Spurs face £12m fee to rename local train station “Tottenham Hotspur”

[mawspurs]

Tottenham are planning to rename White Hart Lane station but could face a fee of up to £12 million from Transport for London.

Read the full article at Squawka

 

[Geyzer Soze]

Don't like this bit much

Tottenham also want to disassociate from the iconic White Hart Lane name of their current stadium as they look for a naming rights partner, which is critical to their financing plans for the new scheme.
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[Jenko]

Sounds a bit exaggerated at first glance. Squawka trying too hard, hope I'm wrong.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

Right. Couldn't afford Batshuayi but is happy to pay the equivalent of one squad player for a name on a small London train station?

 

[Gb160]

Don't like this bit much

Think it's inevitable mate, it'll always be referred to as WHL in my house.
We cant really afford to be sentimental when we're trying to close the gap in income between us and the Mancs/City/Chelsea etc.

 

[Geyzer Soze]

Think it's inevitable mate, it'll always be referred to as WHL in my house.
We cant really afford to be sentimental when we're trying to close the gap in income between us and the Mancs/City/Chelsea etc.

Yeah I know. Bit sad though if it's an actual strategy

Maybe they could just leave the station name as a nod to the past

 

[Gb160]

Yeah I know. Bit sad though if it's an actual strategy

Maybe they could just leave the station name as a nod to the past

Well I don't see Levy coughing £12m for the name so I think that's the most likely outcome anyway.

 

[Lilbaz]

Why cost so much. The tfl maps are replaced pretty frequently and the signage in the station shouldn't cost too much.

Doesn't bother me too much as i get the bus. Suprised they aren't leaving it for the naming rights sponsors to change the name.

 

[Woland]

Sign him up, I say!

 

[Woland]

In fairness why would we need to rename a station with a perfectly good name? White Hart Lane has to stay since the stadium is inevitably going to be branded.

 

[Mullers]

Well I don't see Levy coughing £12m for the name so I think that's the most likely outcome anyway.

I couldn't see him coughing up 30 million for Sissoko.

 

[LexingtonSpurs]

Well I don't see Levy coughing £12m for the name so I think that's the most likely outcome anyway.

Will be built into the price of the stadium sponsor - added benefit if having the station name also.

 

[Gb160]

I couldn't see him coughing up 30 million for Sissoko.

Think that just illustrates the power Poch is wielding right now.

 

[Matthew Gilbert]

Will always be White Hart Lane, just as the stadium will always be known as WHL and each respective stand (Park Lane/The Shelf/Paxton). Everything is in the same spot and area.

We are not like that other lot in North London who moved to a whole new site.

The naming rights are just for TV and foreign markets. I do not see any Spurs fans using different names. Look at Newcastle, their fans always called their Stadium St James Park even when it was called Sports Direct.

 

[Nine while nine]

I couldn't see him coughing up 30 million for Sissoko.

I'd say Sissoko's got the more reliable engine, but the railways have a much more regular strike rate.

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

Yeah I know. Bit sad though if it's an actual strategy

Maybe they could just leave the station name as a nod to the past

How will Korean and Arab businessmen and tourists find us on the tube map though?

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

Why cost so much. The tfl maps are replaced pretty frequently and the signage in the station shouldn't cost too much.

Doesn't bother me too much as i get the bus. Suprised they aren't leaving it for the naming rights sponsors to change the name.

They won't even replace the signs on the tubes. They'll just put a sticker over WHL saying Tottenham Hotspur

This is TFL trying to Levy Levy

Give him a few weeks and he'll part ex his station car in and get a few hundred grand back from TFL and they'll thank him for being so generous.

 

[DCSPUR]

Still think Stadium should be called "SPONSOR NAME Field " at WHL
EG Google Field at WHL

 

[WorcesterTHFC]

How will Korean and Arab businessmen and tourists find us on the tube map though?

These days, the Tube map also includes London Overground, as well as the DLR, so they'll be able to find White Hart Lane or Tottenham Hotspur (if it's renamed) easily enough.

 

[CrazyHeart]

12M?! Which ass did they pull that number out of?!