Spurs' new stadium 'will be greatest ever built' says chief engineer
Tottenham's new stadium will be "the greatest that's ever been built", says one of the chief engineers working on the delayed project.
It means Spurs play Watford in Milton Keynes on Wednesday because their usual temporary home - Wembley Stadium - is not ready after last weekend's Anthony Joshua fight.
"We've tried to do something in double time," engineer Nick Cooper said.
"If you look at any other project of this nature you wouldn't have achieved as much as we've achieved with the stadium.
"Be patient with us, we understand the frustrations."
Built in virtually every corner of the UK - how Tottenham's ground is coming together
- The stadium will feature the world's first dividing, retractable grass pitch built by a Leicester-based firm. Underneath will be an artificial NFL surface - all part of Spurs' grand plan to provide a world-class venue for both sports.
- The Sky Walk, a unique visitor attraction which will allow people to climb the exterior of the stadium up to 40 metres high, has been manufactured by a Midlands-based construction company.
- Six 70-metre trusses capable of extending across the pitch will suspend 950 powerful lights to help grow the grass. The trusses then all fold away, collapsing under the subterranean NFL pitch.
- The three pitch trays which form the retractable grass pitch were manufactured across Yorkshire by a Sheffield engineering specialist firm.
- The stadium steel works were made by a Lancashire-based company who also worked on the Olympic Stadium.
- The concrete panels featuring the club crest, positioned at the north entrance of the stadium, were cast in Scunthorpe.
- Spurs claim the local economy will be boosted by £293m each year and 3,500 jobs created across the entire stadium scheme to handle an expected two million visitors per year.
- 258 affordable homes have been built nearby and money has been ploughed into a partnership with nine independent schools to create the London Academy of Excellence, which is connected to the building that houses the club's new offices.
Fucking shame they cant put a good team in there to fill it.What a fucking waste of good money.