Nope. Capacity 64,642. It used to be the biggest in Europe at around 127,000, 3rd biggest in the worldIs it Benfica ?
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Nope. Capacity 64,642. It used to be the biggest in Europe at around 127,000, 3rd biggest in the worldIs it Benfica ?
Good quiz question there, what are the 13 club grounds that are bigger?
Without googling...
Old Trafford
Camp Nou
Bernabéu
Metropolitano (Atleti)
Bayern
Dortmund
San Siro
Olympic Stadium Rome
PSG
Estádio da Luz (Benfica)
That's ten, so three guesses:
Dynamo Kiev
Spartak Moscow
Olympic Stadium in Athens (if teams play there) ???
How did I do?
Edit: One wrong I think... No, two at least
Betis? Marseille? Schalke? Stuttgart? zenit?Good quiz question there, what are the 13 club grounds that are bigger?
Without googling...
Old Trafford
Camp Nou
Bernabéu
Metropolitano (Atleti)
Bayern
Dortmund
San Siro
Olympic Stadium Rome
PSG
Estádio da Luz (Benfica)
That's ten, so three guesses:
Dynamo Kiev
Spartak Moscow
Olympic Stadium in Athens (if teams play there) ???
How did I do?
Edit: One wrong I think... No, two at least
One of those!Betis? Marseille? Schalke? Stuttgart? zenit?
Does anyone have a link or information on our stadium financial situation how much has been paid and much we owe etc, I need it to settle an argument.
PSG = Parc des princes , 48000 slot.Good quiz question there, what are the 13 club grounds that are bigger?
Without googling...
Old Trafford
Camp Nou
Bernabéu
Metropolitano (Atleti)
Bayern
Dortmund
San Siro
Olympic Stadium Rome
PSG
Estádio da Luz (Benfica)
That's ten, so three guesses:
Dynamo Kiev
Spartak Moscow
Olympic Stadium in Athens (if teams play there) ???
How did I do?
Edit: One wrong I think... No, two at least
Does anyone have a link or information on our stadium financial situation how much has been paid and much we owe etc, I need it to settle an argument.
I'm no accountant but it seems to me that our debt is at almost free interest rates currently.
I'm confident that Levy will manage any possible future problems in the competent way he has dealt with the club so far.
Excellent thanksImpossible question to answer as the cost of the stadium itself is all but impossible to distinguish for cost of shop or other things on the northumberland development (as the stadium site is called).
Equally the stadium is funded via a number of debt note secured on all the assets of the company, so not only on the stadium.
The current thread on the clubs financials which might be useful if you want detail is here :
Management - Tottenham Hotspur Financials - Year to 30 June 2020 | The Fighting Cock - Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs) Forum
If you want some headlines from the last accounts as at 30 June 2020 :
'At the year end the cost of the Club’s property assets were £1.54bn (ie stadium plus shop, training ground etc)'.
With this backdrop the Club refinanced its debt portfolio extending it to an average maturity of 23 years and bringing the weighted average interest rate down to 2.67%. At the year end the Club had net debt of £604.6m '
The most straight forward statement to answer your questions would be :
Spurs have already paid for circa 60% of the property assets costing £1.54 bn, and the balance of £600m (ie debt) is payable over the next 23 years with lump sums being required to be paid at various times starting in about 15 years and the last payment in about 30 years. Over this time interest only is payable at low rates - cost each year less than £20m so easily affordable from the extra income from the stadium.
To add items that might confuse, there are a number of housing developments including 600 flats just off the plaza at the south end of the stadium site which have yet to be built which will add to cost but should generate a profit when sold - and no doubt part of those profits will be used to pay down part of the (current at 30 June 2020) £600m debt.
Were all the food outlets closed when they had 2,000 back at games earlier in the season?
No idea. I think so, not sure though.Were all the food outlets closed when they had 2,000 back at games earlier in the season?
Were all the food outlets closed when they had 2,000 back at games earlier in the season?
Bingo! I didn't think clubs played there, but Hertha do.
Who are you getting rid of from my list then?
STs have already been asked to upload photo ID, I assume that will be extended.It will be interesting to see what happens when fans are allowed back in at a high capacity and if the stadium will sell out.
A fair proportion of our ticket sales do end up with tourists, and with no international travel the turnstiles could potentially be quite quiet.
I’m speculating here - but, there is also a good chance that there will be even more rules, like photo ID with your ticket, masks, and even “no jab, no entry!!”
This could put off another group of fans.