White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane
The Lane
White Hart Lane seen from the South End (2011)
Data
place	748 High Road Tottenham , London N17 0AP, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51 ° 36 '12 "  N , 0 ° 3' 56"  W Coordinates: 51 ° 36 '12 "  N , 0 ° 3' 56"  W.
owner	Tottenham Hotspur
operator	Tottenham Hotspur
opening	1899
demolition	2017
surface	Natural grass
architect	Archibald Leitch
capacity	36,284 seats
playing area	100.6 m × 66.8 m (110 yd × 73 yd)
Societies)
Tottenham Hotspur (1899-2017) London Monarchs (1995-1996)
Events
Tottenham Hotspur Games (1899-2017) London Monarchs Games ( NFL Europe , 1995–1996)

The White Hart Lane ( German  Gasse zum Weißen Hirschen ) was the football stadium of the Tottenham Hotspur football club in the north-east of London 's Tottenham district . It held 36,284 spectators and was opened in 1899. In August 2017, the last part of the old venue was demolished. On the old building site, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is a new home for the Spurs with 62,062 places, in which the Tottenham U-18s played their first game against Southampton in March 2019. Until the completion of the new soccer arena in the north of the city, Tottenham played its home games at Wembley Stadium .

history

After completion, Tottenham Hotspur moved into the stadium, which fans often just call The Lane . The first game was won 4-1 against Notts County in front of 5,000 spectators. 1923 the stadium to 50,000 covered seats was expanded in March 1938 even 75,038 spectators attended an FA Cup game of the Spurs against Sunderland . In 1953 the square was equipped with floodlights, which were renovated in 1970.

The East Stand (East Stand)

In the late 1980s, today's West Stand , the West Stand , was built, but the project was so poorly organized that it was completed far too late and costs were far higher than expected, plunging the club into serious economic crisis. The East Stand on Worcester Avenue is a three-tier grandstand designed by London architect Archibald Leitch in the 1930s and last renovated in 1990.

The stadium area from the air (2005)

In the 1990s, today's South Stand on Park Lane was completed and the first video screen was erected, two of which are now located above each penalty area. In 1998 the Members Stand , the north stand, was the last of the four stands to be renovated and completed. Thus, today White Hart Lane is a pure football stadium typical of England , which means that the tiers start right on the edge of the field. The arena is now also a complete seating stadium.

New White Hart Lane

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White Hart Lane (right) in May 2017. The new stadium is being built next to it.

As part of the Northumberland Development Project , it was decided to replace White Hart Lane with a new building. Furthermore, club president Daniel Levy announced that the previous stadium name will not be retained; instead, the naming rights , as with most current European new stadiums, will probably be sold to a sponsor.

On July 12, 2014, the plans for the new 58,000-seat stadium were approved by the city council so that construction could begin. The stadium was originally supposed to be completed in 2017, but ultimately didn't open until April 3, 2019.

panorama

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Panorama of White Hart Lane from the east stand (2006)

Web links

Commons : White Hart Lane  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Stadium history on the website of the Spurs (English)
• Stadium guide , footballgroundguide.com (English)
• Picture gallery , fussballinlondon.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Handbook of the Premier League 2015/16 - page 35 , premierleague.com ( PDF , English), accessed on August 9, 2015
2. ↑ dailymail.co.uk: Tottenham's redevelopment of White Hart Lane gathers pace as last visual part of ground is remove Article from August 1, 2017
3. ↑ http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/clubconfirmsnamingrightsopportunityatnewstadium311008.html
4. ↑ Tottenham given green light to start building 58,000-seater stadium , theguardian.com, article from July 12, 2014 (English)