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Levy: NFL can share Spurs’ home
- Updated: September 7, 2016
Daniel Levy says Tottenham’s new stadium can be an NFL team’s permanent home, and has not ruled out the possibility of hosting American football and Premier League games on the same day.
Spurs have begun work on a new 61,000-seater stadium that will be the largest top-flight ground in London and offer purpose-built facilities for NFL, with a retractable grass field and an artificial surface underneath.
Tottenham have already announced a 10-year partnership to host two NFL games a year at the new stadium, which is due to be ready for the 2018/19 season, and chairman Levy has now said he wants an American football team to make the ground their permanent home, revealing the club have worked with the NFL to design a mutually beneficial stadium.
“We worked together because it needed to be viewed as a combined joint soccer and NFL stadium,” Levy told ESPN. “In fact, the way we designed the whole experience is one side of the stadium is a dedicated soccer entrance and the other side is a dedicated NFL entrance.
“If it ever got to a stage where the NFL decided it wanted to have a permanent team in London, this stadium could literally be, whatever the team was, their stadium as opposed to an NFL team feeling they’re renting Tottenham’s stadium.
“We would welcome …
