PROJECT 1 031FROM SOCCER TO NFL, CONCERTS AND RUGBY
While the stadium seems the ultimate football experience,
what is yet more impressive is the way areas can be overlaid
to perform other purposes. The showstopper moment is
that the football pitch slides entirely under the single-tier
south stand, revealing a surface for NFL games (the first is
scheduled for this October), while in the future rugby matches
(with Spurs having signed a deal with Saracens) and
concerts will be held. The hospitality spaces correspondingly
have to adjust too, with the H Club repurposed as an NFL
broadcast space. Some areas are custom-made for NFL –
their facilities are like those for Spurs, but literally scaled up:
the squad is 90 players, and due to the typical NFL player’s
physique, everything else is bigger too. The lockers are
much larger, at 90cm, corridors are wider, shower heads
are higher, and because wall-mounted toilets couldn’t be
trusted, the pans are on the floor. Design details include the
NFL crest in the floor and ceiling, and in the hospitality area
adjacent the slogans are both football- and NFL-friendly.
HUFTON + CROW