New Stadium Details And Discussions

[spursgirls]

Has anyone actually seen anything about whether they have/have not found the problem with the safety systems? I know I haven't, but have I missed something?

 

[coys200]

Been following the build closely but till today had absolutely no idea you could register for a stadium tour. Apparently 10k have registered and they will start before the 1st match. True or not I have no idea. But if like me you had no idea you could register it’s on the OS under stadium.

 

[Paolo10]

You think that they scammed the ST money out of fans to help with the cash flow?
Or to gain a few pence extra interest from holding onto the money?

Perish the thought.

 

[Vincent30]

The funny thing is, i would say 95% of major construction projects globally are always delayed. It's extremely rare to finish on schedule, of course everyone involved, the contractor and their bonus payments and moving on to the next pay day, the owner clearly wants this and those that will be using it want it, all interests are aligned.

But, this was always going to be the case. Those that have bitterness towards the club for this delay need to relax and see that this occurs almost all the time and because of the invested interest it is clouding some judgements. For a stadium nearly costing GBP 1bn to be built in such a short time frame and ready would have been one of the greatest design and build feats in the world ever, this isn't me exaggerating when you look at the schedule, the site constraints and what they were trying to achieve, it was close to ridiculous and unfortunately people are now judging them for that.... which i get to a degree because of the invested interest, but take a step back and look at this with a clear head for a second. What you are witnessing before your eyes is something so extraordinary for our club, which will cement our place as a top English team for years to come.

Also, if we would have set the deadline for the start of 2019 season, we might not have even made that, the fact we have thrown everything at this to expedite the delivery, 1000's of workers working every day solid, shows the vision that Levy and Tottenham have and that they too want this completed as soon as possible. But, to the best quality as well. Do you think Levy, ENIC, Poch, the players want this delay, they are missing out more than us the fans and are doing everything to make this possible for us. So if it's 6 months late, whats really the difference to you?! Think bigger picture, think what this is going to do for our club.

I had the benefit of visiting the stadium last week. AND OMG IT IS A THING OF BEAUTY!!! Every detail, the internal finishes, some of the boxes (which each individual gets to kit our to needs), the sky walk that comes out over the North stand, the tunnel club, the closeness to the pitch, i sat both in the west and south stand at the very top and the views are spectacular, even being so high you still feel close, this is why it's a little late - this is an engineering masterpiece and we as fans should feel extremely lucky to have this, the 4 screens are incredible - they are huge (i believe the biggest in Europe), we have our own brewery which looks cool as fuck. I cannot put into words how spectacular this stadium is, yes there are delays, but when you all get to go and be a part of it you will be blow away, the detail of the H club - everything has been thought of and those that are hurting and are frustrated will finally understand why there are some delays. No money has been spared and rival fans are going to be in awe of what we have, it is the best stadium in Europe and players we want to sign who get to visit will be hard pushed to want to turn it down.

I think around March time. I'm hoping we get to play 5 - 10 games here before the 2019 season and i for one cannot wait. You should all be extremely excited.

 

[cliff jones]

Drop the Wembley prices to domestic cup game levels, or the CL experiment two seasons back. The fans will come back, and bring with them a feel good factor. Absolutely the right gesture in the circumstances.

 

[Bulletspur]

This is just so wrong, why the assumption? Evil’s post was in reply to my comment where he took 4-5 words from the whole post and made out from it what he wanted to - guess it was on his mind and he just wanted to air his opinion.

Now to set the record straight, there is no sense of entitlement, no moaning about playing at Wembley just the fact that the club could have handled the delay better than it has particularly the drip feeding of the refunds and ticket pricing at Wembley.

I was addressing those who were bitching about the inconvenience of going to Wembley. The fairness or not of season ticket refunds, communication etc is a separate issue which I was not commenting on. I would find it strange that after buying a season ticket you would refuse to attend because the venue has changed. If it was for logistical reasons fair enough, but not refusing because you have the hump because you believe you have been short changed, then who is losing out?

 

[Cornpattbuck]

I think they'll do anything to get as much cash in as they possibly can. The rumours rumbled for quite a while before the Sun article and many were shouted down.

They couldn't not have known it was going to be delayed and that it would make them look silly regardless.

Look at the attendances since the whole thing was announced...the later they left it, the less money they'd lose IMO. Might be cynical, don't think it is though.

Plus they'd already taken the ST money.

So surely they were right in announcing it late then?! If Spurs fans stop turning up just because of the announcement, you leave it as long as possible...

Either way, it's a pretty awkward few months for our club and supporters (but then what isn't awkward in the world in 2018!!!), but hopefully the stadium gets opened at some point and everyone gets back to concentrating on what it's all about and supporting us.

If we're going to win anything, we need the 12th man...

 

[chico]

Sakes, just scrolled through 4 pages of moaning and no Stadium Piccies.....(better than porn )
Somebody clever post some great photos tmrw am please!

 

[SpursDave88]

I was addressing those who were bitching about the inconvenience of going to Wembley. The fairness or not of season ticket refunds, communication etc is a separate issue which I was not commenting on. I would find it strange that after buying a season ticket you would refuse to attend because the venue has changed. If it was for logistical reasons fair enough, but not refusing because you have the hump because you believe you have been short changed, then who is losing out?

The club...as clearly attendances are dwindling. Wembley is not only an inconvenience...the pitch is awful and the atmosphere is diluted Vs WHL. Fans were upsold into the new stadium and the club are now charging premium prices for Wembley too...it's a bit of a shambles if we're honest.

 

[Paolo10]

So surely they were right in announcing it late then?! If Spurs fans stop turning up just because of the announcement, you leave it as long as possible...

Either way, it's a pretty awkward few months for our club and supporters (but then what isn't awkward in the world in 2018!!!), but hopefully the stadium gets opened at some point and everyone gets back to concentrating on what it's all about and supporting us.

If we're going to win anything, we need the 12th man...

They only announced it because it got leaked.

 

[Cornpattbuck]

They only announced it because it got leaked.

Yeah, and we only did that because we hate our fans and don't want them to ever watch us again.

The 'Kop' end is also just a Blue Peter prop made out of MDF.

 

[Lilbaz]

Maybe edward can cheer us up? Leave a like and subscribe.

 

[Lighty64]

Season tickets were sold with fans thinking the Liverpool game was the opener in the new stadium is the point, you must have seen the advert "The Only Place to watch the UEFA Champions League in London"...

You honestly think the club didn't know it wasn't on schedule before it got leaked?!

if the club knew before they issued ST, they 1 wouldn't of held the 1st test event, and 2 they definitely wouldn't of put that advert out (advertising cost money). If they had any idea it would of stretched this long I'd of expected them to of committed to Wembley for the full season knowing it would of saved them millions.

just a shame they never committed in the 1st place to 2 seasons. as they could of also saved on a lot of overtime and extra staff (not sure who pays for that though). the thing is if they had done it over the 2 seasons the fans then would of had to commit to season tickets to be in the line for the new stadium, and then wouldn't of had the option to get some money back. there are a lot of ST holders taking refunds which they wouldn't of got if we was to of gone there for both, and a good chance many are cheery picking those games they attend. if we don't get in this season many will have saved a good chunk towards next season, and a lot will not of spent as much as they would of if it had been 2 seasons at Wembley

 

[Lighty64]

This is just so wrong, why the assumption? Evil’s post was in reply to my comment where he took 4-5 words from the whole post and made out from it what he wanted to - guess it was on his mind and he just wanted to air his opinion.

Now to set the record straight, there is no sense of entitlement, no moaning about playing at Wembley just the fact that the club could have handled the delay better than it has particularly the drip feeding of the refunds and ticket pricing at Wembley.

just asking how much was your season ticket at Wembley last season?

how many games have/will you attend this season?

the last I saw on a thread someone had received the refunds for the rest of the games this year, if they don't know the exact date, how could they of refunded you earlier if they don't know for certain. Mace are not going to commit because they can't be guaranteed nothing else could go wrong, or is taking longer to put right.

going by what I have read over the delay, about moaning about communication, are you all (moaners) expecting daily emails with an update.

no one is going to be out of pocket in the end. if we stay at Wembley for the rest of the season, your final outlay if you attended every game which I doubt 50% have with the crowds we have had, will end up being more than last season because if it had been in the plans for 2 seasons a good chance there would of been an increase.

the only 1's really hurting from this delay and the attendances is the club. they are paying silly money to Wembley per game instead of a block fee, and a lot of fans are staying away because they know they are getting refunded, and they will be the 1's moaning louder if we don't buy players in the summer, just like this season

 

[Lighty64]

Drop the Wembley prices to domestic cup game levels, or the CL experiment two seasons back. The fans will come back, and bring with them a feel good factor. Absolutely the right gesture in the circumstances.

so the club is losing hand over foot because of these delays, and hope to get it back off Mace. Also because they didn't know the amount of time it would be delayed, they are paying per match instead of bulk to play at Wembley, but never asked for a higher amount of matches to have the increased capacity which is also costing them money on the 4 matches played so far. they are refunding a lot of matches for every game, and because of faulty equipment which I doubt Levy went on ebay and ordered himself you feel your entitled to a discount.

why should the club lose even more money for something that's not their fault. if they had said 2 seasons from the start, you would of either renewed and turned up each week, or been out of pocket. by the end of the season if you attend every game and it was at Wembley, your be paying the same as you would of at the start.

 

[spud]

.......3 deadlines missed already......

One deadline missed: October 15th. There has been no other date set for the first game. Burnley was, and Man. Utd was/is, speculation by the media and keyboard jockeys.

I don't doubt that mistakes have been made, not least in the communication with and treatment of season ticket holders, but missing multiple deadlines isn't one of them.

 

[slartibartfast]

Cant wait for this Chelsea game.
This going around in circles in almost every thread is getting a bit tiresome to put it mildly.

 

[worcestersauce]

Just for the record as a long time ST holder I don't feel like I have been scammed, I bought my season ticket hoping to be back home and the fact that we aren't is very disappointing but I am not being forced to go to Wembley on pain of losing my money, if I don't go I get a refund which seems quite fair to me. Furthermore I believe the idea that Daniel Levy is not as disappointed as me and has engineered this situation is daft and I am quite frankly astonished that anybody would think he has.

 

[coys200]

For chico.

 

[spids]

Whenever I see a picture of the South Stand 'Trees' close up I cannto fathom out how the steel can be strong enough to carry the weight of 17,000 people, and the entire stand itself, through those 'not much wider than a person' columns. This type of engineering is quite simply amazing.