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I reckon they've missed out a trick there with the buildings to the South of the new stadium.  They could easily be converted to spell THFC.  And then hey presto, the link between the stadium and other aspects of the scheme is achieved.

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I have hated the look of the hotel and housing from day 1, infact it looks ghastly and somewhat like something from the costa del sol

Maybe if they made the outside more feminine and less concrete maisonette it might look better, saying that the only thing I have liked recently is the gherkin.

I don't also like the square patterns everywhere, from the windows above the club shop to the walk areas

Spot on - and I agree with the few posts above from spurofthemoment and jimmyb - that article isn't saying "don't build it" - it's saying "the shops and hotel should be redesigned" - I totally agree with this - the rounded stadium jars horribly with the hotel - I don''t think I've ever seen an uglier new building than the proposed new hotel - I can't stand it's design from any angle, and when put against the stadium it looks horribly out of place.  All IMO as ever.

I think the plans can be improved and should be improved. Naturally the area can and should benefit from a new stadium design but in reality how exactly will it benefit directly from what was already outlined ? They gain a supermarket, they lose a supermarket. They gain a public space..meh. They gain housing...great for those who can afford it. They gain a hotel ? Apart from those wanting an overnighter to watch a match and it improving our ability to capture events in the future how does that really benefit the local community ? I suppose it will generate a few jobs and a bigger stadium with do the same but does it really reach out into the wider community which is, I think , what the criticism is about ?

I would have like the council/Government/European regeneration folk to get on board and see if the plans cound be extended but if other parties were too involved then no doubt agreeing plans would never happen. I guess you have to ask the local community what they need and then think how a Stadium design can offer this to the local for 95% of the year when the area largely comes to a standstill on matchdays.

You have to see some people's point because there is little promise to really drastically improve the transport links, you can't get in half the retail establishments, more than half the pubs are closed down, the ones open will be evern more wedged. I don't know what they need but I do sense there isn't all that much on offer.

ISRAEL FOR SPURS:

http://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premiership/tottenham/tottenham-stadium-model-leaked?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TransferTavern+%28The+Transfer+Tavern+Home+Page%29

I know that the article says that that photo is new. But it's not.

It's at least four months old. First appeared on various message boards just before Spurs published renders of the redesigned, single tier stand back in October.

Chancer:

Model looks like a mini Azteca....