New stadium thread

According to the Equality Act 2010, all Premier League clubs must have a provision for 186 wheelchair spaces - and a closer look at the plans reveal the total for WHL is 257.

 

That sounds much more like it.

 

Coincidentally, that's 70 more than the Emirates' current capacity...

 

Not sure what "club supporter" means, but really great to see the club have distributed
the wheelchair provision around all tiers of the ground (not the usual stick em at the front
in all weathers deal) .

 

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I was at West Ham's new public gift of a ground last night. The temp seating has done a decent job of not making it seem like you are miles away from the pitch, but there is still a significant distance.
Atmosphere was decent, but not spectacular with 54k+ in attendance.

 

Every time that ground is mentioned it just winds me up. Must stay calm. Must stay calm.

 

A nugget from the THST's meeting with Levy

• Katerina Law (THST co-chair) asked for clarification of the position regarding negotiations over Wembley

• Levy said that the FA's stance for some time had been that it was a national stadium and they were not interested in any Premier League club playing at Wembley. So, despite offers from THFC, there had been no willingness from the FA to progress discussions

• Chelsea FC's offer of a four-year deal, which would deliver a substantial sum of money, had changed this position and the FA would now consider a PL team

• A four-year deal was thought to be far more attractive to Wembley than a one-year deal, although Levy stressed the ‘per season' income to Wembley was unlikely to be materially different from either Club. Levy also felt that the FA acknowledged the need to treat clubs equally

• The FA has now said it will go away and consider the practicalities of a ground share. Until that is decided, no further discussions can take place

After that...

• Law asked for clarification of the decision makers here. Levy confirmed that the Wembley Board will give a recommendation to the FA Board, who will make the ultimate decision

• Law asked what the deadline was for Spurs to have a decision about where they would be playing in 2017/18 if the current stadium build timetable was adhered to. Donna-Marie Cullen (Spurs' Executive Director) and Levy said that March 2017 would be the deadline

• The best outcome for Spurs would be that Chelsea do not require the stadium for 2017/18 and/or that the FA grant Spurs the season of 2017/18 with Chelsea having the following four seasons

• The Club also underlined that Wembley was the only neutral option

 

? What does that mean. If Wembley say no, the building stops?

 

.No. It means other stadia are not neutral i.e. they belong to other clubs.

 

Will they have demolished Upton Park by then?

 

I suppose we could play in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.....

 

Of course, thanks

 

And more information about the Spammers OS deal leak out....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34492276

Apparently they will also be getting free plastic bags to deal with all the **** on the pitch!!

 

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The local borough of Newham is contributing £40m
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Again, if anyone knows what the great ROI is that they will be getting for
that money ***, let me know. More so given they have had posters up at tube
stations in 2015 about the 50m in savings the council has to make due to funding cuts.

*** It currently stands at "30% of that" (Newham mayor on BBC London news
when bid winners were announced) .

 

I'd like to know how much the West Ham version is costing the tax payer compared to what Spurs proposed. The idea of West Ham paying rent is also meaningless if they are getting so much else subsidised or completely paid for. For example, if the public funds say £200 million refurbishment costs (and it will be more than that), how many years equivalent rent is that? Say West Ham pay £5 million per year (and it may only be half of that), if they had to pay refurbishment then it's the same as 40 years free rent!!!

 

So not only has Karrunt Brady chiseled a stadium out of the taxpayer, she also backed that snivelling little skidmark George Osborne's tax cuts proposals in the House of Lords: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/11-millionaires-who-voted-tory-6713773

 

The phases for the NDP have been revealed

Phase One

• Demolish all remaining buildings on the stadium site
• Construct new West, North and northern half of East stands
• Construct all essential stadium accommodation at Level 0 including players and team staff suite, media centre, catering staff accreditation, central production kitchen, delivery yard, stadium and ground maintenance, police holding area, incoming utilities and plant rooms
• Install temporary repeater panels for key life safety equipment, as required, to enable initial commissioning of these systems
• Construct new Tottenham Experience along High Road
• Construct Hotel at junction of High Road and Park Lane

Phase Two

• Demolish existing stadium
• Complete cable-net roof
• Construct south stand and remaining portion of the east stand and associated podium
• Install pitch and complete associated pitchside services
• Complete installation of life safety services and re-commission where necessary

Phase Three

• Construct remaining elements of the southern development adjoining Park Lane

Phase Two doesn't look like it will be fun, does it?

 

Construct police holding area?

 

It's not like we want Chelsea or West Ham fans to soil the shiny new seats.