Tottenham Stadium is the facility of desires – Corriere.it

Also housed within this billion-euro architectural gem is the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the futuristic facility in north London where Milan will tonight hunt for a season-worthy Champions League trophy. The dream of the quarter-finals in the stadium of dreams.

Inside the head of Jerry Cardinale, the first American director of RedBird, there is already a modern and functional stadium, included in an environmentally sustainable urban redevelopment project, capable of becoming a global icon, generating revenue and retaining fans. days out of seven. Built between 2016 and 2019 on a project by Populous studiothe same person who conceived (on paper) the cathedral, New White Hart Lane is much more than a playground: it is Grass retractable It can leave room for the field below for American football and rugby matches, for rock concerts and for all kinds of events.

“The experience that can be lived in an innovative stadium like Tottenhamas in many stadiums in the United States, allows us to understand the potential and opportunities that a modern stadium can offer to a city, a world-class club and all its fans – in the words of the AC Milan president Paul Scaroni -. We need to accelerate a new stadium construction project which is a key component of our growth process and is essential to being able to compete internationally. The old San Siro is full of memories, but we feel a responsibility to look forward to the future of our club, to offer all our fans new successes and unforgettable experiences.

There are 62,000 seats here, some of which are heated: They will be useful tonight, when temperatures drop below zero. This stadium produces money like a factory, because it is, after all, a factory of entertainment: only from the stadium revenues in the 2021/22 season Tottenham collected 125 million euros. A real multifunctional facility, given that it is now an offshoot of the old continent of the NFL, with two games a year. It takes only 25 minutes to get from the soccer field to the soccer field. Not to mention the concerts: Beyoncé, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lady Gaga, Guns n’ Roses. And if you remove the green grass, a boxing ring will appear.

The last discovery is Agreement with Formula 1 on an electric kart track. In short: a real amusement park. With a lot of breweries.