Northumberland Development Project

Northumberland Development Project
Artist's impression of the Northumberland Development Project
General information
Type	Stadium, residential, hotel, retail, office
Location	London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°36′17.1″N 0°03′59.1″W / 51.604750°N 0.066417°W / 51.604750; -0.066417
Construction started	2012
Completed	2015–present (incomplete)
Cost	Estimated at around £850 million
Owner	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Management	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Stadium Architect Populous Other Developments Allies and Morrison Donald Insall Associates F3 architects
Structural engineer	schlaich bergermann partner Buro Happold
Main contractor	Mace[1] McLaren Construction
Other information
Seating capacity	62,062 (stadium)[2]
Number of stores	2
Number of rooms	180 (hotel)

The Northumberland Development Project is a mixed-use development project that centres around the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium which replaced White Hart Lane as the home ground of Tottenham Hotspur. On opening in April 2019, the stadium had a capacity for 62,062 spectators, later increased to 62,303, and was designed to host football as well as NFL games. The development plans also include 585 new homes, a 180-room hotel, a local community health centre, the Tottenham Experience, a Spurs museum and club shop, an extreme sports facility, as well as the Lilywhite House, which contains a Sainsbury's supermarket, a sixth form college and the club's headquarters.^[3]

Plans for the project were first announced in 2008 and a planning application submitted in 2009. The project however was revised several times and delayed due to objections by conservation groups and a protracted dispute over a compulsory purchase order (CPO) on existing businesses at the proposed development site. A revised plan was first approved in 2010 by the Haringey Council, and following further revisions, building started in September 2012. Only part of this initial plan was executed, and the construction of the stadium did not commence until 2016 after the CPO dispute has been resolved and a new design approved by Haringey Council.^[4][5] The stadium opening date was revised several times but eventually opened during the 2018–19 season on 3 April 2019.

The new stadium also serves as a venue for at least two of the National Football League (NFL)'s London Games each season.^[6] The NFL invested £10 million ($12.8m) in Tottenham's new stadium, just over 1% of the budget.^[7] The stadium features the world's first dividing retractable pitch, and it is the first stadium in the UK to have two pitches inside: a retractable grass pitch for football, and a synthetic surface underneath for NFL games and other events.^[8][9] The project is estimated to cost around £1 billion and is intended to be a catalyst for a wider regeneration scheme in Tottenham.