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mil1lion

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I do think that with the failure to add to the squad and the lack of information about the stadium for a few weeks, now is the time to give us an update.

When will the 2 test events go on sale?
When will the Liverpool match go on sale?

HOW finished will it be on Sept 15th?
Liverpool wont have a changing room and no subs bench
 

Josiebyar

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Last year I renovated my house, took a month longer than intended and at the time decided against moving back in until everything had been completed - im a bit OCD like that. I wanted things to be as perfect as possible.

I suspect Levy is the same and doesnt want an incomplete stadium which the worlds cameras will be placed on, Whilst frusrating id rather move in when things are done up rather than resembling a building site regardless. If that means waiting a couple of months then so be it, the project is an accelerated one and was always ambitious but the fact that we are even at this stage is still a success.


Are we seriously comparing a billion pound project to a house renovation? :LOL:
 

Roynie

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The club haven't told us which parts will be completed because they don't know. It's an ongoing development and a vastly complex one, so it's changing every week, as Mace redeploy labour to different jobs and as numerous deliveries of materials either do or do not arrive "just in time".

There's a list of targets on Mace's office wall that is the critical path stuff. That all has to be finished or the certificates don't get granted and the stadium doesn't open on 15 Sept. There's no way they are going to make that list public, because the press and the fans and the besserwissers would be all over it, preset agendas on display, over-analysing it, trotting out spurious "evidence" to prove what they want to prove and ramping up the usual pre-completion panic and nonsense.

The rest is optional. It doesn't dictate whether we play Liverpool in the new stadium. With the exception of the pitch, which is already pre-grown and just needs to be laid as soon as the substrata has been readied and they no longer have to run anything damaging across it, virtually everything that people point up as evidence that the stadium will be/won't be ready by 15 September is not on the critical path.

But the main thing is that no one knows what will be finished. It's a set of targets, some of which are essential, some of which are desirable and some of which are optional.

FYP ......... :D:D:D

WTF are besserwissers?
 

Hoopspur

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So the solution is journalists alerting the club that their planning on stirring the pot?

We already know the club has taken a backup option on Wembley. What's the news news here?
There would be no way that this possibility would not have come out in the press. It doesn’t affect me personally that much as I live in Nort London, but there are some that it does, and some that have elected not to go to Wembley. It is respect for them, keep them in the loop and to reassure them really. And in total respect of this ‘news’.
 

Paolo10

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Doesn't mean it has no basis...activating an agreement and having an agreement in place are different, yes?
 

spursfan77

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Keep on hearing about lack of communication with the fans. What are they going to communicate? So far we plan on playing against liverpool on the 15th the club will only tell us if that changes. If not what are they going to say?

I know some our fans need someone to hold their hands and tell them things are going to be ok but that is their mothers job not the clubs.

Twitter is really bringing out the bed wetters. We have a lot of fans who are absolute tools.
 

absolute bobbins

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Quite a few running with it now.
So? It sounds like you don’t actually understand the situation.

We have taken up an option which makes very good footballing and business sense. We do not need to use the option, think of it as though we’ve taken out insurance rather than committing to a lease.

As our intentions have not changed there is nothing that needs to be communicated to the fans. We probably won’t need to communicate anything to the fans until as little as a week before the game.

Now that you understand all of that, chill out and sack up.
 

DogsOfWar

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But the stadium is not earning that...

The artist, or the management company is renting the stadium for a fee - and its not for the price of the tickets.

I have no idea how it was broken down, just what was on their website a year or so ago. It was something along the lines of £250 million from 32 concerts.

I just assumed they paid the artist to play, or gave the artist a percentage of the gate/merchandise.
 

cider spurs

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BREAKING...Spurs cover all bases by reserving Wembley to play matches in the eventuality that we can't play our expected fixture against Liverpool on the 15th Sept at NWHL and maybe some fixtures after.

BREAKING...Meltdown ensues as a result of a Neil Ashton tweet and some fans inability to actually read and digest what is really happening here.

BREAKING...:sleep:
 

Lou3000

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BREAKING...Spurs cover all bases by reserving Wembley to play matches in the eventuality that we can't play our expected fixture against Liverpool on the 15th Sept at NWHL and maybe some fixtures after.

BREAKING...Meltdown ensues as a result of a Neil Ashton tweet and some fans inability to actually read and digest what is really happening here.

BREAKING...:sleep:

This is how I read it. Spurs are being prudent in insuring they have an option to extend their stay at Wembley. The Sun adds the word "secret" in the lede and Twitter melts down. It's not being run as fact that the stadium won't be ready until 2019.

However, I will say, the stadium doesn't look 1 month away from completion. The South end is missing a good deal of its curtain wall glass.
 
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coys200

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The story is probably true. But all the story is an insurance policy. How idiotic would it be not to do that. I’d imagine we just had to pay what amounts to a deposit. I’d guess £2m max.
 

absolute bobbins

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@Paolo10 you can disagree all you want but you know I’m right.

It’s an option, the clue is in the word.

Nothing has changed from the clubs perspective so no need to waste their time with a statement.

I’ll also guarantee, that Ashton gave the club all of 5 minutes notice before going to pixel. This is normally a tactic employed when you’re going for sensationalism and it’s often used when you want to print something without comment. The guardian and observer do it all the time when printing stories about Amazon, they’ll notify when they think nobody is going to look at the accusations.

So, chill out, sack up and go to NWHL unless instructed by the club to do otherwise.
 

cider spurs

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This is how I read it. Spurs are being prudent in insuring they have an option to extend their stay at Wembley. Mirror adds the word "secret" in the lede and Twitter melts down. It's not being run as fact that the stadium won't be ready until 2019.

However, I will say, the stadium doesn't look 1 month away from completion. The South end is missing a good deal of its curtain wall glass.


Oh I agree. I believe it is personally touch and go to hold the Liverpool fixture.

...and before some jump on me, I mean ready enough to fulfil said fixture, not stadium completely finished.

What I can't handle is lazy journalism, being sensationalist whilst ignoring that the club are obviously being very sensible and covering all bases now as opposed to not having a contingency plan further down the line if required.
 
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Paolo10

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So? It sounds like you don’t actually understand the situation.

We have taken up an option which makes very good footballing and business sense. We do not need to use the option, think of it as though we’ve taken out insurance rather than committing to a lease.

As our intentions have not changed there is nothing that needs to be communicated to the fans. We probably won’t need to communicate anything to the fans until as little as a week before the game.

Now that you understand all of that, chill out and sack up.

The contingency option was always in place and was already previously in the news as an old story. (Link)

The fact that this is a new story might well be scaremongering, but it might also be true after the multiple delays already (15k seats had to be replaced recently too), so, don't be such a cheeky fucker, I can read fine.
 
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