New stadium thread

I'm not sure that one affects the other. It's purely a matter of once the decision has been made to demolish WHL, there's obviously no going back.

 

I think that point has been reached, with the reduced capacity. Just saying that we will have to be at Wembley for one season (I hope only one) and when we are it is a sign that the build is in it's last year. And therefore that the stadium is close to being ready.

 

I'm a bit concerned about the lack of sponsor and escalating costs. It sounds as though any delays will be down to funding issues rather than technical competence as every site picture shouts 'all steam ahead'.

Perhaps potential investors are waiting to see if they will be sponsoring a CL club? Is Levy stalling for this reason to bring in some extra bucks? Does it really make such a difference when stadium sponsorship is such a long-term commitment?

Oh and please, for the love of all things sacred....not bloody Uber.

 

I want Sports Direct as sponsor. Then we can put Sissoko on a "zero hours" contract.

 

The massive cost of the stadium and the enormous amount of money sloshing around the English PL may be opening up offers of more than sponsorship. The American Football involvement will make us massively attractive to buyers/investors/sponsors from all over the world. If, as I think is pretty much nailed on in the coming decade, we are the site of a permanent franchise in London and we get the chance to have some ownership in that, then what we've got is a truly wonderful offering. Other PL clubs are owned by Americans who own baseball and gridiron franchises but they are the 'overseas offshoot' rather than the core of a business.

If Joe Lewis is open to taking a partner inside the club, then we can write off the debt at a stroke. I don't expect this to be sorted as it's likely that there will be many differently structured offerings because what we've got will draw partners and investors and opportunities that we could only dream about.

 

As many have suspected would be the case, the cost of the new stadium has increased significantly. This is from an e-mail sent by Donna Cullen, a club director:

“It is worth remembering that the original cost quoted for the stadium (£400m) was some seven years ago. This new ‘estimated’ figure (£800m) relates predominantly to the stadium with some elements of substructure for the other builds, particularly the Tottenham Experience.

“Revised basement works also added to the cost. We are constantly managing costs and will continue to do so throughout the process along with funding plans to ensure the viability of the scheme.”

Now, that's a lot of money to pay back out of profits, even taking into account the obvious money-spinner that is the 'Cheese Room' and the sales from our new brewery. I hope that we're actively looking for someone to buy into the club or ENIC are willing to re-capitalise to reflect its true value once the stadium is built. Otherwise, that's a mighty big weight to carry unless we are in the process of selling the other builds at a massive profit - the hotel, housing etc.?

Does anyone know anything on this?

 

The TV money's shot up in that time though, as have sponsorships.
The naming rights deal was suggested to be £20m a year for 20 years, which is half the stadium cost, for example.
It is concerning that this isn't in place yet, though.

 

Is it still going to be called White Hart Lane?

 

Not once the naming rights are sold. We'll all call it White Hart Lane, but commentators and the media, official publications etc. will have to call it the 'Swoosh Arena' if Nike get the deal.

Or maybe Uber isn't such a bad option...

'Tottenham Uber Alles' has a nice ring to it.

 

The AIA Arena? Sounds completely anonymous, doesn't it?

 

As long as it doesn't have to be written in red and they come up with £400m over 20 years, I'll put up with it.

 

Pretty sure they'd insist on the red. They do it for our first kit, so I can't see why they wouldn't for the stadium.

Some random, big Chinese company wouldn't surprise me at all, honestly.
I'd prefer it to Uber, I think, as long as it wasn't some indefensible, dodgy one.

 

Either something Oriental or a worldwide recognised brand. This could be a driver for the NFL people to become involved. The stadium is going to be a venue for their sport, they may have rules concerning such a thing? I'm sure that they would like it to have a familiar sound to it. This is a central issue to our progress over the next few years. Geting the choice wrong on a contract for as long as 20 years would be a disaster. It's not just giving it to the highest bidder.

 

Yeah the 'Donald Trump' stadium would be a NoNo. However, we might be able to claim that the referees gave fake penalties against us....

 

Fake penalty. Cheating Mark Clattenburg is very low energy. Sad!

 

For NFL involvement, it would have to be USA "approved" .
So a big global China brand like Huawei etc would probably be off the list.

 

Not necessarily, given the following...
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
Nissan Stadium, Nashville

 

Hyundai, maybe? Big NFL sponsors. Korean, admittedly.

 

http://nicholsoncorp.com/

This would be a good sponsor


The Nicholson has a good Spurs ring to it.

 

AFAIK, none of them have any links to their national military (past or current) ,
or are believed by the USA govt to have product tech "back doors" that allows
all kinds of potential overseas nastiness.