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Wembley and the Emirates ruled out while White Hart Lane is rebuilt

mawspurs

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Wembley has been ruled out as a temporary home for Tottenham during the reconstruction of White Hart Lane because of a limit on the number of events that can be held there each year.

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I thought the original plan was to build 3/4s of the new stadium behind the Paxton Road end then use it whilst the old stadium was demolished and the new one completed. What ever happened to that idea? It would nullify the need to ground share for a season as appears to be the case now!
 

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For me the only sensible option is the Olympic Staduim, it is only 7 miles away and transport options are good. Not sure if West Ham fans would like this but it seems a better solution then Milton Keynes which is 50 miles away.
 

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I was at Stratford once, after a game. There were A LOT of Spurs fans getting back from WHL through Stratford Station.
 

mawspurs

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For me the only sensible option is the Olympic Staduim, it is only 7 miles away and transport options are good. Not sure if West Ham fans would like this but it seems a better solution then Milton Keynes which is 50 miles away.

It's the next best option now Wembley is ruled out.

Close location and as the Spammers are only renting it is not up to them.
 

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I thought the original plan was to build 3/4s of the new stadium behind the Paxton Road end then use it whilst the old stadium was demolished and the new one completed. What ever happened to that idea? It would nullify the need to ground share for a season as appears to be the case now!
It was in 1978 when we had 40 years to complete the stadium.
Unfortunately it's now 2014 and we haven't even broken ground.

Jokes aside, the club announced yesterday that the delays caused by archway steel ****s means we will now need to move out to speed up the building time.
 

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Archway describe themselves as the No 1 point of reference for all things stainless steel in the catering and hospitality sector, including the Archway Doner Kebab Grill and the Electric Chip Scuttle.

:ROFLMAO:
 

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I think its outrageous that we even consider playing games out side of London

I would be pissed if we moved to Milton Keynes for a season

Ideally I'd like somewhere in West London - but I appreciate the Spurs fan base here is far less than the Northern and Eastern regions of London and more fans would benefit from somewhere accessible by those sides

I'd be more than happy with the Olympic stadium for a year as by train I can actually get there quicker and more directly than I can the Lane in spite of the extra distance

What is the MK Don's capacity anyway? surely this stadium is not a viable option being so far outside of London
 

TottenhamMattSpur

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I think its outrageous that we even consider playing games out side of London

I would be pissed if we moved to Milton Keynes for a season

Ideally I'd like somewhere in West London - but I appreciate the Spurs fan base here is far less than the Northern and Eastern regions of London and more fans would benefit from somewhere accessible by those sides

I'd be more than happy with the Olympic stadium for a year as by train I can actually get there quicker and more directly than I can the Lane in spite of the extra distance

What is the MK Don's capacity anyway? surely this stadium is not a viable option being so far outside of London
The bottom line is, you can't please all of the people all of the time......
 

Shea

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The bottom line is, you can't please all of the people all of the time......
but it makes sense to pick a venue suitable for the majority doesn't it

All Spurs fans that travel to matches are happy to travel to the Lane currently - therefore somewhere close to that is surely most acceptable to most people

We're a London club, the bulk of our fan base are from in or around London

I'm am more than happy for us to be somewhere in London with decent transport links, it doesn't have to be West London to please me (even though of course that would be easiest for me personally)

Moving to a League one teams stadium miles and miles outside of London and without the benefit of being in the Oyster card zone is in my opinion a piss take

Plus their stadium is about 20k capacity and we're a top level EPL club with a fan base that causes demand to exceed the 36k stadium we currently have - why would we even consider moving to some league one shit box with such a small capacity? just means less fans can get tickets and those that do have to travel far outside of London to watch the games when we're a London based club
 

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I thought the original plan was to build 3/4s of the new stadium behind the Paxton Road end then use it whilst the old stadium was demolished and the new one completed. What ever happened to that idea? It would nullify the need to ground share for a season as appears to be the case now!

There is a substantial marginal cost associated with building the stadium in two phases. There is also a 'cost' associated with delaying the time when we start banking receipts from 56k tickets every week, instead of 36k.

It is plain that THFC has been balancing out the costs and benefits of the 2-phase plan and the moving-out plan for some time now (months, perhaps over a year). The announcement suggests that the delay implicit in the high court appeal tips the balance in favour of the moving-out option.

On the other hand, today's ITK from 'hertyid' suggests that the announcement about moving out is spin designed to provoke a settlement, in the same manner as the statement that the NDP was 'dead in the water' was spin intended to reinforce our bid for the OS.
 

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I heard a while back that Wembley wasn't being considered for all our games (if we had to relocate) but only a handful, say 4-5. Depending on fixture schedule and dates, we'd play our big games v Top 6 at Wembley (when possible) and the remainder and cup games (and CL of course!) at another venue, or even two venues. Not ideal to have more than one temporary "home" but might be better commercially and logistically (so all fans have some easier than some worse journeys).

So the Mail are saying Wembley's not possible based on a wrong assumption.

I think a mix of Wembley, The Olympic Stadium and even Emirates (or a smaller London ground for the less attractive games) might work. I should think the Police wouldn't be keen on Stamford Bridge (too much congestion too often already). I suspect outside London would be very unpopular with a lot of the fan base.
 

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I heard a while back that Wembley wasn't being considered for all our games (if we had to relocate) but only a handful, say 4-5. Depending on fixture schedule and dates, we'd play our big games v Top 6 at Wembley (when possible) and the remainder and cup games (and CL of course!) at another venue, or even two venues. Not ideal to have more than one temporary "home" but might be better commercially and logistically (so all fans have some easier than some worse journeys).

So the Mail are saying Wembley's not possible based on a wrong assumption.

I think a mix of Wembley, The Olympic Stadium and even Emirates (or a smaller London ground for the less attractive games) might work. I should think the Police wouldn't be keen on Stamford Bridge (too much congestion too often already). I suspect outside London would be very unpopular with a lot of the fan base.
I'm not at all sure if this is true but I did hear somewhere that there were rules about having to name a single home ground for the season for EPL games. So I'm not sure if it's possible to have multiple stadiums hosting our home games through out the season depending on the level of opposition
 

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Yes, you may be right. Something about 'fairness' playing all matches on the same pitch in a season. Maybe it was our CL games being played at Wembley I heard?!
 

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but it makes sense to pick a venue suitable for the majority doesn't it

All Spurs fans that travel to matches are happy to travel to the Lane currently - therefore somewhere close to that is surely most acceptable to most people

We're a London club, the bulk of our fan base are from in or around London

I'm am more than happy for us to be somewhere in London with decent transport links, it doesn't have to be West London to please me (even though of course that would be easiest for me personally)

Moving to a League one teams stadium miles and miles outside of London and without the benefit of being in the Oyster card zone is in my opinion a piss take

Plus their stadium is about 20k capacity and we're a top level EPL club with a fan base that causes demand to exceed the 36k stadium we currently have - why would we even consider moving to some league one shit box with such a small capacity? just means less fans can get tickets and those that do have to travel far outside of London to watch the games when we're a London based club

So you'd rather we rot in mediocrity forever because you don't like the idea of 1 single year outside of your comfort zone?
We are unlikely to be able to pick and choose.
You might be better off supporting Fulham.
 

Shea

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So you'd rather we rot in mediocrity forever because you don't like the idea of 1 single year outside of your comfort zone?
We are unlikely to be able to pick and choose.
You might be better off supporting Fulham.
What are you talking about? when did I say anything that alluded to a single thing you're saying?

I said I don't want us to go to Milton Keynes and would prefer a bigger alternative in London, I highly doubt we will be in a situation where Milton Keynes is our only viable option

Worst come to worse we could always share with Fulham for a season or something like Palace or Charlton before MK for example (if we had to go down the road of taking a lower capacity stadium if the Olympic stadium etc became unattainable)

If it were the only option then fine - but it wouldn't even be in my top ten of options and the club should be able to get somewhere in London

And there's no need for your disrespectful comments suggesting I am not a true fan by telling me I'd be better off supporting another team- I've been a supporter since the day I was born, as was my father and my granddad
 
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TottenhamMattSpur

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What are you talking about? when did I say anything that alluded to a single thing you're saying?

I said I don't want us to go to Milton Keynes and would prefer a bigger alternative in London, I highly doubt we will be in a situation where Milton Keynes is our only viable option

Worst come to worse we could always share with Fulham for a season or something like Palace or Charlton before MK for example (if we had to go down the road of taking a lower capacity stadium if the Olympic stadium etc became unattainable)

If it were the only option then fine - but it wouldn't even be in my top ten of options and the club should be able to get somewhere in London

And there's no need for your disrespectful comments suggesting I am not a true fan by telling me I'd be better off supporting another team- I've been a supporter since the day I was born, as was my father and my granddad

Theoretically, let's say no London football clubs, Wembley, Twickenham or anyone else I can't think of, will entertain the idea of us sharing. They only option for us is to ground share outside of London in order to facilitate a world class, state of the art, larger capacity stadium.
What would you say then? Would you still be against it?

Only my opinion, but I very much doubt any of the clubs will put us up. Wembley won't be allowed to due to use restrictions. Twickenham is probably over booked with bad grass for football.
 

Shea

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Theoretically, let's say no London football clubs, Wembley, Twickenham or anyone else I can't think of, will entertain the idea of us sharing. They only option for us is to ground share outside of London in order to facilitate a world class, state of the art, larger capacity stadium.
What would you say then? Would you still be against it?

Only my opinion, but I very much doubt any of the clubs will put us up. Wembley won't be allowed to due to use restrictions. Twickenham is probably over booked with bad grass for football.
As I said if it becomes the last resort then I/we have no choice - but then I never once said I'd rather us forgo our plans to build a new stadium to avoid playing outside of London for a season, did I? (so I really don't know why you said anything along those lines)

My point is there are in my opinion numerous better options that would be better suited for the club (in terms of stadium capacity in line with our active fan base) and the fans (in terms of us being a London based club and ease and expense the fan base being able to reach the stadium on a match day as a result)

Twickenham won't be an option because the RFU wouldn't allow football matches there but there are numerous London options available which should all be considered ahead of moves 50 miles outside of London in my opinion
 
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