spending in the UK. Drying up the well Levy is surely planning to tap.

That would leave Spurs’ STHs to make up tens of millions a year in debt service. Daniel, turn that Cheese Room into a Beer Garden !

I speculate, of course, but this could be Spursy indeed. Will they become a selling club for the next decade? Let’s make a January offer for Son and find out.


This stadium is going to be the dogs bollocks to be fair.

Looks nice but 100% it'll be quiet. Can't wait though.

Below is from 18 Dec
Spurs desperately hoping the stadium will be ready in time for their Europa League games in the New Year....

Ngl, I'm a fan. Love the "kop" bit. Definitely fancy an away trip when it's open. Shame we had our new stadium built in the identikit era along with Derby, Soton et all because Brighton's and now this are superb.

Thats a nice looking cock stadium.

Does it look like if the Etihad and the Emirates had a baby to anyone else?

I don't like the curve of the stand opposite the big stand but the rest of that ground is sensational.

Agreed. Loads of moaning and mocking by other fans, but boy oh boy, this ground

Just a shame it looks so absolutely out of place from the outside.

Looks like the best stadium in the league, fair play! Reminds me of the Donbass which is probably the best stadium I have ever been in.

Can't wait to go. I always liked going to White Hart Lane but this looks impressive.


Sums up levy and their shit house ownership. It's all about money. They couldn't give a single **** about their fans, the community or country. No tradition and no heritage. Awful, scummy club who think they're important because Danny Blanchflower once played for them. They've even devalued the prestige of Wembley in their efforts to save a few pennies. I'd be embarrassed to support them.

looks great that ground does, fantastic job.

Please bankrupt them. Please bankrupt them. Please bankrupt them.

Been shown loads and loads of pictures taken inside the stadium and in fairness, it is an impressive sports venue. The scale is hard to get from pictures but I’m told it feels absolutely huge.

Posted 30 Jan (Spurs vs Watford on a Wednesday winter night - cold snap incl.)
29k at Wembley tonight. Even the fans have had enough of it.


Less 3,000 Watford fans
Less 2,000 (approx) tourists
Less 4,000 corporate & hospitality tickets
Gives Tottenham a hardcore of 20,000 supporters.
Will never be a big club.

We took more than that to the Community Shield. (Leicester vs Man Utd, summer's day outing)

Yeah you can definitely compare the two events... (this guy gets it)

Why dont they just delay it until next season. The league should just force them to stay at wembley now its beyond a joke. Have a new stadium for new season, new hype might do them good. Im sure it will be an awesome stadium when completed but they deserve to have the best of something in the EPL as the league title they will never win. Side note: instead of fancy manager/player seats will they just install wooden ikea chairs?

I think they want Pochettino to manage in the new stadium. He’ll be off in the summer. (Bitter tears of hope)


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Wow, a real mix of admiration, jealousy, hatred and hope in our downfall. I'm surprised they aren't all on medication with all those conflicting emotions.

I love it when the plebs use their narrow frame of reference to talk about corporate finance because yeah, we obviously just strolled down to the high road to the local branch of Nationwide for a mortgage.

 

[NickHSpurs]

Really?

Is this not information? We can today report that remedial works on the safety systems in the new stadium are near completion and we shall then move forward to the final stages of testing the fire detection and alarm system and its integration with the other safety systems.

Come off it mate, it's so much more vague. It's basically the same update other than the remedial works are "near completion" but it's even less commital than the last one that promised an update in 2-3 weeks. Now it's just "due course". It feels like it was a token gesture purely because they missed the last update deadline they set themselves, with no new information.

 

[Coq_Au_Ginge]

In other stadium related news.

Cheers!

 

[vegassd]

Come off it mate, it's so much more vague. It's basically the same update other than the remedial works are "near completion" but it's even less commital than the last one that promised an update in 2-3 weeks. Now it's just "due course". It feels like it was a token gesture purely because they missed the last update deadline they set themselves, with no new information.

But if there isn't anything of substance to report, what do you want them to say?

I would imagine that people have been nagging on about "you said '2-3 weeks' but it's been 28 days" so they felt compelled to put out an update even though there is nothing new to say. If people are unable to deal with the realities of life, this is the sort of response you are going to get.

There's nothing to say so they said nothing.

 

[mil1lion]

The trouble is it's not really the clubs fault if they haven't got an update. Surely they're waiting for those working on the stadium to update them. If they were told to expect an update in 2-3 weeks then of course that's what they're going to pass on to the fans. If it takes longer than that then it's just more delays from the team working on it. The club is essentially just a messenger who can only tell us what they've been told. I'm sure Levy is there regularly chasing them up which is about as much as he can do. It's really the team working on the stadium that is frustrating me. I'm not sure if they're just not working hard enough (too busy on twitter) or under too much pressure to deliver unlikely deadlines. Either way the project that Mace are behind is running way behind schedule. I'm sure Daniel Levy is as upset as anyone.