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Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - Licence To Stand

SpurMeUp said:
The engineering on the plinth that holds the pitch must be crazy to hold all that weight. There can't be colums with the pitch sliding in and out, so how is all the weight of the towers supported? I guess the towers are on the periphery. Unlike a lot of these developments, the ground floor commercial spaces should be attractive and filled easily plus enhance the stadium - with places to eat, bars etc.

But pretty ugly and uninspiring design. Almost a copy and paste template of these cheap to build cash cows. Not much invention or flare to them imo.
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Looking at all the pictures the concourse looks unchanged (few extra flower beds :rolleyes:). So you're right. Built around not on.
The wind'll fair be a' whippin' around on matchdays!
 
SpurMeUp said:
The engineering on the plinth that holds the pitch must be crazy to hold all that weight. There can't be colums with the pitch sliding in and out, so how is all the weight of the towers supported?
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The pitch splits in 3 so it can pass around the pillars holding up the south stand and south podium.
When the pitch is outside, that area under the south podium is used for car parking and the F1.
 
SpurMeUp said:
The engineering on the plinth that holds the pitch must be crazy to hold all that weight. There can't be colums with the pitch sliding in and out, so how is all the weight of the towers supported? I guess the towers are on the periphery. Unlike a lot of these developments, the ground floor commercial spaces should be attractive and filled easily plus enhance the stadium - with places to eat, bars etc.
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Worth a watch if you have never seen how the pitch splits, just the two columns supports the whole south stand , when pitch goes under south stand , centre part goes between the columns and the two outside sections on either side.


Another video explaining the columns that hold up the south stand.

https://twitter.com/x/status/938712429445484544
 
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Lager price up on last season , Madri at £6.95 so that's more than10% up on last seasons choice of Amstel/Heineken, still plenty stayed behind to buy a pint.
 
SirPercyHotspur said:
Lager price up on last season , Madri at £6.95 so that's more than10% up on last seasons choice of Amstel/Heineken, still plenty stayed behind to buy a pint.
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If it's ball park what they would be paying back in town or the high road.... no-one really cares, it then becomes more about convenience or what you and your mates have decided to do.

The options they're serving though probably matter more.
 
Jordinho said:
I had the delicious Rekorderlig Wild Berries Cider. It was brick, but I'm sure the sweet taste of sugar will appeal to some.
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Had one of those, was fine but only 3.4% - then had a Madri which was absolutely disgusting and ended up leaving 3/4s of it - and I'm not even a beer snob.

I did notice a section of the goal line bar that had spirits available - not sure what that was about, is that a thing now?
 
billyiddo said:
Had one of those, was fine but only 3.4% - then had a Madri which was absolutely disgusting and ended up leaving 3/4s of it - and I'm not even a beer snob.

I did notice a section of the goal line bar that had spirits available - not sure what that was about, is that a thing now?
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They’ve served spirits the whole time as far as I’m aware, definitely had them in the Shelf Bar.

Food options seem to have changed at the Tap Inn bars in East Stand, not dramatically but noticed a few different options.

I think the kids meal was about £5.50, my son had a hot dog, which comes with chips, fruit snack and drink (water or capri sun) as well as a pack of PL cards. Decent value.
 
billyiddo said:
I did notice a section of the goal line bar that had spirits available - not sure what that was about, is that a thing now?
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What was annoying is last season you couldn't get canned beer, etc now you can and the queues were much bigger than last season
 
NFL UK general manager Henry Hodgson says the league is open to exploring opportunities to play in other stadiums across the country as it continues its global expansion with a historic international slate of games.

The league will host three more regular-season games across Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Wembley Stadium in the 2025 season to take the tally of London match-ups to 42 since 2007.

Such has been the sport's ascent on this side of the pond, there is an increasing appetite to enhance the game's presence beyond the capital, including the prospect of games.

Football is living in historic times as it gears up for seven international games in 2025. Could Manchester United's proposed £2bn, 100,000 capacity stadium emerge as an option down the line?

"For now we have a partnership with Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, that's the home of the NFL in the UK, it's a fantastic stadium," Hodgson told Sky Sports. "I would make the argument that it's one of the top five stadiums in the NFL, regardless of where it's actually based.

"Would we look at other options? I think we'd certainly be open to those conversations. I'm very keen to make sure that we're taking the sport across the country.

"This year we have a kick-off event that's taking place in Manchester. We've got a tour going to Birmingham and to Bristol and to Cardiff. So we want to make sure that the NFL isn't seen as a London sport where we go and play games.

"We know that there are fans across the UK and we want to serve those fans across the UK. Somewhere down the road, if there are conversations to be had about that stadium or frankly any other new stadiums in the UK, we're certainly open to having those discussions. Again, for the same reason, to see how we can bring more NFL to more new people."
 
I'm not an NFL fan.
And I'm not a fan of taking sports away from their home location e.g. the idea of Spurs playing a home game outside the UK.

However I know there are some NFL games which are played in a complete blizzard with an icy frozen pitch, at which point I guess it can make sense to play the game somewhere less extreme.
 
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