Bet Khan's jealous of this.

[f321ffc]

Spurs new pitch or should I say pitch's
WOW

https://mobile.twitter.com/SpursOfficial/status/905744331776167936/video/1

[fulhamben]

Does this mean that we won't have to have nfl games at Wembley any more.

[westcliff white]

I think there will be 2 or 3 at wembley for each of the next 2 or 3 years while Spurs is being built etc

[Marcel_Gecov]

The 3 pieces need to be completely seamless otherwise you could imagine the outrage if a player caught their foot and broke their ankle. Quite why you need this for essentially 3 games a year seems a bit pointless.

[Samsara]

The 3 pieces need to be completely seamless otherwise you could imagine the outrage if a player caught their foot and broke their ankle. Quite why you need this for essentially 3 games a year seems a bit pointless.

This would be a for the speculative permanent NFL team based in London.

[sunburywhite]

Bound to be  a good pitch when they have that sh1t on it every week

[Fulhamfan666]

that looks pretty flipping fantastic to be honest. Would love to see this in person.

[NogoodBoyo]

A poor business decision all round.  The NFL and perhaps 15 a side rugby will soon face huge litigation challenges and liability problems from players' unions, ex-players, the estates of ex-players, the medical profession, the insurance industry and, ultimately the parents of future players.
American Football has no answer other than denial and tons of money.  Rugby?  Rugby Sevens is a safer sport and arguably a much better spectator sport, so they at least have a future, a good one too. 
Nogood "hearing that here first, isit" boyo

[jarv]

Electric motors. Good laugh if the have a power cut before the game. 064.gif

[The Enclosurite]

No idea if true but I saw a comment on one of the Facebook pages reporting on this that the pitch has been part funded by the Jaguars.

Anyone else heard this or is it just speculation?

[love4ffc]

That is a pretty cool engineering feat.  A couple of things. 

One, I agree with Jarv about the electric motors.  Lose power before the game and  :58:

Two, in Atlanta, Georgia they just built a new stadium with a roof that opens and closes that still is not opening properly 

Three, I thought I heard somewhere that Khan is involved with the development of the NFL expansion into England and so would probably be involved in some small way with this stadium hosting future NFL and possibly a future London team.   

[Samsara]

Electric motors. Good laugh if the have a power cut before the game. 064.gif

They'll have generators...

[fulhamben]

That floor looks very thin. Will be like playing on a astro turf with no give under foot. Expect alot of joint injuries playing on this

[bog]

Don't know what all the fuss is about, we have 3 of these up our local rec.....


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[cmg]

I once had a draughts board with snakes-and-ladders on the back.
Same principle - just upscaled a bit.

[HatterDon]

no. I think "pitches" is what you're looking for.

[snarks]

The video says it's been tried at the training ground so I'm sure the pitch is "deep" enough to prevent injury. I must say it's really impressive

[aaronmcguigan]

How does Wembley get sold out for NFL games? An honest question. As an outsider, I don't see the pull of it. Is it Americans coming over for the games/ Americans in London coming to watch it or is there genuine interest in London/ Englandshire for a sport that isn't played on a widescale basis there?
Would that not be like having a cricket match in America and getting a sell out? Only thing I can compare it to with my experience is London having plenTy of GAA teams playing Gaelic/ Hurling/ Camogie but it would never sell out a Wembley but the Americans are great at all that selling the dream kind of marketing

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

A poor business decision all round.  The NFL and perhaps 15 a side rugby will soon face huge litigation challenges and liability problems from players' unions, ex-players, the estates of ex-players, the medical profession, the insurance industry and, ultimately the parents of future players.
American Football has no answer other than denial and tons of money.  Rugby?  Rugby Sevens is a safer sport and arguably a much better spectator sport, so they at least have a future, a good one too. 
Nogood "hearing that here first, isit" boyo

Rugby is coming here and I reckon in 20 years it will overtake the NFL

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[cookieg]

That is a pretty cool engineering feat.  A couple of things. 

One, I agree with Jarv about the electric motors.  Lose power before the game and  :58:

Two, in Atlanta, Georgia they just built a new stadium with a roof that opens and closes that still is not opening properly 

[youtube]https://youtu.be/15RAkUwNvYc

Three, I thought I heard somewhere that Khan is involved with the development of the NFL expansion into England and so would probably be involved in some small way with this stadium hosting future NFL and possibly a future London team.   

Reminds me of the box Windy Miller or Captain Flack stood on in Camberwick Green or Trumpton.