New plans for Spurs stadium include hotel

Tottenham Hotspur unveiled revised plans for their new stadium yesterday which now include a hotel and public spaces built alongside it.

The new ground, to be built almost exactly on the site where White Hart Lane now stands, will have a capacity of 58,000, the club said in a statement.

It will include a dedicated space for community events, such as street markets, performers, an ice rink or educational activities and a second smaller, quieter space.

The development now also includes a hotel, which "will provide a further economic boost for the area," the club said.

The plans will be shown to the public between today and next Tuesday.

Club chairman Daniel Levy said: "Too often new stadiums are surrounded by empty, dead space and we did not want that in Tottenham. Instead, we have embraced the opportunity to create something truly special for local people.

"In respect of the stadium, we have been urging our architects to push the boundaries on technical design aspects in order to create a tighter bowl and an unbeatable match-day atmosphere.

"At the moment we have roughly 25,000 season ticket holders and we have a waiting list of over 22,000 and that was before plans for the new stadium so I am sure as soon as people can get seats in the new stadium there will be plenty of interest."

The club also said that spectators would be closer to the pitch than at any other comparable stadium.

Spurs have played at White Hart Lane since 1899, but the new stadium will instead be known by the name of whichever sponsor eventually buys the naming rights.