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Stanley said:
Do you have pictures from the view from the Sky Bar?
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No I was only allowed a short way down one of the the walkways, that was scary enough for me ... it's nowhere near finished and they are still not 100% sure what it will be. Definitely high end corporate but there was talk that it might possibly be handed over to the "Naming Rights" buyer should they pay enough ...... possibly why the fit-out has been put on hold, although that might just be me thinking 2+2 equals 5 ....
 
BangkokSpud said:
No I was only allowed a short way down one of the the walkways, that was scary enough for me ... it's nowhere near finished and they are still not 100% sure what it will be. Definitely high end corporate but there was talk that it might possibly be handed over to the "Naming Rights" buyer should they pay enough ...... possibly why the fit-out has been put on hold, although that might just be me thinking 2+2 equals 5 ....
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So the stickers on the glass of the sky bar (in the same pattern as the veil outside the stadium) are see through, aren't they?
Do you have any update on Levy UK by any chance? Are their supply predictions getting better?
 
Stanley said:
So the stickers on the glass of the sky bar (in the same pattern as the veil outside the stadium) are see through, aren't they?
Do you have any update on Levy UK by any chance? Are their supply predictions getting better?
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I couldn't see through them from the back, mostly covered over with the blue and white panels.

Nothing more on Levy UK that I'm privy to, all three games I was at the bars and food were incredibly busy (the Market Place was always roped off) for the City game I stayed until we were kicked out, no sign of a beer shortage that night.

From a financial stand point match day income (non-ticket) is well over double the expected, however the feeling was that 'newness' was still a factor and budget forecasts for next season haven't changed yet, that's for the Spurs accounts not for Levy UK.

Still three EPL home games to go so my guess is they will revue after those.
 
BangkokSpud said:
Just returned from my annual pilgrimage to the UK ... was lucky enough to see Palace, City, Huddersfield and City (a) twice ... feckin' brilliant, even our loss on Saturday was still a great performance. Was also very fortunate to spend almost an entire day at the stadium, it's all been said before but the awesomeness is beyond words, from the Sky Bar (not good if you don't like heights) all the way down to the car park, it's just five star stuff.

Got some great incite on the financials, we are years ahead of where we expected to be, income is already 30% above plan with a lot more still to come. The debt is going to be around 650m (depending on the summer activity, and commercial activity) which will then be restructured, the size will depend on naming rights (200m?) and other sponsorship deals (100m?) this will probably not now be completed before 2020. Although 650m sounds a lot for a business with a turnover that will be approaching 500m next season it's very manageable.

Also some news on transfers, the club will look to raise 130m in sales, apparently if the right offenders come along then almost half the squad are available, not that half will be sold that just depends on the money offered and who we can get in to replace them. For new signings there will be the money raised in sales plus 50-100m additional if the right players are available, there are targets ranging from top players down to teenagers, no names were revealed. It was also mentioned (this was before the City CL win) that any additional money from CL this season will go straight into the transfer kitty, next season's budget does not include CL but is based on 6 EL fixtures, anything else will be a bonus.

The 'members' list has increased to 135,000 however the club recognise that many of these are not waiting for ST's merely trying to get match-day tickets, even so that's a huge number. When season tickets were offered for NWHL just over 1 in 3 took up the option, so 18,500 tickets were sold having been made available to 55,000 on the 'list' ... this was almost exactly in line with expectations. There are some long and convoluted discussions taking place around Loyalty Points, the club are aware the current system seems unfair and are looking at changes, however a massive review was undertaken in 2016 prior to NWHL so don't expect a revolution maybe just some tweaks.

Finally I was fortunate enough to sit in the 1882 section for the Huddersfield game, the atmosphere and fan base was no different from my seat higher up against Palace the game before, the availability of free food, drink, programme etc, was great but even more handy was the use of a bar with no queues ... I managed several additional pints just by not having to queue up ... for me it would be worth paying the extra cash if you were lucky enough to have it, certainly the fans I met were all just die-hard Spurs fans who'd done well in life, no prawn-sandwich brigade.

Can't believe how great the whole 'going to football' as a day out has become, not just for the hospitality and tourist fans but also for the hard core foot soldiers ... Spurs have done everyone proud.
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£500m forecast turnover next year sounds a nice uplift on the £381m turnover for the year ended ,30 June 18 which were recently announced.

Assuming we get CL next season imo we will smash that forecast based upon a full year at NWHL match day revenues and the! Additional income streams we get from the stadium and increased number of sponsorship deals.

NWHL is not just designed for great fans experience it seems designed to be a cash cow ! More so than I realised at the planning stage. Massive kudos to DL and the team for that
 
Mrs Perryman said:
I already know the answer to that, no secret, lazy beggars leave it to their other halves!
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Couldn't men make just as salient a point that women are too lazy to put it down themselves, or lift it back up again at the end?

Men want it up, women want it down... why is one more important than the other?

Now, personally I put the whole thing down including the lid and think anyone who doesn't put the lid down is a savage, but that's just me...
 
Ginolaflair said:
Is it weird that my Mrs leaves the seat up?
:levyeyes::levywhoa::vertna:
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Do tickets not go on general sale anymore? Was hoping to go to a game before the end of the season but on the site it only shows the ticket exchange which you can only use if you have a membership but you can't become a member until next season.
 
theyearoftheone said:
Do tickets not go on general sale anymore? Was hoping to go to a game before the end of the season but on the site it only shows the ticket exchange which you can only use if you have a membership but you can't become a member until next season.
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All tickets are sold, the ones on the exchange are already paid for by ST holders, they are the ones offering to sell them not the club, the club have no tickets (well maybe a handful) to put on GS.
 
I like it.

Don't see why the away dressing room should look nice. Just a shame the toilets probably work.

Better than the away teams coming to Wembley and getting state of the art facilities.
 
Totti said:
I like it.

Don't see why the away dressing room should look nice. Just a shame the toilets probably work.

Better than the away teams coming to Wembley and getting state of the art facilities.
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Haha, yeah, I agree! I think it should be scented with some sort of vomit-y smell and there should be a background whine of mosquitoes. Temp should be a balmy 30c so the HT fluids don't help and quite why Levy thought they deserved big-boy height seats, I'll never know. Chairs should force them to cramp up.

There's list of some of the underhanded methods other clubs use. I wonder how many other subtle things Levy employed that we don't yet know of...?

Devious Tactics used in away dressing room (Smellagraph)
 
BangkokSpud said:
Just returned from my annual pilgrimage to the UK ... was lucky enough to see Palace, City, Huddersfield and City (a) twice ... feckin' brilliant, even our loss on Saturday was still a great performance. Was also very fortunate to spend almost an entire day at the stadium, it's all been said before but the awesomeness is beyond words, from the Sky Bar (not good if you don't like heights) all the way down to the car park, it's just five star stuff.

Got some great incite on the financials, we are years ahead of where we expected to be, income is already 30% above plan with a lot more still to come. The debt is going to be around 650m (depending on the summer activity, and commercial activity) which will then be restructured, the size will depend on naming rights (200m?) and other sponsorship deals (100m?) this will probably not now be completed before 2020. Although 650m sounds a lot for a business with a turnover that will be approaching 500m next season it's very manageable.

Also some news on transfers, the club will look to raise 130m in sales, apparently if the right offenders come along then almost half the squad are available, not that half will be sold that just depends on the money offered and who we can get in to replace them. For new signings there will be the money raised in sales plus 50-100m additional if the right players are available, there are targets ranging from top players down to teenagers, no names were revealed. It was also mentioned (this was before the City CL win) that any additional money from CL this season will go straight into the transfer kitty, next season's budget does not include CL but is based on 6 EL fixtures, anything else will be a bonus.

The 'members' list has increased to 135,000 however the club recognise that many of these are not waiting for ST's merely trying to get match-day tickets, even so that's a huge number. When season tickets were offered for NWHL just over 1 in 3 took up the option, so 18,500 tickets were sold having been made available to 55,000 on the 'list' ... this was almost exactly in line with expectations. There are some long and convoluted discussions taking place around Loyalty Points, the club are aware the current system seems unfair and are looking at changes, however a massive review was undertaken in 2016 prior to NWHL so don't expect a revolution maybe just some tweaks.

Finally I was fortunate enough to sit in the 1882 section for the Huddersfield game, the atmosphere and fan base was no different from my seat higher up against Palace the game before, the availability of free food, drink, programme etc, was great but even more handy was the use of a bar with no queues ... I managed several additional pints just by not having to queue up ... for me it would be worth paying the extra cash if you were lucky enough to have it, certainly the fans I met were all just die-hard Spurs fans who'd done well in life, no prawn-sandwich brigade.

Can't believe how great the whole 'going to football' as a day out has become, not just for the hospitality and tourist fans but also for the hard core foot soldiers ... Spurs have done everyone proud.
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Hercules on Spurs Community has confirmed this is all true.
 
TottsAmazeballs said:
Haha, yeah, I agree! I think it should be scented with some sort of vomit-y smell and there should be a background whine of mosquitoes. Temp should be a balmy 30c so the HT fluids don't help and quite why Levy thought they deserved big-boy height seats, I'll never know. Chairs should force them to cramp up.

There's list of some of the underhanded methods other clubs use. I wonder how many other subtle things Levy employed that we don't yet know of...?

Devious Tactics used in away dressing room (Smellagraph)
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Oh fuck, if we didn't build as many of the (not dodgy) ones from here into our away dressing rooms then we're foolish as fuck.
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BangkokSpud said:
All tickets are sold, the ones on the exchange are already paid for by ST holders, they are the ones offering to sell them not the club, the club have no tickets (well maybe a handful) to put on GS.
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So basically they want everyone who buys a ticket to pay the membership fee? Don't see why they don't realease the available unsold season tickets to non members a week before the match or something.
 
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