New Stadium

[rusty]

just looking at poch in the new ground, I thought the concrete deck would have been pre-drilled for the seats, but does not look like they are pre-drilled, so fitting the rows of seating will take a long time

 

[Nick "Trevor" Sharp]

just looking at poch in the new ground, I thought the concrete deck would have been pre-drilled for the seats, but does not look like they are pre-drilled, so fitting the rows of seating will take a long time

A lot of the terraces already have had the bolts installed for the seating, only the more recently installed parts don't have them yet.

If you look back on the time lapse cameras, on cam two if you go back to late June/early July you can see the seat brackets for the North stand were installed back then, whilst demolition of the old WHL was taking place

 

[rusty]

just getting worried about the start date being pushed back, so pickup on anything that suggests it could be a later opening of the stadium

 

[Blanchflower]

Not really. If we are late by a day, we ask the league to play our first game away. If we are late by a month, we ask for the first four to be away. I’ve a feeling any longer than a month, we’d be in for another season at Wembley, but up to that, we’d get away with.

Liverpool did it when their new stand wasn’t ready. West Ham do it if they have a Tweenies concert or the Junior Shot Putt Championships on.

We will have already factored in moving games

 

[Blanchflower]

It's a little confusing to me how absolutely anybody could look at those pictures and think we're way behind. We have about 10 months before the start of next season.

Here's what the stadium looked like 10 months ago:

And now, from a similar angle:

EVERY building project in the UK is late and over budget.

 

[CheekyPint]

I think it will be in on time. I would advise the Project Director, to put a lot of big bits on.
Then paint it. Do that.

I love how we all become building experts

 

[spursmalc]

Maybe we will have to play a few matches away at the start but it is also possible certain areas not finished could be left unopened. Surely it is better to play say in a part finished stadium for a month rather than another full season at Wembley. After all we have played with only 3 sides of the old WHL whilst new stands went up.

 

[Guido 🇺🇦]

This...

Also liked seeing McDermott was lurking in the background of one of the other photo's too. I know it's corny but the narrow slithers of the inner workings of our club we are throne as fans, it's a crumb of a clue on how joined-up we are as a club.

 

[StuG]

If Levy fucks the cheese room for the first game I'll never forgive him

I want it to be called the Babybel Stadium.

 

[ArtyB]

Does anyone have a rough idea about how much the increase would be if/ when safe standing is brought in? If it gets up for 65000 that would be class and a job perfectly done!

Well, I know the Yellow wall at Dortmund's capacity with safe standing is about 1.5 times bigger so if we are talking about the South stand on it's own that's an extra 8,500 for starters.

 

[White Van Jan]

It's a little confusing to me how absolutely anybody could look at those pictures and think we're way behind. We have about 10 months before the start of next season.

Here's what the stadium looked like 10 months ago:

And now, from a similar angle:

I'm no expert, but I've read that it's the inside bits (wiring etc) that take the time.

 

[White Van Jan]

No. You have to play all 19 home league games at the same stadium.

If we are late by a day - we are late by a year.

Can we play our first 19 PL matches away?

 

[Smoked Salmon]

I'm no expert, but I've read that it's the inside bits (wiring etc) that take the time.

Those are being done at the same time judging by some of the interior pictures we’ve seen.

 

[caduka]

Well, I know the Yellow wall at Dortmund's capacity with safe standing is about 1.5 times bigger so if we are talking about the South stand on it's own that's an extra 8,500 for starters.

But Dortmund has mainly normal terracing, not safe standing:

 

[Ozle]

I hear the new cheese room will be late because it is being Made backwards.....

 

[Boltonspur]

I hear the new cheese room will be late because it is being Made backwards.....

I see what you did there.

 

[ArtyB]

But Dortmund has mainly normal terracing, not safe standing:

I just assumed that because it has to be all seated for European games that it had to have safe standing to made it handy to switch. However I think the 1.5 ratio still stands up (Edit: didn't realise that pun). The main sticking point is that the concourses have to be able to handle the extra people. Apparently our new stadium has been designed with this in mind, I think there was talk of us having enough room for an extra 18,000, so our concourses will be extra roomy until then.

 

[Johnboy40]

who wants to bet that spurs branded hi viz jackets are all over ebay in a years time?

 

[pipes]

Well, I know the Yellow wall at Dortmund's capacity with safe standing is about 1.5 times bigger so if we are talking about the South stand on it's own that's an extra 8,500 for starters.

Pretty sure we would be 1:1 because our seats would convert to rail standing, rather than traditional terracing like Dortmund. Think I read the 1:1 thing from a Spurs Trust Q&A but can’t find it.

 

[pipes]

Few points of interest from last week's members meeting with the THST and the head of ticketing, Ian Murphy.

Firstly the move to Wembley next season, for all home matches, was talked of as a matter of fact, not an "option" as reported. I think that, whilst the club haven't formally confirmed, it's safe to say that this is going to happen.

Ref Wembley for UCL:
"In excess of 52,000 three game packages had been sold"

"...filling Wembley and making the matches accessible to as many fans as possible was the priority and certainly not a revenue generating exercise"

"...stating categorically that those games could not have been played at White Hart Lane"

"...criticism of the phasing of seat sales. IM explained this was because the high demand could not have been predicted before sales started. More blocks were released for sale as the extent of demand became clear. THFC and Wembley Stadium didn’t want to open up the entire stadium and have people dotted around"
(I don't get this excuse, as it wasn't the worst seats withheld, it was the best & most obvious on tv... no sense at all)

Wembley Prem season:
"...current thinking of the Club’s board was not to offer a Season Ticket amnesty at Wembley for next season"
(this one splits opinion...!)
"...pricing for the full season at Wembley had not yet been agreed"

Away allocations:
"...executive ST holders are entitled to 9% of the away tickets pot. This is likely to increase to 12-13% once the new stadium is opened"

NWHL STs:
"There are currently c 21,000 ST holders, excluding the ‘Premium’ members. Rough figures indicated they were looking at increasing that to 40,000 in the new stadium, excluding the 8,000 ‘Premium’ seats."

Stubhub:
"StubHub contract expires in May. IM confirmed that all options are being reviewed, including an in-house exchange"

Safe Standing:
"ratio of a standing space to a seat would be 1:1, so it was likely there would be no reduction in price for tickets in a standing area"

"7,200 places in the lower section of the 17,000 single tier end could be converted for this purpose. The rake in the new stadium was too steep for this to apply to the entire end"

Wembley for Europa if we drop from UCL?
"...as Spurs are still in the Champions League, no decisions have been reached regarding playing in the Europa League"

Online ticketing:
"One member said that the “manual adjustment” of loyalty points made it impossible to check game-by-game points allocations on One Hotspur accounts online. IM said this shouldn’t be the case and will check and come back to the Supporters’ Trust."
(I get this all the time, irritates the hell out of me)

Found it. It’s in here. Thanks Nick "Trevor" Sharp .