According to various other sites, probably more important to us than winning 5-0 the other day. I can't give details, so will wait for an article, but this seems fantastic news, and as a club we're looking forward big-time now.
On the OS, planning permission has been granted. THe development can now go ahead. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/News/club-statement-130212.page?
Glad we are staying put...even if the transport to and from is bad. But it worries me about the costs and whether fans will be able to afford tickets to fill a 50,000 plus ground. Chelsea and the goons have difficulties...chelsea regularly advertise tickets on talksport ...even for CL matched. The goonerss with Season Tickets can sell individual match tickets back to the club who can then sell them on...only they aint selling hence all the empty seats at the emerates. Hope I'm wrong but grounds are horrible with thousands of empty seats.
Yep, fantastic news. There will be times when we won't sell out, but you can have more imaginative pricing policies for less attractive games. Also, I would imagine the club will do more 'package promotions', eg to get an Arsenal ticket guaranteed, you buy a ticket for Wigan and Fulham, or whoever. So many people want to see Spurs games, but aren't into buying memberships and all the rest of the 'admin' that getting tickets for Prem games tends to involve. If more games go on general sale, a lot of people who don't go to many/any Prem games will get a chance to watch us.
Good ideas Ghoddle...was well impressed with our ticket prices for the home fa cup match ... Took my other half and both kids for 50 quid... Don't get me wrong....we need a bigger ground ... and glad it looks like it is about to happen.
Arsenal hiking ticket prices by 6.5% this season, then selling Fabregas and Nasri without adequate replacements, explains why they're having trouble filling the Emirates pretty well. As for the Cuckoo's Nest, they've never been able to fill it - presumably because even Chelsea fans don;t want to be surrounded by Chelsea fans...
Cheers Colin, i went to that game too with some friends who never normally go, but because tickets were easy to get, they went. For sure we need a bigger ground, and for sure Spurs will come up with all sorts of ideas as to how to fill it we won't always manage it, but as long as we're not going to cripple ourselves financially, then the chance to get more fans in who never normally go, and new fans, especially youngsters is a great opportunity for us. I have a young nephew who's a 'kinda Spurs fan', but not really bothered about them to be honest. If i can get him to a game or two in that new stadium, I reckon that will seal his affiliation to us for what I hope will be a long life of Spurs supporting.
Will be great news,as previously mentioned for the occasional supporter. I am visiting the Uk in April and was going to try for a ticket for the Norwich game,but as I am not a member I have no chance. This way that situation wouldn't happen. Think of the possiblilties of attracting big names to a team with a big stadium and playing CL regularly.
The downside to having more tickets on general sale is we will see a huge increase in the number of plastics (non-fans who just want a day out) at Spurs games, this could have a detrimental effect on the stadium's atmosphere, as has happened at the Library.
Exactly PL, we can increase our fanbase and also satisfy demand for one off visitors like your good self
I don't think this is a downside at all, we'll still have the same number of passionate fans, in fact we'll have more, I'm sure that the likes of PL aren't your idea of 'plastic', while the number of day trippers will add vital revenue. I've got friends who I got tickets for the Cheltenham game for who hadn't been to the Lane for years, because of the difficulty of getting tickets. Between them they'd been supporting Spurs for over 100 years, hardly 'plastic'. None of them are into computers and membership cards and the like, they'll just get fifty quid cash out and say get me a ticket (or two in the case of Cheltenham), that's how they deal with life. Quite a lot of the older generation are indeed like Harry, in that some of modern life has passed them by, they're not too great at reading and writing, but they have money, in their cases through the building trade and other manual jobs. There are stacks of Spurs fans out there, who, if tickets are easily available, will come back to the Lane. To me it's win-win, and TBH the Lane atmosphere for large parts of this season has been flat considering the brilliance of the football and results. As long as we get this new 'Kop' stand, we should have a great place for the singers to congregate, and I look forward unreservedly to the new stadium.
So far we've not been inundated with plastics as they still tend to take their cameras to the swamp but perhaps as you're in London it's easier to attract them?
It will be easier for us being in London, but Tottenham is not quite as des res as Islington or Chelsea, so that's an issue we'll have to face. Though the regeneration plans can change that dramatically. Highbury was known as the Library before the Emirates happened, while Chelsea long ago lost large swathes of their traditional support, and before the money started rolling in with Harding, their gates were quite low. Each of the three major clubs in London has a very different profile, so while 'x' may have happened to 'y', there's no guarantee something similar may happen to 'z'.
I love computers but I still like walking to the ticket office on match day; seeing the TV crews setting up; the player's cars; the whole hustle and bustle of the day. It can only be a good thing if WHL becomes more accessible.
Fair comment Inda I love computers too, but there are whole swathes of people, including our manager who are not computer literate. Sometimes because of age, but sometimes because of reading and writing problems, or sometimes because guess what after a hard day on the building site or wherever, they'd rather be down the pub or watching TV, than sat in front of a computer. However, if someone like me can get them a ticket, and they don't have all the fuss involved they'll go, and they'll buy me more than one drink for having sorted it for them. Not that I do it for that, I do it because they're my friends and I love helping this club. There are soooooo many people who used to wander up the Lane when they fancied it in the old days, pay their ten bob or 75p or whatever at the turnstiles, and done. Some of them have adopted to the new ways, others haven't.
This article gives details on the updated NDP plans, I can't see any mention of a 'wembley style walkway' from WHL station, but that's to be included too I believe
A new stadium is a Pandora's box for any club. When we built Emirates, a huge proportion of the revenue from the stadium was designed to come from corporate supporters. You can't expect 60,000 'cheap' tickets to meet the revenue demands of a new build and gate profit increases, even if Spurs do secure some local development funding for the development. It's no secret that clubs like Arsenal have attracted some fairweather fans. A combination of expected success, a big new stadium and some less than die hard fans who expect to be entertained before they start cheering on the team. Also you have to remember that in a new build, incorporating existing fans and more corporate and day visitor fans is a mix that can affect the atmosphere. If Spurs do build a new stadium, my one bit of advice to the club would be to ensure that the people who populate the sections WHL that generate the signing, are given first refusal to sit together in the new stadium.
apologies WY, forgot to paste the link here it is http://www.haringeyindependent.co.u...d_but_schools_and_homes_commitments_dropped/? apparently the walkway is yet to be agreed, but should be in the final design.
No-one's expecting there to be 60,000 cheap tickets, there'll be plenty of corporate, etc, but probably not as much as at Arsenal, because of your greater success over the years, and more salubrious location. Our 'big idea' for the singing section is our specially designed 'kop section' we'll see how it goes
