According to ''someone ''on SSC: Test events on 16th and 30th March. Event staff have been informed this evening. And first team fixtures "in April". EDIT: Same events as previously planned - youth game and then Bayern legends.
Madness. It will be incredibly good for the players to get home and play in front of 62,000 people instead of 40,000 odd at Wembley. And it will save millions of pounds. I see no downside at all to moving back as soon as we can.
Yes, we owe £637m. Let's spend some money we don't need to spend on hiring a worse stadium away from our home. Sure, it'll be less full, has no atmosphere, we get £0 from concessions and advertising, only 3 people want it but what the ****? The same 3 people will be frothing when we don't spend big this summer and squalking "Levy Out!" again.
I honestly think any lift will be temporary and it could feasibly upset the players rhythm going into a new ground with realistically just 4 homes games left best case scenario (vs Brighton, Huddersfield, West Ham & Everton), or worse 2 or 3. Plus there may be a CL fixture or two. End of season fixtures are notoriously under attended, not to mention some players may have already mentally packed their summer bags by then (Eriksen, Toby). I seriously doubt the place will be full to the rafters for fixtures against lesser teams such as these (with the Spam perhaps being the exception) Listen, I get the arguments about Wembley. I really do. The atmosphere is ****. It costs us money each time we play there although I believe a sizeable amount will be recouped by Levy and co due to the overrunning by the contractors. Just to me, rushing in there the minute we think it's ready believing it's going to be the solution to all our recent problems is a short-sighted answer to a much wider problem. It will be the biggest anti-climax ever.
Beg to differ, I think it will lift everyone, but in particular the fans, which hopefully will inspire the team. If the first match is Brighton on the 6th April, I for one will be on the first ferry into the UK after midnight in order to be there. Otherwise I will leave my ticket as it is and return on the 18:00 crossing as booked and miss the match.
TBH, I've reached the point where I'll accept whichever way we go this season seeing it's so late in the day. There's solid arguments for and against. I look forward to going up there next season with my Saints mate to see the new ground and compare it to the old place. I'm sure it will be mesmerising.
So if you won a brand new Ferrari in a competition, you would carry on driving your clapped out Ford Focus/3 Series Beamer (or whatever, I dont know what car you own) until August? I would be in the Ferrari immediately and looking for track days on the internet.
You know what would raise attendances for late season fixtures? Holding them in the new ST/\DIUM Also, more importantly, **** Wembley
I get what you're saying but I honestly believe getting into the new Stadium will lift morale and improve results. The difficulties I see is that the opponents will be highly motivated to beat Spurs at their new stadium, but this is a challenge Spurs have faced at Wembley with teams wanting to win there. I'm fed up with the delays and I can imagine the frustration the players must feel about Wembley. Get back there ASAP and put on a superb grand opening show!
I think that any games at the new stadium this season will be sold out and so will most of next season’s.
