I am guessing business wise all clubs would want it, the advantage we would have over Wembley is having a custom made stadium which could incorporate a NFL team, I would worry though whether it would still feel like a home to us and also what it would do to the pitch otherwise I could not care less. Can not stand the sport it is stupid but if people want to waste their money watching it then that is their business.
Hope not, unless we are gonna have two pitches. I don't like the way the pitch is at Wembley after an NFL game.
I am guessing business wise all clubs would want it, the advantage we would have over Wembley is having a custom made stadium which could incorporate a NFL team, I would worry though whether it would still feel like a home to us and also what it would do to the pitch otherwise I could not care less. Can not stand the sport it is stupid but if people want to waste their money watching it then that is their business.
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Heard #NFL are part funding Tottenham's new stadium as it will be home to a London franchise. I hope that's right as I don't like Wembley.
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I wouldn't worry about the pitch, because they would most probably use a second artificial surface that can be layed on top. Also the redesign might be related to this, as the NFL afaic, want 60k minimum capasity.
GB is this person NFL or Spurs affiliated? From the bold you'd think the former.
Also how do you fold out a pitch ontop of another pitch?
The best design would have the grass pitch on top with the NFL pitch 2m lower. That way people could see over the NFL players on the sideline. If the NFL pitch is on top either the lower seats would have an obstructed view in NFL mode or would be strangely high for football.
To make room for a sliding pitch we'd either have to get extra space (e.g. the school playing field across the road) or use the space for the southern development which would limit the number of flats.
Great for business, but is it good for the stadium atmosphere? The football pitch? Will it feel like we're just sharing the ground with another club?
I'm sceptical about this NFL thing, to be honest. Hopefully, if it happens, it's possible to find a solution that brings in the cash AND makes sure the actual football and spectator side of it is well taken care of.
I doubt the NFL thing will last 5 years. It's just American hubris that they think they can export one of their funny internal sports. Remember the London Monarchs
Im no expert but an NFL link would surely be HUGE for the club.
The extra income would potentially bring us closer to the 'top 4' financially without needing to be part of the CL gravy train.
It'd put us in a great position in the expanding US 'soccer' market - permenantly linked to a franchise in one of their major sports.
And best of all you'd have to think this kind of deal is a one off that wouldn't be copied by a rival - giving us an edge
NFL Europe was an inferior product. It had a novelty value for its first year - when the Monarchs regularly attracted 60K + to Wembley - but fans soon realised that they were being fed the U.S. equivalent of non league football. They're not mugs. So they stopped attending.
A genuine NFL team would be an altogether different prospect. Every regular season NFL game played at Wembley, since they first began eight years ago, has sold out within days - if not hours - of being put on sale. The people who run the NFL know a thing or two about making money. There's no hubris at work here. They're not in the business of backing losers. If they think that a London franchise will thrive (and they clearly do), then you had better believe that it will. By the time that the franchise is likely to be up and running, London's population will be approaching 10 million and heading north. London is home to people from all over the world - including a sizeable population of north Americans - and a vast array of global companies who will leap at the chance to snap up the all important corporate packages. That's not to mention all the NFL fans (and there are hundreds of thousands of them) all over the UK - and even the remainder of Europe - who would be attracted to games.
NFL Europe was an inferior product. It had a novelty value for its first year - when the Monarchs regularly attracted 60K + to Wembley - but fans soon realised that they were being fed the U.S. equivalent of non league football. They're not mugs. So they stopped attending.
A genuine NFL team would be an altogether different prospect. Every regular season NFL game played at Wembley, since they first began eight years ago, has sold out within days - if not hours - of being put on sale. The people who run the NFL know a thing or two about making money. There's no hubris at work here. They're not in the business of backing losers. If they think that a London franchise will thrive (and they clearly do), then you had better believe that it will. By the time that the franchise is likely to be up and running, London's population will be approaching 10 million and heading north. London is home to people from all over the world - including a sizeable population of north Americans - and a vast array of global companies who will leap at the chance to snap up the all important corporate packages. That's not to mention all the NFL fans (and there are hundreds of thousands of them) all over the UK - and even the remainder of Europe - who would be attracted to games.
Soccer. Franchise. US.
Such horrible horrible words (Sorry all Americans on the board ) when one thinks of football.