After playing at Wembley for the whole of last season, Spurs will move back to their home in North London in September when the suitably named ‘Tottenham Hotspur Stadium’ is opened.
Estimated at £1bn in costs, Spurs’ new home is on the site of the old White Hart Lane stadium they called home for 118 years.
Complete with a microbrewery, cheese factory and state-of-the-art hospitality, the new stadium will be one of the best not only in the country but the world.
With the work due to finish next month, we take a look through the gallery of photos since work started all the way back in January 2016, right through until the first test event!
January 2016
As mentioned the stadium is on the site of the old White Hart Lane, this photo shows that work started early in January 2016, with the outline taking shape.
The old ground would later be destroyed as the new stadium engulfed the land it sits on.
February 2016 Spurs season ticket holders started to have their route to White Hart Lane disrupted as the new stadium’s foundations are put in place. Just from the foundations you can already see that the 60,000 seater stadium will dwarf it’s predecessor. March 2016 The shape of the stadium will be more oval compared to White Hart Lane, the ‘bowl’ in which the pitch will sit is visible for the first time in March 2016. June 2016 By June 2016, the first sightings of six cranes that would dominate the north London skyline for the next two years. Due to a shortage of cranes for hire, Spurs actually bought them for £6 million! July 2016 With the 2015/16 season over, demolition of the north-east corner took place in order for further work to continue.Tottenham would play the whole season without the corner as a constant reminder of the exciting times ahead. August 2016 As the new season started and two years away from estimated completion, a hive of activity can be seen on the site.The hundreds of construction workers on the site had a great view inside White Hart Lane thanks to demolition of the north-east corner. September 2016 The stadium will include a 17,000 seat single-tiered stand, in September 2016, the steps started to be put into place. October 2016 An aerial shot of the stadium in October 2016, shows the new North Stand taking shape and most importantly gaining height. November 2016 As the winter months draw in during the first year of the build, the North Stand is starting to look in shape.The new stadium is higher than White Hart Lane because there will be two pitches, a football and an American Football for NFL games. December 2016 In December 2016 with Tottenham enjoying an incredible run of form at home, the new stadium is starting to dwarf White Hart Lane with it’s capacity of 38,000.