Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - Licence To Stand

[milo]

what about undersoil heating??

It'll be done in sections, I would imagine

 

[Rorschach]

Where do the rails go when the NFL pitch is in use?

 

[Jordinho]

Where do the rails go when the NFL pitch is on use?

Nowhere, they'll simply be covered with strips of artificial turf.

 

[Gazza]

Maybe someone will run around on the artificial pitch underneath, sliding on it in shorts.

It's been over 15 years since I slid on an artificial pitch but I do remember it generates the highest temperatures known to man.

We used to play on a car park as kids ... should have died.

 

[Gutter Boy]

We used to play on a car park as kids ... should have died.

I used to train in a multi-storey during winter. Shuttle runs up and down the ramps.

We also used to climb up on top of our stands to turn the floodlights round, so we could train on (wreck) the club who played behind our ground's pitch, rather than ours

 

[milo]

Marvellous. Isn't it?

 

[Bullet]

Doh!
I thought it look about 3 to 4 inches

It is almost 10,000 tons in total, not thin/light/bouncy!!! Watch the video properly mate

 

[Bullet]

25mins is the claim. Tantric.

It will slide out in 25 minutes, but they spend a huge amount of time fannying around to lift up the artificial surface to expose the rails, moving stuff off the sidelines so it won't get smushed when it lifts up, moving everyone out of the way so the first few rows of seats in the south stand can lift up, blowing whistles, waving flags, donning hard hats, talking on walkie talkies, scratching their bums and generally triple checking there are no children lurking nearby... I reckon a couple of hours of Health n Safety before you can press the big red button marked "Fold up the stadium and crush anything in its path"

 

[Rorschach]

It will slide out in 25 minutes, but they spend a huge amount of time fannying around to lift up the artificial surface to expose the rails, moving stuff off the sidelines so it won't get smushed when it lifts up, moving everyone out of the way so the first few rows of seats in the south stand can lift up, blowing whistles, waving flags, donning hard hats, talking on walkie talkies, scratching their bums and generally triple checking there are no children lurking nearby... I reckon a couple of hours of Health n Safety before you can press the big red button marked "Fold up the stadium and crush anything in its path"

So an extra 10 mins or so?

 

[Whiffler]

It will slide out in 25 minutes, but they spend a huge amount of time fannying around to lift up the artificial surface to expose the rails, moving stuff off the sidelines so it won't get smushed when it lifts up, moving everyone out of the way so the first few rows of seats in the south stand can lift up, blowing whistles, waving flags, donning hard hats, talking on walkie talkies, scratching their bums and generally triple checking there are no children lurking nearby... I reckon a couple of hours of Health n Safety before you can press the big red button marked "Fold up the stadium and crush anything in its path"

Can they play the theme from Stingray ... including the line "Anything can happen in the next half-hour!" ? Dum-di dum dum, dum-dum etc etc

I beleve it was Colly Cibber's script

 

[Bullet]

In terms of pitch quality, note that Amsterdam Ajax Arena covers and replaces the pitch several times per season, like this

 

[Danishfurniturelover]

In terms of pitch quality, note that Amsterdam Ajax Arena covers and replaces the pitch several times per season, like this

So not content with stealing their players we are after their pitches now. Haha.

 

[glasgowspur]

In terms of pitch quality, note that Amsterdam Ajax Arena covers and replaces the pitch several times per season, like this

Amsterdam always gets through a lot of grass.

 

[Denmark Spur]

 

[Gazza]

I love these videos ... can't wait for the hour long feature once its completed.

Would love one starting from day one with truck number 1, all the way to the end of our first game once the stadium clears and the lights go out.

 

[Jordinho]

https://twitter.com/x/status/906860626999496704

 

[SpurMeUp]

The scaffolding really emphasise the scale of the place!

 

[jts1882]

http://markansell.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/retractable-pitch-exclusive.html

 

[Daisuk]

I wonder how the demand for tickets will be for our first season there. Would love to go over to see a match at the new WHL as early as possible. Can't bloody wait, it's going to be ace!

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

http://markansell.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/retractable-pitch-exclusive.html

Wow. That's a sh!t load of steel and some beautiful engineering.

I suppose there is gonna be a big convoy of lorries on the M1 at some stage?