As suggested by the name, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is the new home to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, built to replace White Hart Lane remaining in the same N17 location, with a capacity of 62,062 it is a decent sized stadium, currently the third largest football stadium in England (second in the Premier League) after Wembley and Old Trafford. The stadium also has a large, stunning single tiered stand, which is the largest single tiered stand in a stadium holding 17,500 spectators.
The stadium has so many cool features including a retractable NFL pitch to host NFL games in London which seems to be growing popularity in the NFL franchise
Despite being close to multiple public transport stations including Tottenham Hale and Seven Sisters, the stadium is a nightmare to get to on the best of days, especially a match-day where buses are re-routed and there isn't traffic allowed in the area
I came to this stadium as one of the first sets of away fans to visit, in the venues first UEFA Champions League fixture as I watched Spurs host my Manchester City team, I was surprised at how bad the stadium was to get to from central London, and basically anywhere which is one of its' biggest flaws for such a beautiful, new, expensive stadium to allow no traffic to pass after the game, which also restricts buses with all tube stations including Tottenham Hale and Finsbury Park being a good walk away, which with the huge match-day crowds feels like an eternal walk with the "25 minutes" sign never seeming to go down. It probably ended up taking longer to get half-way back to the London Hilton on Park Lane in which I was staying than it does to get home from the Etihad via bus and tram, and perhaps any other stadium I've been to on an away day.
My overall view from the stadium, facing the new single tiered stand at the back of the away end was quite good, making it one of the better views I've had at an away game of the pitch, as well as the stunning stadium.
The stadium seemed modern in the sense it had many lifts, this is compared to what I'm used to at the Etihad Stadium which only has one, slow lift in each entrance meaning it can take a long time to get to your seats, here the biggest difficulty is navigating to the stadium and around the stadium. I found the distance between the gates to get into the ground to be much larger than other stadiums I've visited in the past.
It does have the frustrating bag policy of Wembley however allowing bags only smaller than A4 size, which is pretty inconvenient as it rules out bags of any decent size. Searching was also high-tech with airport style machines.
Staff inside the stadium seemed friendly, however, the staff from the stadium in nearby key attractions seemed few in number and clueless, for example, they couldn't even provide me with walking directions or transport directions to the stadium
Arguably one of the better stadiums in England right now in terms of capacity, appearance and facilities but the public transportation infrastructure is so bad really does let it down, it has got so bad where Tottenham Hotspur have had to release a statement, but it's got so bad, that visiting a stadium like this which is supposed to become an exciting experience starts to become a journey to dread and if that isn't sorted soon I probably wouldn't be able to attend games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, albeit it is still a great stadium and anything under three-stars would surely be an insult. read more