Tottenham throw open the doors of their new 62,000-capacity stadium on Wednesday, hoping it will give them the financial firepower to compete with the Premier League and European elite.
Mauricio Pochettino’s men will also banking on a short-term boost, with a dire run of results threatening to leave Spurs without Champions League football next season.
Tellingly the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, built at a reported cost of £1 billion , is marginally bigger than the home of Tottenham’s great north London rivals Arsenal. The gleaming stadium has a 62,062 capacity – marginally bigger than Spurs’ north London rivals Arsenal. AFP/Daniel LEAL-OLIVASTottenham claim the stadium offers levels of food and drink that consign the old British stadium offering of pies and soggy chips to history. Craft beers are made at an on-site microbrewery — and the feature that excited many fans at the test events were pint glasses that filled from the bottom.
NFL games will also be played at the stadium, on an artificial pitch that lies under the turf. AFP/Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
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