Everything you need to know about Tottenham Stadium

The opening of Tottenham Hotspur’s new home ground is on the home stretch. Before the stadium opens, possibly in April, Stadionwelt summarizes everything you need to know about the stadium.

Spurs club representatives are currently in talks with UEFA in order to be able to play the remaining home games of the current Champions League season at the new home ground. Depending on the result of the draw, the first home game in New White Hart Lane would be either on April 9 or 10 or the week after on April 16 or 17, 2019. The preparations for this have been made, and the Spurs held a test event in December, among other things through, two more are to follow in March. But behind Tottenham lies a long, difficult road to the opening.

The opening was planned for September 15, 2018, in the home game against Liverpool FC. However, the date had to be postponed due to deficiencies in the security systems. Therefore, the new date was October 28, 2018, a Home match against Manchester City. But the date and others afterward also had to be postponed, and Tottenham remained at the temporary home Wembley. The planning application was made in 2009 and only granted in 2010, but due to various hurdles, construction of the new Spurs homestead did not start until 2015.

Capacity increase and “safe standing”

The capacity of New White Hart Lane was originally planned for 58,000 spectators. However, as Stadionwelt reported, the club had previously asked the Haringey Council for an increase to 62,000 seats. This was granted, and the stadium expanded to 62,062 seats. This will make Spurs Stadium the largest in London and the second largest in England after Old Trafford in Manchester.

When it comes to atmosphere, the Spurs want to take an example from Borussia Dortmund, their opponent in the round of 16 in this year’s Champions League season. During the construction of the stadium on New White Hart Lane, some vario seats were installed, which could later also be used as a standing room. Spurs fans had spoken out in favor of standing room. These are 17,500 seats that will allow standing areas in the event of a change in the law. So far, the standing room has been banned in the English upper leagues due to the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.

The distance between the field and the grandstand is five meters. Tottenham Stadium is the closest to the action of all the newly built Premier League stadiums.

Longest bar

In Europe, Tottenham Hotspurs will also set new standards in the Premier League regarding hospitality. New White Hart Lane will offer a wide range of hospitality and catering options. Including a variety of food options. In addition, the new Spurs stadium will also feature the longest bar in Europe, measuring 65 meters along the outer goal line. The stadium will also house a hotel with a total of 180 beds.

A fan zone will be set up outside the stadium, with events for fans on match days. Other offerings include a “Sky Walk” – a visitor attraction that allows fans to scale the exterior of the stadium, which is up to 40 meters high. The stadium is open 365 days a year, according to the club. In addition, museum and stadium tours, retail experiences, and conference and banquet facilities are available.

Adult season tickets are reported to range in price from £795 (€928) to £2,200 (€2569), while those under 18 are expected to range from £397.50 (€464) to £562.50 (€656), according to media reports ) will pay.

Not just a football stadium

American football fans will also get their money’s worth in New White Hart Lane. According to the NFL, two games will be played at the new Spurs home in 2019. After all, the building, which costs over a billion euros, is also designed for this: the soccer field of the new White Hart Lane, which can accommodate 62,062 spectators, can be automatically converted into an American football playing field with artificial turf by running the artificial turf over the natural turf.

Cost trap New White Hart Lane

Not only the constant delays in construction and the opening made the construction of the stadium more expensive for the Tottenham Hotspurs, but also Brexit. Brexit alone caused additional costs of around 20% because many products were imported from other European countries. In addition, the stadium has been built even more extensively than originally planned. As a result, the originally planned costs of around 540 million euros rose to around 1.1 billion euros as a result of Brexit and the considerable delays.

Elaborate roof structure

The roof structure of the new stadium weighs around 600 tons. The roof comprises 287 glass roof sections and 810 roof cassettes made of metal and acoustic panels, and a sky-facing membrane. Therefore, the construction site cables were around 10km long. The construction workers used a force of 20,000 tons to lift the roof using the tension cables. 54 flying columns form the support between the upper and lower clamping rings. The roof features 324 LED sports lights that form the floodlighting system for the stadium.