New Stadium Details And Discussions

[absolute bobbins]

Why are so many people actually putting credence in what that bullshitter has said? Stadium MK may happen, may not. Wembley may happen and it may not.

However I can guarantee that Spurs will not be going on some magical roadshow between Brent, Milton Keynes and North America. If you for some reason you still believe what Knob has said then watch this video,

log off from SC and rethink your life.

 

[SpurSince57]

Why are so many people actually putting credence in what that bullshitter has said? Stadium MK may happen, may not. Wembley may happen and it may not.

However I can guarantee that Spurs will not be going on some magical roadshow between Brent, Milton Keynes and North America. If you for some reason you still believe what Knob has said then watch this video,

log off from SC and rethink your life.

As someone posted a while back, it's unthinkable that we wouldn't have alternative plans in place just in case of further serious delay; are these going to be needed? At the moment, it looks as if they're not, with preparatory work in full swing—a massive crane went up yesterday. It seems to me that either the club is going ahead regardless of whether or not Archway lodge an appeal, or that it knows something we don't. At the moment, I see no reason why we shouldn't be at the stage where a two-thirds finished stadium is open for business at the start of 2016-17.

I'll believe the evidence of what I see on a day-to-day basis rather than ITKs.

 

[Teddy Klinsmann]

Posted on Twitter this morning by BBC commentator Steve Wilson.

@SteveWilson1967: The beginnings of the new White Hart Lane.

 

[beats1]

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Posted on Twitter this morning by BBC commentator Steve Wilson.

@SteveWilson1967: The beginnings of the new White Hart Lane.

Digger looks lonely, I think we should bring him some more friends

 

[Twizzle]

That excavator operator is gonna have a job building the new stadium by his self.

 

[Lilbaz]

That excavator operator is gonna have a job building the new stadium by his self.

Typical Levy going for the cheap option

 

[spursfan77]

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Posted on Twitter this morning by BBC commentator Steve Wilson.

@SteveWilson1967: The beginnings of the new White Hart Lane.

Ive posted some on COYS from Thursday night. That digger hasn't moved since then......makes you wonder how long its been sat like that!

 

[Spurs Lodge Kittens]

Quick query/theory - happy for those of you more up to speed on these things to shoot me down - but could the reason we've come out of the last few transfer windows with a positive balance be because Levy is stashing away all the extra TV income etc that is coming our way, which other teams are using to buy players, so that our naming rights deal / loan is smaller / more manageable and more likely to be taken up by a sponsor??

It seems to me that if this practice went on for other windows then this extra '30/40m' that is talked about for the new TV deal could go someway to us not even needing a sponsor for the stadium. Is that at all possible?

 

[SteveH]

Quick query/theory - happy for those of you more up to speed on these things to shoot me down - but could the reason we've come out of the last few transfer windows with a positive balance be because Levy is stashing away all the extra TV income etc that is coming our way, which other teams are using to buy players, so that our naming rights deal / loan is smaller / more manageable and more likely to be taken up by a sponsor??

It seems to me that if this practice went on for other windows then this extra '30/40m' that is talked about for the new TV deal could go someway to us not even needing a sponsor for the stadium. Is that at all possible?

This has been my thinking. The cost of buying land around WHL must have been huge. I would have thought way in excess of £40m IMHO

 

[Spurs Lodge Kittens]

If there is a chance we pay more of our 'own' money towards the new stadium then surely this is a good thing? It might just go some way to explain why we've not really had a negative spend since the season we panicked in January at the threat of relegation.

Roguh estimations you'd usually associate with a club like ours is a transfer budget of 20 - 30/40m each season. If we've not used any of that in the past four or five years, then perhaps there's £140m or so paid towards our new stadium. Perhaps we're thinking we don't need naming rights to finish it off - rather a decent sized loan/financing?

 

[TheAmerican]

If there is a chance we pay more of our 'own' money towards the new stadium then surely this is a good thing? It might just go some way to explain why we've not really had a negative spend since the season we panicked in January at the threat of relegation.

Roguh estimations you'd usually associate with a club like ours is a transfer budget of 20 - 30/40m each season. If we've not used any of that in the past four or five years, then perhaps there's £140m or so paid towards our new stadium. Perhaps we're thinking we don't need naming rights to finish it off - rather a decent sized loan/financing?

I would imagine that we'd want the naming rights to be a means of profit for years to come, and something to not rely upon for the completion of the stadium. Bringing in £25m-30m a year over 5 years or so could be huge. We must have learned from Arsenal how to do it better.

 

[Spurs Lodge Kittens]

Yeah the naming rights is an income stream isn't it. I'm sure we'd love the stadium to remain WHL but it doesn't make financial sense to do that now.

Perhaps not spending on transfers is simply a way to reduce the loan burden the club will have to undertake from a bank.

 

[Block D Spurs]

I think, that Levy has saved some cash flow towards the stadium build, so borrow less pay back quicker, stadium is debt free. Naming rights will be a major part of THFC income for say 10 years, and would be a U.S.P. in selling should ENIC decide to do so. As Levy is a sharp business man, i really can't see him missing this point.

 

[cornelius knob]

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Posted on Twitter this morning by BBC commentator Steve Wilson.

@SteveWilson1967: The beginnings of the new White Hart Lane.

A picture of a digger, 2 travel cones and a couple of puddles gets 10 likes, a winner, and an informative... Only on Spurs Community

 

[Lilywhiteinoz]

An up to date timeline and costing from the club would be handy.
But then again it is a private company and perhaps we not willing to air our finances nor our dirty laundry.
Oh come Daniel just do it.

 

[Block D Spurs]

IMO.. THFC was taken back into private ownership by ENIC so they could get on with the infrastructure of building the club to the level needed for a challenge, to top 4 in PL. Because the Stock Exchange regs. were restricting what they could do. We are about halfway, Enfield Training Ground built.. as stadium delayed by over 3 years (archway steel UK recession etc.) and the revenue from this and other sources. As Lilywhite says, some info. from D. Levy would be welcome, as he can encourage the supporters to reduce their criticisms of how ENIC are running our club. However they do not need to do so, as they own THFC and can do what they want to do within UK legal framework.

ENIC have improved THFC in that we are now about the 12th richest club in Europe, and starting to attract higher number of better quality players.. Hugo Lloris, as an example over say.. Ian Walker.

 

[Block D Spurs]

To Lilywhiteoz.. did you notice in the photo above, behind the JCB... the building is called... Lilywhite House

 

[Booney]

I'd hope for some kind of major announcement shortly after the CPO appeal deadline runs out on September 10th.

Levy is a lot of things but stupid isn't one of them. With all of our competitors splashing the transfer cash he'll know that the fans will soon get restless unless we're offered some kind of explanation as to where our finances are being directed. Most won't find a new Sainsburys and a lonely digger as exciting as Alexis Sanchez or Falcao. We need and deserve something a little more 'concrete'.

 

[worcestersauce]

Interesting theme developing in this thread, the idea that we are holding onto the purse strings before we build the stadium so that we can really compete once its built unlike arsenal who built theirs then restricted their spending to pay the mortgage afterwards.
Could there be any truth in this?

 

[spursfan77]

Interesting theme developing in this thread, the idea that we are holding onto the purse strings before we build the stadium so that we can really compete once its built unlike arsenal who built theirs then restricted their spending to pay the mortgage afterwards.
Could there be any truth in this?

I don't think so. I think in the past it was more about using money to buy up land around the ground (now owned by other ENIC companies) which in total might cost a bit.

I hope it's a case of saving money now to spend on the stadium at a later date but I'm not sure in our last accounts whether this cash was seen as being held by the club. I guess we won't know if it is the case until the next set of accounts are available.