New Stadium Details And Discussions
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Mattspur
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If sold, could this scupper Levy's plans to host an NFL franchise?
Saoirse
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Almost certainly would. No other reason Shahid Khan would want to own Wembley. Sounds like the NFL have screwed us over.
Lilbaz
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Not sure how you work that out we have a 10 year deal in place.
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Saoirse
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We have a 10-year deal to host 2 games per year. Mattspur asked about the (speculated) franchise, I.E. a full-time London team that'd play 8-12 games per year at our ground permanently.
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10 years isn't a long time. Every chance they could use the contract with the NFL at NWHL as a test period to see if the UK retains its interest in the NFL. If so I can see them preferring Wembley.
All guesswork at the moment, but it's a slightly worrying possibility.
hughy
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How far down the line are we looking before the London franchise potentially gets introduced?
Saoirse
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If Wembley is sold, it could happen within 2-3 years, with the Jacksonville Jaguars moving to Wembley and 2 other showpiece games not involving them each year at NWHL. Going by the fact Khan's put in a formal offer and the NFL has an instant official statement it sounds like they know about this and are willing to sanction the move. They aren't buying a stadium for £800m and briefing to the press that it'd mean no "soccer" matches there at all in the Autumn (with England having to go on tour elsewhere in the country) to host just a couple of games.
Lilbaz
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Fair enough.
spursfan77
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Can’t see it being good news for our future NFL hopes. On the plus side it might scupper Chelsea being able to use Wembley.
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Hmmm, sounds like terrible news
spursfan77
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Could it impact our naming rights too?
a London NFL stadium at Wembley will command more than our stadium you’d imagine?
a London NFL stadium at Wembley will command more than our stadium you’d imagine?
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https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/fo...ocial&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1524743391
What Wembley sale would mean for Tottenham and Daniel Levy’s NFL franchise plan at their new stadium
What Wembley sale would mean for Tottenham and Daniel Levy’s NFL franchise plan at their new stadium
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If the deal goes through you can forget about Chelsea using Wembley. A pitch share between a Premier League team and a NFL team on a natural grass surface is impossible.
Saoirse
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Oh how I'd love to see them play at a half-empty Twickenham miles from the pitch for four years!
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Seems ludicrous that we would change our stadium design to include NFL specific changing room on the off chance they might only play two games in our Stadium a year. Add to that the expense of the retractable pitch. Levy is not that stupid.
Lilbaz
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It's not just nfl though. Concerts and other events can be held with little worry of damaging the pitch.
