Tottenham Hotspur Consider Making Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium Temporary Home
With the approval for a new stadium received, Tottenham Hotspur have begun the process of finding a temporary home. With the club’s new stadium being built adjacent to White Hart Lane, Spurs will need to find a temporary home for at least one season.
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Currently the club will only need to play one season away from “home” — that being the 2017-18 season — though that could change depending on construction and inspection times.
While Wembley Stadium has been considered the main target for the North London side, a Premier League rule making a club play all Premier League home matches at one stadium. With Wembley unlikely to provide a full season of openings for Spurs, the England National Team Stadium is likely off the books.
Another favorite of Tottenham and it’s supporters is Stadium:mk in Milton Keynes. The stadium is home to English Championship side MK Dons and seats 30,500 but is due to have a capacity of 32,000 in 2017.
However, it is unlikely stadium organizers will want to manage the 19 Premier League home matches of Tottenham Hotspur as well as the 23 league home matches of MK Dons.
The match count does not add in possible League Cup and FA Cup matches as well as Tottenham’s possible Europa League matches. While the Premier League will force a club to play all home matches at one stadium, it is plausible for Tottenham to move these matches to another stadium.
Premier League’s chief executive Richard Scudamore has stated that the Premier League will not allow Tottenham to split it’s League matches between two stadiums, saying the proposal would be immediately vetoed by it’s members.
"“They would have to play in a single stadium for an entire year for the integrity of the competition. You cannot have 19 home games with 10 at Milton Keynes and nine at Wembley. That is completely, completely unfair. That will not be allowed in our competition.”"
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One option that has been proposed for the clubs consideration is a stadium sharing deal with Arsenal. While the club’s are both hated rivals, Emirates Stadium is the closest option for the North London club and would also make financial sense given the stadium’s size.
While this option will be hit with opposition by both supporter groups — this will likely mark the first time the rival supporters will be in agreement — it provides geographic and financial sense for Tottenham.
However, the same issue as with Stadium:mk will be the number of home matches. Emirates Stadium will go from hosting 19 Premier League matches to 38. While matches on the same weekend would not be a problem given the Premier League’s scheduling program.
Should Tottenham Hotspur fail to land a stadium deal at Wembley Stadium, it has to be considered that a possible deal with Arsenal is the next best thing for the North London club. Failure to do so could put Spurs in a very dangerous situation.