Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - Licence To Stand

[Spursman]

Probably be an American sponsor

 

[Gutter Boy]

Probably be an American sponsor

There's much more money/hunger for that sort of thing in the Far East at the moment. I'm expecting another AIA type of company (or maybe even AIA themselves).

 

[nayimfromthehalfwayline]

Given the NFL connections I also expect an American sponsor.

And since Nike came on board as kit sponser Ive half expected them.

No doubt at the time of that deal being arranged it was floated with them.

 

[PochettinoPochettinoPochettino]

If It's Nike, I'm calling it Nike Hart Lane.

 

[PochettinoPochettinoPochettino]

Sweet! It's time to put all the seats in! I want to see those seats in and that plastic taken off! Get an even better feel for this thing. Is it August yet?! Sheeeeeeet.

No keep them on like you do a brand new Iphone for about 2 weeks until it's battered and then, only then, you can peel it off and have a brand new shiny seat!

 

[Gutter Boy]

If It's Nike, I'm calling it Nike Hart Lane.

Why not call it - 'White Hart Lane - powered by sweatshops'

 

[JerusalemMan]

Would be better if it said Audere est Facere, rather than the dumbed down version

FYI

 

[nayimfromthehalfwayline]

Why not call it - 'White Hart Lane - powered by sweatshops'

Hardly as catchy is it?

And, hardly like many of the enormous sponsors we will be looking to pull in are squeaky clean either.

 

[Seedy Ron]

If It's Nike, I'm calling it Nike Hart Lane.

Whoever it is I'll probably call it "White Hart Lane", or "New White Hart Lane".

At a push "Levy's Magnificent Erection".

 

[nayimfromthehalfwayline]

Well thats the catch as well, whatever it is officially called itll always be WHL to the fans.

 

[greatwhitenorf]

Interesting soundtrack. Starting at 0:48, and repeated throughout, sounds like an electronic voice singing 'Don't touch the seafood'.

A warning, perhaps, to those who might join the prawn sandwich phalanx?

 

[PochettinoPochettinoPochettino]

Well thats the catch as well, whatever it is officially called itll always be WHL to the fans.

We are very lucky that we are still on N17 and the pitch will be on half of the old pitch. As you say, whatever it is called, it will still be the lane or White Hart Lane as we havent moved. The goons could never call their new poophole "Highbury", and I think have lost their history by moving (again). I am hoping we have kept our history at the Lane as all we have done is torn down our old house and built on the same land, adding some poignant touches with the flooring for example. I'm sure Bill Nich's gates will be there somewhere too?

 

[greatwhitenorf]

Whoever it is I'll probably call it "White Hart Lane", or "New White Hart Lane".

At a push "Levy's Magnificent Erection".

With Chelski's stadium project foundering, I'm reminded of this iconic vanity project in Scotland:

McCaig's Folly, in Oban.

 

[nayimfromthehalfwayline]

We are very lucky that we are still on N17 and the pitch will be on half of the old pitch. As you say, whatever it is called, it will still be the lane or White Hart Lane as we havent moved. The goons could never call their new poophole "Highbury", and I think have lost their history by moving (again). I am hoping we have kept our history at the Lane as all we have done is torn down our old house and built on the same land, adding some poignant touches with the flooring for example. I'm sure Bill Nich's gates will be there somewhere too?

Thats exactly it. None of them call it Ashburton Grove, any I know call it the Emirates. They have nothing else to hold on to, they moved away and sold the name.

While this new stadium is nothing like WHL inside or out, its on the same plot, it takes the same journey, you can still stop at the same pub on the way... The soul of the experience is the same. Whatever sponsorship we do, itll be WHL to us.

 

[Seedy Ron]

With Chelski's stadium project foundering, I'm reminded of this iconic vanity project in Scotland:

McCaig's Folly, in Oban.

Surprised West Ham didn't move in.

 

[Daisuk]

Thats exactly it. None of them call it Ashburton Grove, any I know call it the Emirates. They have nothing else to hold on to, they moved away and sold the name.

While this new stadium is nothing like WHL inside or out, its on the same plot, it takes the same journey, you can still stop at the same pub on the way... The soul of the experience is the same. Whatever sponsorship we do, itll be WHL to us.

Yep. And if you compare how White Hart Lane looked say in the 60's to what it looked like in 2017, and compare the 2017 White Hart Lane to the new White Hart Lane, 2017 WHL is more similar to the new one we're building than to the one from the 60's.

In my opinion, anyway.

 

[Jordinho]

 

[Gutter Boy]

With Chelski's stadium project foundering, I'm reminded of this iconic vanity project in Scotland:

McCaig's Folly, in Oban.

There's nothing wrong with a good folly. I love the idea of people building something spectacular, knowing it will be serve no practical purpose

 

[Gutter Boy]

Yep. And if you compare how White Hart Lane looked say in the 60's to what it looked like in 2017, and compare the 2017 White Hart Lane to the new White Hart Lane, 2017 WHL is more similar to the new one we're building than to the one from the 60's.

In my opinion, anyway.

The East Stand was built in the 20s (refurbed in the 80s), but I get your point

 

[Seedy Ron]

There's nothing wrong with a good folly. I love the idea of people building something spectacular, knowing it will be serve no practical purpose

Certainly the best way for 22 year olds to spend their Saturday afternoons and not waste their lives.