Both Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur football clubs might have to pay more than £15 million a year to use Wembley Stadium as their temporary homes. Both London clubs will be looking for a temporary home while they retool their permanent home venues. Chelsea’s stadium, Stamford Bridge was built in 1876, and renovated in 1904 and 1905. The last time the historic venue underwent a facelift was the 1990s.
Obviously, it’s due for some upgrades.
Chelsea have reportedly offered an amount in the neighborhood of £11 million per season to use the national home of English football. More on this here.
As for Tottenham Hotspur, they will be displaced from their home soon and could likewise play in Wembley. The Spurs plan for a new home stadium means they’ll have to leave White Hart Lane for at least one season, also beginning in 2017. It’s an extremely ambitious plan, one that we chronicled here and here. Spurs are attempting to build a lot more than just a football stadium. They’re seeking to remake an entire London neighborhood.
The new Tottenham Stadium will also serve as the future home of the NFL in London.
The Times reports that Tottenham have offered the Wembley board £8 million per season for the right to use the 90,000 seat venue, and that both clubs:
“have made an offer to play at the national stadium and hope that the Wembley board will soon decide whether either or both will be permitted to do so.”
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