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| Tuesday May 6th, 2008 |
Exclusive by NEIL ASHTON of the Daily Mail on Monday, May 5th 2008
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is on the verge of confirming plans for a 50,000-capacity
stadium to be built next to White Hart Lane. Sportsmail can reveal that the £300million project,
which has more than a passing resemblance to Arsenal's Emirates home, will be built adjacent
to the existing site, with work to start before the end of the year.
Levy is due to make an announcement on the new ground within the next month, but Spurs are still
tying up the finance for the project. The chairman, determined to leave a legacy by building
a stadium and team that will be the envy of Europe, is expected to borrow most of the cash.
Although club officials are determined to protect the identity of White Hart Lane, executives
have sounded out companies with a view to selling naming rights. The huge bowl, which some
cynical Spurs insiders believe is too similar in design to Arsenal's home, will take three
years to build. Although Levy has investigated the possibility of playing at Wembley or at
West Ham, there is potential for them to continue playing at White Hart Lane while building
work takes place.
Daniel Levy Totenham Hotspur Official Website on Tuesday, May 6th 2008
In the Club's 2007/08 interim financial statement we indicated that we would report on the
outcome of our appraisals and our preferred option in respect of an increased capacity
stadium by the end of June. However, following the latest appraisal, it will now not be
possible to make an announcement within that time frame.
Chairman, Daniel Levy, said, The difficulties with seeking a solution to our need for
increased capacity are significant, they include low residual land values within the
Tottenham area which in turn makes enabling development less feasible, along with a limited
number of suitable alternative sites within London, all of which require land assembly.
I am determined that we shall work towards a successful outcome and a project of this nature
and importance cannot be hurried.
On a point of clarity, we have taken no decision on whether or not to expand White Hart Lane
and we continue to review and keep our options open.
I appreciate that supporters are keen for news on the future of the stadium and felt that it
was important to provide an update.
I shall, of course, keep you fully appraised of any developments in the coming months.
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| Friday May 2nd, 2008 |
Quote from a user on a Spurs Forum...
Stadium agreed. New one to the north of WHL where they've been buying land. No need to find
temporary home. Full details to be announced Sept. Don't ask me why. Existing Paxton stand area
will form part of new stadium so capacity will go down whilst new one being built. New one is the
bollocks, looks like a spaceship. 50000 capacity but can be tweaked easily to go up to 60000 in the
future.
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| Friday April 25th, 2008 |
Quote from a user on a Spurs Forum...
Stadium talks today.
I was having dinner with a friend last night and he told me that the lobbying company he works
for are doing a presentation to the Tottenham Hotspur board today regarding plans for the stadium.
He didn't have that much detail, merely that it is a 90 degree turnaround of the pitch at White
Hart Lane and that it would involve building many shops and flats / houses too.
I know that others have already posted similar details here but just thought you'd like to know
that there is certainly substance to this.
He said that the complex would be viable because of all the extra land the club own. Also that
because of the extra houses and shops, as well as the extra capacity of the stadium, there will
be further concerted efforts to get a new station / improved public transport.
I think this is excellent news as I desperately want us to stay in Tottenham and increase our
capacity - this does both. What he didn't know is where we would play while these works are
going on.
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| Friday May 2nd, 2008 |
Quote from a user on a Spurs Forum...
Stadium agreed. New one to the north of WHL where they've been buying land. No need to find
temporary home. Full details to be announced Sept. Don't ask me why. Existing Paxton stand area
will form part of new stadium so capacity will go down whilst new one being built. New one is the
bollocks, looks like a spaceship. 50000 capacity but can be tweaked easily to go up to 60000 in the
future.
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| Wednesday April 9th, 2008 |
Spurs consider White Hart Lane exit for 55,000-seat stadium.
David Hytner - Wednesday April 9, 2008 - The Guardian .
Tottenham Hotspur are exploring the possibility of building a new stadium on the trading estate
that is adjacent to White Hart Lane. The Wingate estate is to the north of the ground, behind
Paxton Road and between the High Road and Worcester Avenue. The club has identified it as an option,
as they seek to increase capacity and, in turn, revenue streams.
The club's other option is to stay put and expand White Hart Lane, which can presently hold
36,310 fans. The global credit crunch has made fundraising for major capital projects difficult
and it may turn out to be more viable to develop the existing stadium. There is a desire for at
least another 15,000 seats, although expansion plans are complicated because the ground is boxed
in on all sides.
If Tottenham made the short hop to Wingate - having first been granted planning permission and
reached agreement with the businesses there - they could seek to build a 55-60,000 seat stadium.
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| Saturday March 29th, 2008 |
Here's a rumour from a Spurs forum.
As always, take or leave as you want, however something interesting regarding stadium plans.
Latest news is that the Industrial Park half way down Northumberland Park, halfway between the High
Road and Worcester Ave (behind Paxton Road) has all but been bought up by the club. Planning
permission has now been submitted to Haringay Council for two stadium designs with 55,000 and
62,000 capacity. Two have been submitted as funding has yet to be finalised so the club is not sure
which option it can afford. Believe the preference is for 62,000 but they're covering their bases.
Apparently the council is desparate to keep us in the area (after various threats to flounce off
elsewhere) so may look on the applications favourably as there would be improved links to the North
Circular/ M25 and Northumberland Park and Tottenham Hale would be nearer. The club and Council are
also applying pressure to TFL to extend the tube. One of the architects responsible for the Deathstar
(Emirates Stadium) has been employed as poroject manager (think this is general knowledge already)
Once the new stadium is built WHL would be redeveloped into a leisure park/ bars and car parking for
the new stadium. This way we can continue the play at the lane whilst the new one is built in exactly
the same way as the filth did with the library. The club has also been busy buying all the property
around thex`x ground.
The club is due to make an announcement with plans by the end of April |
| Wednesday March 26th, 2008 |
There was a meeting with Haringey Council a couple of weeks ago which is being denied as they dont
want to stoke up interest as yet. The word on the street is that the current site will be retained
95% sure with Wingate Trading Estate north of the Paxton Road end being utilised - the vast majority
of this is owned by Spurs. There was some consideration taken on revisiting the only other feasible
site that many have known about - i.e. the old gasworks which IKEA is next to approx 1/2 a mile up
the road next the north circular but I still fail to see how transport links will be not considerably
worse there. Problems that remain with staying at WHL are not necessarily deal breakers at the moment
- Northumberland Park Tube Extension + feasiblity of moving the new build 50-80m north so that they
could half-build the new stadium before the existing WHL had to be bull-dozed to finish off the other
half of the new WHL - i.e. squat with West Ham for 12-18 months. The even bigger fly in the ointment
is accessing funding whilst the credit crunch ravages the global banking system and the possiblity
that Joe Lewis (ENIC/Tavistock) will sell the club soonish if he needs to buttress the business empire
due to his disastrous $1bn dollar loss occurred in the Bear Stearns fiasco. My only hope is that a
sterile 3-tier bowl like the latest designs that have been leaked are not followed through with due to
the width of the current site. 206m curb to curb from the High Road to Worcester Avenue which means
that as you exit the turnstyle, dont trip otherwise a bus will run you over. They have to be looking
at a compact design 180m x 220 in my opinion with broken lines (i.e. not a bowl) that echoes some of
the chaos that made traditional english grounds 'home' not theatres for the tarquins. |
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