ah, i read you post totally wrong mate
has it been said that the single tier will be phase 2 then ?
anyway - doesn't 'phase 2 ' just refer to the building works starting on the stadium (as opposed to phase 1 which is surround area works) ?
wasn't the switch in to the new ground and final building works 'phase 3'
Those sketches have the big screen in a different corner than the old ones. Unless we're having screens in all four corners.
Ease of access would be an issue if Tottenham was in Outer Mongolia.
But it isn't.
It's a 20 minute train journey from Liverpool Street - at the heart of the City of London.
Actually it's 20 mins from Liverpool street and a 20 min walk through one of London's ugliest areas. Corporate clients will not do that.
I'm hearing rumours of a 'walk' being created between the station and the ground like there would have been at the OS. Hopefully that's the case and it will be raised like Wembley or at least walled to avoid interaction between the football crowd and the local area. If they do that correctly, then it shouldn't be an issue.
Actually it's 20 mins from Liverpool street and a 20 min walk through one of London's ugliest areas. Corporate clients will not do that.
I'm hearing rumours of a 'walk' being created between the station and the ground like there would have been at the OS. Hopefully that's the case and it will be raised like Wembley or at least walled to avoid interaction between the football crowd and the local area. If they do that correctly, then it shouldn't be an issue.
By Train and Tube
White Hart Lane mainline station is four minutes walk from the stadium, with regular services that connect to the Victoria Line tube service via Seven Sisters.
Northumberland Park mainline station is eight minutes walk from the stadium, with regular services that connect to the Victoria line tube service at Tottenham Hale station.
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/Matchday+Travel/stadium-directions.page
That's a much longer walk than 8 mind in a football crowd. Maybe on a day when there's no football, but why the hell would anyone spend time in Tottenham without football?
The same could be said for any other stadium when there are crowds about. No other major stadium in London will be closer to a station than the new White Hart Lane stadium will be to White Hart Lane station - even more so once the new station entrance is built.
Like I said, hopefully they'll put a 'walk' in right from the stadium to the station. That way the length of the walk won't matter - it's walking through Tottenham that's the problem.
Of course, the easy option is just to improve the roads/parking so that those of us who drive don't have to sit in traffic for ages.
Corporates that do the full package arrive much earlier than the usual crowd and stay on a bit after the match. Dinner, legends visiting and whatnot. Speech by MOTM afterwards.