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What Wembley sale would mean for Tottenham

mawspurs

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As though finding the better part of £1billion for a new stadium were not complicated enough, Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy faces another challenge to his grand project.

Source: Evening Standard
 

grittyspur1

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Not a fan of Mr. Khan & his business tactics. Despite last season's run in the playoffs, the Jaguars do not enjoy huge support in their community & for years they were the laughing stock of the NFL. My initial reaction to this news is that Khan's long term goal is to rebuild Craven Cottage & he will house Fulham Football Club at Wembley during construction. This could be bad news for Chelsea, as rumor has it they were hoping to make Wembley home while they rebuild Stanford Bridge?
 

ginola007

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Don't think it will ever happen, but if Levy is open to the idea of taking a partner, in effect selling some of his shares, the ideal choice would be an NFL owner. This will not only mean more NFL matches in the new White Hart Lane, but also instant injection of cash to sign more world class players and to give our players a much needed pay raise.
 

southlondonyiddo

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Doesn’t sound good news for Tottenham if this story has legs

To build our new ground with the specific intention of housing an NFL franchise in the near future or at the very least a few NFL games every season and then for Wembley to take all NFL games after are contracted 20 games would be a real blow

A dedicated NFL entrance in the East Stand and separate changing rooms as well as a permanent NFL pitch all for 20 matches would I imagine be a huge outlay without the return Levy etc would have hoped for

Hopefully Khan's bark is bigger than his bite and the up to 1 billion figure mentioned is not feasible or available to him to pay the FA for Wembley

On a separate issue how can are national football stadium be sold to a foreign businessman!!!

Crazy
 

Lilbaz

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Doesn’t sound good news for Tottenham if this story has legs

To build our new ground with the specific intention of housing an NFL franchise in the near future or at the very least a few NFL games every season and then for Wembley to take all NFL games after are contracted 20 games would be a real blow

A dedicated NFL entrance in the East Stand and separate changing rooms as well as a permanent NFL pitch all for 20 matches would I imagine be a huge outlay without the return Levy etc would have hoped for

Hopefully Khan's bark is bigger than his bite and the up to 1 billion figure mentioned is not feasible or available to him to pay the FA for Wembley

On a separate issue how can are national football stadium be sold to a foreign businessman!!!

Crazy

Tbf it has only been recently that the national stadium has been owned by the fa. Before that it was owned by wembley plc that was owned by people all over the world.
 

greywizard2020

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The deal does put a dampener on what we're trying to forge with the NFL, however, there will still be the preference to use our pitch because we've built the stadium with the idea that NFL teams would use it. The 10-year agreement also gives us plenty of time to negotiate the next phase of NFL matches to be played at the stadium once that agreement comes to the end.
 

Gaz_Gammon

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Anyone who thinks that the NFL haven't ring fenced the deal with Spurs is deluded. Khan is a very small fish in the the ocean that is the NFL.

He can buy the whole of London but he won't be starting an NFL franchise in the City anytime soon.
 

cider spurs

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Anyone who thinks that the NFL haven't ring fenced the deal with Spurs is deluded. Khan is a very small fish in the the ocean that is the NFL.

He can buy the whole of London but he won't be starting an NFL franchise in the City anytime soon.


I'm not so sure about deluded. No doubt the 2 games a season package between Spurs and the NFL will be a watertight commitment with compensation penalties in place for both parties for failure to deliver.

However, I am still in the belief, that if Mr Khan is successful in purchasing Wembley stadium, that this will impact our chances of having an NFL franchise in our new stadium.

It's reported that Khan has no intention of moving Fulham FC from their current Craven Cottage location, and plans to develop their riverside stand and training centre.

If true, and Fulham FC aren't to move, why would an NFL team owner be looking to purchase a stadium, a stadium his very team have already come to England and played in.

Of course, the NFL would have to approve the idea of an NFL franchise playing out of London, and the FA will have to look at all positives and negatives if to sell.

But...the NFL are looking to expand, so like ourselves, another stadium offering the opportunity to stage NFL will be seen as a positive. Would Khan be able to redevelop part of Wembley to make it more NFL friendly?...I'm thinking yes if the rewards are great enough.

What of the FA, would a good financial offer and the guarantee that Wembley would still be the home of English football be too good to refuse?.

I can see Wembley being sold, and whilst we have given ourselves every chance to secure an NFL franchise by building a dual purpose stadium to host this very sport...

I'd say it was delusional to think that Khan, a small fish in the NFL, won't be able to secure an NFL franchise in the UK ahead of Spurs. He owns a team already, and we must surely be considered an even smaller fish unfortunately. No?

We've given ourselves a chance. If we deliver great experiences whilst staging our 2 games a season events, we've given ourselves a greater chance.

Khan buying Wembley gives him a chance, owning an NFL team gives him the edge.
 
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newbie

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I can’t see how Wembley can be sold ethically it’s the national stadium. Love it if he brought and everyone boycotted events there.
 

parj

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I think there are two things. As already pointed out, Jacksonville are not well supported so moving them to London would win then more supporters.

The other point is, if Jacksonville do move to London it just means Jacksonville games at Wembley. We could still have the big ticket teams touring London. They will still want to penetrate the UK market further. Those are the games that get played at WHL.
 

Colonel_Klinck

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Selling Wembley seems such a short sighted idea. Much like when any club sells its ground. Wembley will be paid off soon and then will generate money every year that the FA can use. That £900m will soon get spent/embezzled away and then they are left with nothing. Its the classic goose and golden egg situation. They are such short sighted idiots that they will probably sell, give themselves a huge pat on the back and big brown envelopes for all.
 

Gaz_Gammon

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I'm not so sure about deluded. No doubt the 2 games a season package between Spurs and the NFL will be a watertight commitment with compensation penalties in place for both parties for failure to deliver.

However, I am still in the belief, that if Mr Khan is successful in purchasing Wembley stadium, that this will impact our chances of having an NFL franchise in our new stadium.

It's reported that Khan has no intention of moving Fulham FC from their current Craven Cottage location, and plans to develop their riverside stand and training centre.

If true, and Fulham FC aren't to move, why would an NFL team owner be looking to purchase a stadium, a stadium his very team have already come to England and played in.

Of course, the NFL would have to approve the idea of an NFL franchise playing out of London, and the FA will have to look at all positives and negatives if to sell.

But...the NFL are looking to expand, so like ourselves, another stadium offering the opportunity to stage NFL will be seen as a positive. Would Khan be able to redevelop part of Wembley to make it more NFL friendly?...I'm thinking yes if the rewards are great enough.

What of the FA, would a good financial offer and the guarantee that Wembley would still be the home of English football be too good to refuse?.

I can see Wembley being sold, and whilst we have given ourselves every chance to secure an NFL franchise by building a dual purpose stadium to host this very sport...

I'd say it was delusional to think that Khan, a small fish in the NFL, won't be able to secure an NFL franchise in the UK ahead of Spurs. He owns a team already, and we must surely be considered an even smaller fish unfortunately. No?

We've given ourselves a chance. If we deliver great experiences whilst staging our 2 games a season events, we've given ourselves a greater chance.

Khan buying Wembley gives him a chance, owning an NFL team gives him the edge.


A new stadium doesn't mean he just calls Roger Goodell and calls in a favour. The other owners of the NFL vote in it and that is not a done deal.

There won't be two expansion teams in London so unless he relocates Jacksonville to Wembley then i just can't see this happening. He may open the stadium up to other events and the current NFL fixtures but i just can't see this happening.
 

newbie

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Does Wembley own a lot of land round it, With the car parking etc ?

A new stadium and land would prob cost 800-1 billion, and be impossible to find round London.

If spurs and Chelsea are planning on spending 800 million on a stadium how can Wembley not make a tonne of money when it does a lot of other events. Selling it must be so short sighted. if spurs and Chelsea see spending 800 million to increase capacity 20-30 k seats surly Wembley must be a long term a gold mine?

I can’t not seeing him not thinking about selling Fulham’s stadium and redeveloping it for housing and moving to Wembley.

Only silver lining is if it screws Chelsea while they redevelope.
 
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