Tottenham’s ticket prices have left loyal fans reeling and some will be unable to renew as the club returns to White Hart Lane
If Tottenham Hotspur had set out to create a modern parable showing all that is wrong with football, they could not have done better.
Details of the eagerly awaited new stadium were revealed last week, with season ticket price rises of up to 70%. The glossy brochure boasting of sumptuous facilities looks decadent now the ticket prices are known. Instead of welcoming an improved new “home”, many fans are saying that European oak finishes and brushed steel on the food court worksurfaces are not the reason they come to the match. And the placing of over 1,000 premium-lite exclusive membership club tickets costing £2,200 across the centre of the vaunted single-tier home end looks like a calculated insult.
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