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The New Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

London, UK

CHALLENGE. The multi-award-winning Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is a new benchmark in global stadium design, offering one of the finest spectator experiences in the world and, by incorporating a fully retractable pitch, becoming the first purpose-built home for the NFL in Europe.

With a capacity of 62,303, the stadium heralds a new era for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and has created a major landmark for both Tottenham and London.

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"Our stunning new stadium design and wider scheme will deliver an unrivalled fan experience and significant community benefits – creating a world class sports and entertainment destination for all - and in our birthplace of Tottenham."
Daniel Levy / Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

Seated in the single-tier South Stand looking north
The view across the pitch towards the largest single-tier stand in Europe

INNOVATION. The stadium is designed to deliver one of the best matchday atmospheres in the world, with uninterrupted sightlines and spectators closer to the pitch than at any comparable ground in the UK. The stands are made as steep as UK guidelines recommend, creating a tighter, more compact stadium bowl which focusses towards the southern ‘home end’, where 17,500 Spurs fans join together to generate a deafening ‘wall of sound’ in what is the largest single-tier stand in the UK.

Fan spaces across every level at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium deliver incomparable levels of quality and choice. The five-storey atrium space in the South Stand provides a vibrant area for the home support to gather before and after matches, with a range of food stalls, a microbrewery, and a 65m bar – the longest in Europe – which mirrors the full length of the goal line on the pitch behind.

"I think you are too humble when you say, 'beautiful stadium', too humble. You have to say the best stadium in the world. That's the reality."
Jose Mourinho / Head Coach of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

IMPACT. Populous’ world-leading concept designs for the premium facilities at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium focus on unlocking the latent potential in typically underutilised spaces within a stadium, creating unique experiences for fans as well as driving innovative new revenue opportunities for the club. The range of private suites, lounges, bars and dining areas — designed to suit a wide variety of price points and preferences — can accommodate 8,000 guests on event days.

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Design Team

Client: Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

Architect & Principal Designer: Populous

Interior Designer: Jump Studios – A Populous Company

Tottenham Experience Designer: Populous

Planning Consultant: DP9

Structural Engineer: BuroHappold Engineering & Schlaich Bergermann Partner

M&E Consultant: BuroHappold Engineering

Quantity Surveyor: Arcadis

Landscape Architect: Populous

Lighting Consultant: BuroHappold Engineering

Main Contractor: Mace

Premium Hospitality, Player Facilities and Tottenham Experience Fit Out: BASE Contracts & F3 Architects

Facts and Figures

Total capacity: 62,303
Single-tier South Stand capacity: 17,500
Premium seating capacity: 8,000

Food and drink outlets: 61
Jobs created: 3,500
Distance from stands to pitch: 4.9m to 6.9m

Awards

2020: Design Week Awards, Wayfinding and Environmental Graphics - Highly Commended
2020: TheStadiumBusiness Awards – Venue of the Year
2020: Mondo*dr Awards – Best Stadium Category
2020: Selwyn Goldsmith Awards for Universal Design – Highly Commended
2020: Civic Trust Awards – Highly Commended
2019: AJ Architecture Awards – Best Leisure Project
2019: The StadiumBusiness Design & Development Awards – Project of the Year
2019: Building Awards – Project of the Year
2019: Structural Steel Design Awards – Building of the Year
2019: The StadiumBusiness Design & Development Awards – Interior & Fit-Out Award for The High Street Concourses at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
2019: LABC National Building Excellence Awards – Best Inclusive Building for The Tottenham Experience
2019: World Interior News Awards – Gold Award for Leisure and Entertainment Interiors
2019: World Interior News Awards – Gold Award for Branding and Wayfinding
2019: World Architecture News – Bronze Award for Leisure Architecture

Project Team

Christopher Lee

Tom Jones

Dale Jennins

Mark Craine

Megan Ashfield

Marc Spinner

Paul Goodall

Maria Knutsson-Hall

Caroline Mills

Edward Arnett

Bianca Binder

Susanna Hanninen

Elizabeth Miglierina

Marian Moravek

Emiliano Cevallos

Fabiano D’Amato

Scott Rogers

Elisa Martin

Angela Vassis

Adrian Feige

Magdalena Ladka

Haris Mashkoor

Sima Bdeir

Ben Connolly

Christopher Richards

Marco Dessi

Howard Riley

Nick Fitzgerald

Matthew Rogers

Simon Borg

Kimberly Paulus

Tao Jiang

Soaad Stott

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The New Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

London, UK

"Our stunning new stadium design and wider scheme will deliver an unrivalled fan experience and significant community benefits – creating a world class sports and entertainment destination for all - and in our birthplace of Tottenham."

"I think you are too humble when you say, 'beautiful stadium', too humble. You have to say the best stadium in the world. That's the reality."

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Design Team

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Awards

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