Spurs’ new stadium

[JPBB]

How impressive a stadium looks is fairly inconsequential really. It's a nice to have but not a game changer. What really matters to a club is how big the capacity is, can you fill it often enough and how much you can charge for tickets.The Swamp is a hotch potch of design but what really matters is that it is the biggest club stadium.

Spurs have hugely over-specified and over spent on their new ground and it looks like it will be a financial drain for decades to come.

When the North Stand extension is complete we will have a bigger capacity than every club except the Rags at a fraction of the cost of the Spurs stadium.

Well. Only time will tell. But if the London NFL franchise ends at the new stadium with all the riches that come with it then it would look a good decision.

And if the NFL franchise and a top 6 premier league side as part of the same brand is attractive to a big investor (for instance Facebook) then it will look even better.

On the other hand the banks could force Spurs into administration and they would have to start again as FC Spurs sharing a ground with Enfield.

I prefer the option where they can compete with United, City, Arsenal and Chelsea.

 

[JPBB]

I'm sure @JimB is capable of speaking for himself.

The contingency plan may have been workable, but it was manifestly inadequate - as evidenced by the cabbage patch pitch and huge and egregiously discourteous inconvenience and expense to City fans the other week.

Acting in good faith on the word of anyone in the construction game, without making adequate (rather than workable) contingencies, is negligent in my book. The construction industry is replete with bullshitters, liars and charlatans at all levels. Anyone who doesn't appreciate this is a mug - and therefore, if holding a position of seniority, negligent.

Haha. You are saying that Mace are 'bullshitters, liars and charlatans'? And any reasonable person should have know that? You are stretching to prove this negligent point. Perhaps you are trying to make the point that Levy is a mug. That is different to being negligent.

 

[Marvin]

It does look great but at £800m I would expect 3 x Etihad, but it's going to be smaller.

 

[caseball]

It does look great but at £800m I would expect 3 x Etihad, but it's going to be smaller.

Not the Cock End, mate. It's going to be the biggest in Europe.

 

[caseball]

It's Spurs though. It'll be well impressive for the first couple of minutes but then it'll go all limp for the rest of the encounter.

 

[caseball]

Very soon, an indignant Harry Redknapp is going to post a defence of the mighty Lilywhites. A rather leaky defence.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

You are saying that Mace are 'bullshitters, liars and charlatans'?

Given the huge delay in the project, following their foregoing assurances, how would you characterise them?

 

[JPBB]

Given the huge delay in the project, following their foregoing assurances, how would you characterise them?

I might agree with you. However, I do not agree it would have been reasonable for me, Levy or anyone else to know that beforehand.

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Exactly. Contingency plan executed perfectly. Excellent management.

If the game had been postponed then you might have had a point.

wrong spurs knowing full well wembley was unavailable that weekend should of requested an away fixture that week end.
which is their right before the fixtures are compiled

 

[Pigeonho]

It is very impressive. As the video says, even the cockerel just makes it look that much better. Identification in a world of copycat stadiums. Fair fucks to the twats.