Tottenham's new 61,000-seater stadium has been engineered to make chants sound louder than they are
- Tottenham's architects have revealed the secrets of their new stadium
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- Architectural firm Populous say specialist sound engineers were brought in
- Chairman Daniel Levy has also been involved in the design of the stadium
'Acousticians' have aided the design of Tottenham's new 61,000-capacity stadium in order to help fan chants sound even louder and more clear, say architectural firm Populous.
They claim the new venue is designed to be more like a concert hall than a football stadium in order to create 'more clean reverberation times' so songs last longer.
Christopher Lee, Populous' managing director EMEA,
GQ: 'The studies we've done show when you start breaking up acoustics everyone gets out of sync so they stop singing.
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Architects say the stadium is designed to emphasise sound to make it as loud as possible
Figures behind Spurs' North London stadium, including the cost and the 1m pints to be brewed
'So once they create acoustics where they don't break down, the reverberation times are quicker, they last longer and get louder. The louder people get, the louder people around them get, and so the atmosphere and the noise builds.'
Key to boosting the atmosphere is the curvature of stadium's roof, which will be lined with aluminium in order to help deflect sound back into the stands - and the attempts to make the ground even louder don't stop there.
'[We've even looked into] how much padding do we have in the seats, where do we have that padding in the seats, which also deals with acoustics.'
That level of attention to detail extends across the entire construction, which will become the second biggest stadium in the Premier League at a cost of £750million.