I’m sorry but frankly that’s utter nonsense The seats weren’t in, the pitch wasn’t layed the area around the stadium was still a building site, there was no chance the stadium would be ready for the City game never mind the Liverpool one. Five cranes we’re still on site until recently. It’s an utter disgrace the way Spurs have treated the rest of the league and rival fans. If there were problems with safety systems so be it but ultimately there were plenty of other reasons that the stadium was not ready. Primarily it boils down to there being absolutely no chance that a project of that size could be completed in the time scale and Spurs and their contractor knew it. Not offering to pay compensation to the City fans is just plain wrong. Oh and probably dropped the overtime due to the costs spiralling out of control. Anyway Daniel hope you don’t enjoy the game this evening and in fact the rest of the season
True, not all the seats were in; the pitch wasn't laid; and the area around the stadium was still a building site. But......
The seats are on a rail system. And the rails
were installed. And once that is done, seats can be installed incredibly rapidly. At the time that the decision to delay the stadium opening was made, there was still a month before the Liverpool game. Had Mace needed to, they could have installed the remaining seats in a week or less.
It took three days to lay the pitch. And it was a further 1-2 weeks before it was playable. Once again, had it been necessary, the pitch could have been ready for play within two weeks of the announcement to delay.
The original, temporary plan for the area around the stadium was for it to be a tarmac finish - again, a procedure that could have been completed in a matter of days. The delay has, however, afforded Mace the opportunity to complete the permanent surfacing and landscaping now rather than next summer.
This. But without I'm sorry.
He talks like a reporter putting a positive slant on a bad story.
Crestfallen my arse, their lottery numbers came up when the "safety issue" was found.
Sorry, mate, I don't mean to come across like that. It's just that I have followed this project in minute detail for ten years and I have a number of contacts who are very close to it at a high level. My only intention is to inform those who, understandably as non Spurs fans, aren't as familiar with the project.
As to Spurs welcoming the delay, let me ask you the following:
- If Spurs had known for months (or even from the outset, as some are claiming) that they wouldn't be able to finish the stadium until next year, why would Levy (not a man known for casually throwing away money) have spent (tens of?) millions on having big crews working through the night right up until the announcement of the delay?
- Why would Levy want to pay Wembley a huge amount to stage home games while simultaneously losing money on ticket and corporate sales because Spurs fans are sick of going there?
- Why would Levy want to piss off Spurs fans?
- Why would Levy want to let down a hugely important partner in the NFL?
- Why would Levy want the bad publicity that has come from the delay?
- Why would Levy want to halt the momentum of the goodwill that has flowed through the club over recent seasons?
- Why would Levy want the team's performances to suffer, as they undoubtedly have this season - partly as a consequence of the stadium delay?
Seriously, the conspiracy theories I've read on here don't even bear distant scrutiny! This delay has been a huge blow to the club. 100%.
