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Welcome news for Spurs supporters this morning, as Tottenham Hotspur has been given a great step forward in the creation of a new stadium in North London. The design improvements to the Northumberland Development Project together with the revisions to the Section 106 planning agreement have been approved following a meeting of the London Borough of Haringey Planning Sub-Committee.

Such permissions from the borough push forward Tottenham's ambition to create a new stadium that can continue to help revitalize the area of Tottenham in light of urban decay and last August's riots. After the collapse of Tottenham's bid to take over the Olympic Bid (and consequently move to Stratford in East London), all of the club's recent moves seem to be aimed at creating a new North London stadium. Tottenham has de-listed it shares from the stock exchange, earned public funding backed by London Mayor Boris Johnson, and seemingly reigned in transfer spending to help fund the supposed £400 million new stadium.

The new stadium would seat 56,250, a 20 thousand person growth from White Hart Lane. The new stadium will have corporate sponsorship, likely ending any hope of the White Hart Lane name being retained. The stadium will remain along the Tottenham High Road, and its construction should not force any disruption to the club.

Daniel Levy's statements on the ruling after the jump:

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"We are delighted with these three unanimous decisions and are grateful for the support of the Council and those right across the community who have who expressed such enthusiasm for our plans.

"We welcome the public sector coming together to further regeneration in an area with such a real need. We are proud of our roots in Tottenham and we are committed to seeking to deliver a world class new stadium, associated developments and the ensuing benefits of employment opportunities, economic uplift and community gains.

"There is still much work to be done and we shall keep everyone connected with the Club updated over the coming months with our progress."

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So, is that it for the red tape?

All that’s left is to see if they can actually fund this, or are there more bureaucratic hurdles?

by ChadUESSpurs on Feb 14, 2012 12:21 PM GMT reply actions  

Can't have an alcoholic sponsor for European games.

EA sports arena would be sick..#its in the game lol

I play for the Cucamonga Cracker Killers. You want tickets...

by ElCarpet on Feb 14, 2012 12:45 PM GMT via iPhone app reply actions  

HELL YEA

then Spurs players would be on the cover of FIFA for evar and evar and evar!!!!

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by Timmy L. on Feb 14, 2012 1:56 PM GMT up reply actions  

Not even that

Our fucking stadium would finally be in the fucking game then.

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by Nick Petrilli on Feb 14, 2012 2:36 PM GMT up reply actions  

haha in Career Mode, I renamed one of the generic stadia "White Hart Lane."

Just so I could see it during the intros to matches.

"No, I'm not a wheeler and dealer. F**k off. I'm not a wheeler and f*****g dealer. Don't even say that. I'm a f*****g football manager." - Harry Redknapp, Tottenham Hotspur manager

by Timmy L. on Feb 14, 2012 2:40 PM GMT up reply actions  

Same

Funny thing is though it used to be in the game. They used to say the name and it was White Hart Lane. Then they took it out.

Suns & Spurs (not San Antonio) fan.

by Willman on Feb 14, 2012 2:43 PM GMT up reply actions  

If only Mansion still sponsored us

Tottenham Mansion. White Heart Mansion. As long as that gross Aurasma logo isn’t involved, but it most likely will be.

Even if it’s not called White Hart Lane officially due to naming rights it will still always be White Hart Lane. I just feel that with this fanbase that name won’t be allowed to disappear.

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by Willman on Feb 14, 2012 12:49 PM GMT reply actions  

It’s still “The Jake” to me.

by johnf34 on Feb 14, 2012 1:04 PM GMT up reply actions  

Maybe they do a Broncos?

Mansion Field at White Hart Lane

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by Kevin McCauley on Feb 14, 2012 2:07 PM GMT up reply actions  

Since Skipjack is absent this morning I’ll take his place and say “or an Orioles.”

by johnf34 on Feb 14, 2012 4:31 PM GMT up reply actions  

Oddly enough, we have no sponsor

Although Oriole Park at Camden Yards does leave us well suited to taking one on without totally alienating the fanbase. That said, having a well known name in the title, like Camden Yards or White Hart Lane, must reduce the rights fee.

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by Skipjack on Feb 14, 2012 4:48 PM GMT up reply actions  

we are really proud of those rail yards

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by theroosevelts on Feb 15, 2012 4:36 AM GMT up reply actions  

Only 56K seats?!

Does that strike anyone else as being on the low side? How big is the Emirates? Etihad?

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by Uncle Menno on Feb 14, 2012 1:47 PM GMT reply actions  

This would be the 4th largest stadium in England

Behind Wembley (90k), Old Trafford (76k), and Emirates (60k). St. James Park Sports Direct Arena has 52k.

But yes, it’s still low. We should build it to have at the very least 60,362 seats. Which is one more than Arsenal’s.

by Lennon's Eyebrow on Feb 14, 2012 1:55 PM GMT up reply actions  

Ehhhhhh

look at what has happened to the glamour of Emirates, aka The Cemetery. Now, of course, our fans are better than the Gooners, and we have thousands upon thousands of people waiting for season tickets, but we don’t want that same situation happening to our club. I like this number at the moment.

"No, I'm not a wheeler and dealer. F**k off. I'm not a wheeler and f*****g dealer. Don't even say that. I'm a f*****g football manager." - Harry Redknapp, Tottenham Hotspur manager

by Timmy L. on Feb 14, 2012 1:59 PM GMT up reply actions  

But the atmosphere at The Library was shit before they moved.

It had nothing to do with the size of the stadium. There are 30 thousand people who have paid money to wait for season tickets. 56k still wouldn’t accommodate all of them. We’d just make a bigger stadium rock that much harder.

by Lennon's Eyebrow on Feb 14, 2012 2:06 PM GMT up reply actions  

The waiting list number

Is exaggerated a little. They count all the people who have ever registered for tickets including people like me who only registered to try to get a single game ticket. Honestly, I think 56K is probably the upper reaches of what Spurs can sell out regularly. The tickets are pretty expensive and there are a shit-ton of clubs in London to compete against.

by ChadUESSpurs on Feb 14, 2012 2:38 PM GMT up reply actions  

I believe this is called " pulling a Dan Snyder"

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by theroosevelts on Feb 14, 2012 3:27 PM GMT via mobile up reply actions  

In the middleish. Emirates 60 grand, Ethiad 47.

by johnf34 on Feb 14, 2012 1:56 PM GMT up reply actions  

OK, not as bad as I thought.

I just kept hearing all this banter about the NDL being 60-65K seats. This number just seemed… well, low.

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by Uncle Menno on Feb 14, 2012 2:01 PM GMT up reply actions  

Maybe it will be like Denver....

Where they at least kept the reference to Mile High. Ah well, a small price to pay (Red Bull Lane?) to have 20K+ more paying customers every game

by ChrisB76 on Feb 14, 2012 2:09 PM GMT reply actions  

One important note about our planned stadium vs. Emirates Library

It’s being designed with atmosphere and noise in mind. They’ve looked at the Westfalenstadion and Anfield and we’re going to have a stand like The Kop or Die Südtribüne.

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by Kevin McCauley on Feb 14, 2012 2:09 PM GMT reply actions  

NOISE

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by NJoverNY on Feb 14, 2012 3:16 PM GMT up reply actions  

If our stadium is ANYTHING like Westfalenstadion

That shit will be bonkers and totally worth whatever stupid naming rights we have to sell.

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by Skipjack on Feb 14, 2012 3:59 PM GMT up reply actions  

This. This all day.

I have this idea for an article about Kop spaces as canvases & choir lofts…now if I can just find the time/energy to write…

I think that, critical as I’ve been of the stadium design, the new digs will be much more Westfalenstadion than Emirates in terms of atmosphere. The Tottenham Roar lives…

Incidentally: The Sudtribune is terraced (i.e. no seats). Germany’s way better at crowd control, & doesn’t quite have the troubled history with terraced stands as England does. If we went to a terrace on the north end of the new stadium, who knows how many more people we could fit into the stadium. Given the legislation required to get that passed, though, that’s a pipe dream at best.

For some idea of what the Sudtribune (& the Unity, Dortmund’s supporter group) can do:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVPNAOuJj7g

Why don’t Spurs do this? (Edward, maybe you can weigh in on this…)

by The Sleeper's Sleep on Feb 14, 2012 4:31 PM GMT up reply actions  

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