More worried about the classic football cuisine, such as surf & turf. *shudders*. That said I can be more accepting if the English tradition of match days was preserved and celebrated, not obliterated.
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If they do this, I sincerely hope they sell home tickets in the same way they allocate away tickets at the moment (i.e. loyalty points) because it is going to be an absolute nightmare to get tickets otherwise.
Particularly towards the end of the season if it is anything like this. And without any doubt at all, the last game at WHL needs to be done like that - surely that's a given?
Always preferred a burger from the van outside to be honest, stadium food always tastes ropey. I do agree that there will be a sterile corporate environment. However Tottenham Hotspur is no longer a North London club for the locals. If the intention is to maximise the business worth then we're going to have to accept the commercialisation of the club.
Stub hubbers will have hard ons over this news.
I get that and accept that but not at the expense of, which is what bugs me.
The even more stupid thing is I have taken numerous friends and business colleagues to WHL, all from States, Asia and a couple from Europe, every single one wanted to experience a traditional English football game, nothing special the usual pre-match pint in a traditional English pub, this was very important to them as it was part of what they has heard and read about. It's our culture.
I am looking forward to going to Buenos Aires to experience Argentine football, I fully expect to absorb into this culture during my trip, which means enjoying the street barbecues outside La Bombonera, not a McDonalds and a 2% Budwieser bottle of piss.
Unfortunately that experience no longer exists with the way the Premier League is marketed as the all singing, all dancing, most exciting league. I think the only places we'll still get the traditional experience now is when the clubs from the lower leagues make it to the PL with their old skool compact 4 sided stands and set in the heart of their areas. Looking at the likes of Bournemouth, Palace even the Spanners for this season though, before they completely sell their soul to the OS.
Were you under instructions to "take out" Nicholas Parsons?
(I'll be be gutted if no one here gets that reference)
Rat burger with onions?
In seriousness, this is why us remaining in N17 was such an important decision for the club and everyone associated with it.
Ive gone to Leicester and Stoke away this season and there is nothing more soulless than travelling to a fucking industrial estate to go and watch football. Stanley Matthews Way is just one big car showroom with some burger vans.
Despite their attempts to gentrify and corporatize the new stadium and the area around it to maximise revenue streams. Levy and Co will NEVER be able to bottle and sell the abundance of diversity, culture and history that our small corner of London has developed over the last hundred years or so.
The pubs, the restaurants, the little corner shops and markets. They will all still be there, just not right next to the stadium. I've said this many times before but If people don't want to take the "Tottenham Hotspur Experience sponsored by Gatorade " then all they need to do is start their match day experience at Seven Sisters and go for a walk.
But it does exist, I go to a boozer every match. That is all I am talking about, that and preserving Iconic buildings that have more history and heritage associated with them than what is WHL today.
As for the Old School stadium, that went years ago when grounds went to all seating. I am hopeful that rail seating will go some way to bring back what once was.
I went to Carrow Rd this year for the first time in years, my pre-match involved me walking around the stadium looking for a pub that wasn't there, had no choice to go to Sainsbury's eating a fucking sandwich in a car park on a retail estate standing up with miserable fans doing the same out of necessity rather than choice.
With the exception of The Annie the boozers around WHL ain't that good but at least they are there. The opportunity is there to preserve and celebrate our heritage and create an authentic pre-match experience if we kept those buildings. Those that want KFC and dunkin doughnuts can bye pass the pubs and head straight into the stadium, happy days, everyone gets what they want. But I will guarantee you the most sort after place (English fans and tourists) would want to go to would be to have a pie and a pint in the White Hart, to stand in the same place players of the past once stood and celebrated FA Cup, League Titles and their annual christmas parties.
Sorry mate don't do Radio 4
Agree with this but the amount of abuse that takes place under the loyalty system is massively frustrating at times. I've been desperately trying to get myself and my son up the points score (low 100's currently) but it so frustrating to apply for tickets and be unsuccessful and then to see loads of tickets available on Twitter. I'm not grumbling too much as I've been able to get away tickets to Leicester, West Brom, Norwich and Dortmund through that route but it really annoys me that it's really easy to just buy tickets as a high loyalty point holder safe in the knowledge that you'll be able to resell them on Twitter. Not sure how else you combat this!
I've never liked the pub atmosphere so always head straight to the ground grabbing a burger along the way. Many of the tourists will want the franchise experience within the stadium as that is what they expect. I think a lot of the older fans are the ones that want pie and pint. As mentioned by
mouse
Tottenham the area is culturally diverse and half a mile from the ground can be found Caribbean food, Kebabs, Fish n Chips, Mackies, KFC... The loss of the heritage buildings is sad but as we are now in the 21st century sometimes we have to accept change for the improvement and the future of the area as a whole. The monies generated not just for the club but the borough of Haringey will hopefully go a long way to rebuilding a very run down part of London.
Where are the bricks?