The stadium opened for its inaugural match
on 3 April 2019. Getting it to this point required
a lot of dedication, pushed on by Levy’s
investment and passion for the project. Jump
Studios describes him as ‘a very demanding
client for all the right reasons ... one of those
rare people who is amazing at the detail, as
well as having the big vision’. The stadium is
colossal, its individual technical feats matching
the scope of its ambition and the enormous
budget. Although the total cost is confidential,
you can guess at the astonishing amounts
involved. Football means money – not only in
terms of how much a fan pays for their love of
the game, but the value of broadcast rights and
more for the international football market. The
stadium embodies this and its superlative
nature starts upon entering the multi-storey
atria, an endless glass wall on one side, with a
wraparound screen of groundbreaking size on
the other. Once inside the bowl, which has a026 PROJECT 1Previous page The view from
the largest single-tier stand in
the UK. It holds 17,500 fans
Above Jump Studio’s
Liam Doyle describes the
new stadium as a ‘catalyst
for change’ for the north
London area of Tottenham
Left The stadium opened for
its inaugural match in April
Right, top Project costs have
been kept confidential
Right, below The football
pitch is retractable. An NFL
playing surface is revealed
when it slides underneath the
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