E- petition :No public funding for Tottenham Hotspurs' planned redevelopment

Responsible department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

This petition calls on the Government to prevent any central or local public money being used to support Tottenham Hotspurs' redevelopment of its football ground. Tottenham Hotspurs is a commercial concern which receives many hundreds of £millions each year enabling its owners to purchase players for tens of £millions of pounds and pay them of £millions of pounds. None of this expenditure stays in the community. This is not a company short of money, assets or the ability to raise funds commercially. Normally when a company wishes to develop land it pays the local council to build the necessary infrastructure. Public money should not be used to support this private company nor special terms be offered. There are many better uses for public money that does not include a rarely used stadium and associated infrastructure. Support public spending on health, housing, and education for the community in Tottenham not this needless and blind free gift to a commercial company.

Please cast your vote at: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/14605.


Thank you

 

How many signatures are needed?

 

This is a very worthy cause!

 

Boris won't take no notice,after the riots he wants the area regenerated hence the Money,not for the Stadium,for the rest of the area

 

Signed

 

It takes 100,000 signatures to get it debated in the Commons

 

97000 odd still needed it will cost taxpayers more if Spurs Build the stadium and leave the area to by Regenerated by the Government.the Money's for the area ,not the stadium

 

I signed. Clearly a worthy cause.

 

In all honesty even if the petition reaches 100,000 signatures, i doubt very much if it will be debated in the commons.I think the powers that be will realise that the overwhelming majority of signatories are Arsenal fans out for a bit of mischief making

 

Actually, if they asked the locals if they would want the £8m going to the spuds redevelopment or on something else of their choosing, a majority would probably go for the latter. N17 is in dire need of regeneration and the immediate area around the ground is not the most needy. That part of the high road has always been cack for business.

 

I don't see why the council are chipping in for regeneration, did Islington chip in for us when we built the Emirates ? As I remember the council made a whole lot of stipulations BEFORE granting planning permission.

Harringey are a bunch of chiefs though, they couldn't manage a piss up in a brewery. Tossers.

 

If I were council leader I would let them have the money, but make it a stipulation that they name the new ground 'Campbell Road' as it is as close to it as it is to WHL

I'd offer them another £2m to add 'Sol' to the front too,

 

No, Islington didn't chip in for the Emirates development. Despite Daniel Levy's insinuation that they had :

When in fact the Chief Exec of Islington Council categorically stated that they 'did not offer financial assitance' to Arsenal whatsoever.

http://www.davidlammy.co.uk/sitedata/PDFS/Corbyn_Letter_REDACTED.pdf

tut...tut - Mr Levy

 

I don't expect anything but a bunch of lies from Levy and his men.

 

Im really not bothered by anything spurs do .

 

Please learn the facts before you make ridiculous assumptions. Any money the government give us would be put towards regenerating the area, rather than building the stadium itself. Originally David Lammy had said that the club would have to fund the improvement of transport links and infrastructure if we wanted to build a new stadium, now it seems they have conceded that this is their responsibility - although we will still be carrying it out. And yes, your local council paid for significant transport improvements when you moved stadium.

 

I know they didn't give jack **** for any improvements to Holloway Road station.They expected Arsenal to pay to have it improved

 

No they didn't, you need to learn the facts, which were that Arsenal payed TFL £7.6m for transport improvements.

http://www.davidlammy.co.uk/sitedata/PDFS/Rebuttal-1.pdf

 

I know at the time of construction of the new stadium there was talk of improving Holloway Road so it could be used on matchdays but Arsenal would have had to meet the cost

 

Arsenal didn't receive any financial assistance from Islington Council, the letter from the Chief Exec spells that out clearly.
http://www.davidlammy.co.uk/sitedata/PDFS/Corbyn_Letter_REDACTED.pdf

Arsenal were also required to pay significant sums towards local improvements, including transport links including Holloway Rd station.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2006/may/03/sport.comment1