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The article is inaccurate speculation and the writer has no understanding of how building programmes are set up.
The article is inaccurate speculation and the writer has no understanding of how building programmes are set up.
Everytime I watch West Ham at home, I feel very lucky that we are not using the london stadium
The article is inaccurate speculation and the writer has no understanding of how building programmes are set up.
I'm no expert on construction, but common sense tells me that this is nigh on impossible. It's one thing to build the main construction, but the retractable pitch, internal fittings etc are another thing all together.
Must be pie in the sky, surely?
Exactly, also there is no way they can construct the roof with 3 sides built.
Some posters on SSC are coming around to the idea that it may be possible to move into the new stadium next season. I think we will at some point, perhaps January 2018. It won't be completed of course, the executive boxes, for example, may not be ready. And maybe the capacity will be limited to 30-40k.
I think the club will give it every chance before committing to Wembley for a whole season, and it's certainly the preferential option, given the negative experience of Wembley this season. Until they make an announcement about Wembley, it remains a possibility imo.
Even if the stadium is ready in January 2018, you can't move in midway through a season. Premier League rules won't allow it.
Show me the rule that says that. We may need some kind of special dispensation but I'm sure the PL would agree to it, why wouldn't they?
Show me the rule that says that. We may need some kind of special dispensation but I'm sure the PL would agree to it, why wouldn't they?
The football results must come first. We need to take on board the lessons learnt by us at Wembley and West Ham at the OS. I very much doubt Poch or Levy agrees with the sentiments of @davidmatzdorf - poor results next season and failure to qualify for the the CL could cost us tens of millions in sponsorship and make another the club the beneficiary of our misfortune.
Tottenham told Premier League home matches must all be at one ground
• Spurs had looked at splitting matches between Wembley and Milton Keynes
• Richard Scudamore warned that sharing two stadiums ‘won’t be allowed’
Tottenham Hotspur have been told by the Premier League that they will not be allowed to host matches at two different grounds in one season while they build their new stadium.
Tottenham need somewhere to play matches during the 2017-18 season while they construct their new 61,000-seat arena, adjacent to their current White Hart Lane ground, and had looked at staging their games at Wembley Stadium or Milton Keynes.
With Chelsea also considering Wembley while they redevelop Stamford Bridge, a compromise idea was for the north London club to split games between the two venues. They are said to have canvassed supporters’ groups on the subject, with Wembley and stadium:mk topping the list of possible temporary homes.
But the Premier League’s chief executive, Richard Scudamore, has revealed that would be against its regulations. “They’d have to play in the same stadium for the entire year,” he said. “For the integrity of the competition. You can’t have 19 home games with 10 at Milton Keynes and nine at Wembley – completely, completely unfair. That won’t be allowed in our competition.”
Scudamore did not, however, rule out the possibility of Chelsea and Tottenham groundsharing at Wembley or any other venue. He would encourage local rival clubs to set aside their differences and build stadiums together, so long as they are able to comply with the Premier League’s pre-determined fixture list.Matches are worked out on the basis that neighbouring teams play at home on alternate dates, meaning Arsenal and Tottenham do not both host matches in the same rounds of games.
Scudamore, in Singapore where he is representing the Premier League at the Barclays Asia Trophy, said: “They know the rules and what we require. They have to provide a stadium. We can’t have a fettered fixture list. Clubs have to be able to deliver 19 home games in the slots that are required. So if they share with a rugby league club, we can’t be fettered as to when those clubs can play. It’s up to them to work out with Wembley or where they want to play, can they deliver that level of commitment to us.
“The positive is that Premier League clubs are paired – Liverpool and Everton, Tottenham and Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City etc – so it’s perfectly possible to have two teams playing in one stadium. And you might argue that in some circumstances it would be desirable, but I do know the reason why it’s difficult.”
Sounds like he's made that up.
Sounds like he's made that up.
I asked this here months ago, but the new roof redesign is apparently supported by tensioned cables and needs support from all stands. And yet would Levy have thrown away the backup option to move into the 3/4 built stadium so lightly?There is an urban myth on the web stating that the Kop is a steel frame and can be built very quickly. There is a chance allegedly that we could play in a 'horseshoe stadium next season'.
It's a shit hole but I fucking love Tottenham