Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: "It blows you away!"
Last weekend saw the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium play host to its first non-football sporting event as the NFL took centre stage in north London.
The 2019 NFL London Games kicked off on Sunday 6th October and a crowd of 60,463 witnessed the Oakland Raiders survive a Chicago Bears comeback to clinch a thrilling 24-21 victory in the first ever American football match held at Spurs’ new facility.
Wondering what it’s like to attend a sporting event there? Here’s the lowdown from the media after the success of the NFL contest.
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The transformation of the pitch at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Sunday will mark the first NFL game played at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Here's how it goes from soccer pitch to an NFL field.
(🎥: @SpursOfficial)pic.twitter.com/G8vZWqzQQ2
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) October 5, 2019
Tottenham Hotspur's new stadium in north London, the first and only custom-built NFL venue outside the US, will show a different side to the world when it hosts the Chicago Bears and Oakland Raiders https://t.co/o7rzsPLvV9 pic.twitter.com/xsbV5OyIgi
— CNN (@CNN) October 6, 2019
NFL UK were very happy with how the first American football match at Spurs went!
What a night!
What a sport!
What a city!
First NFL game at @SpursOfficial ✅ pic.twitter.com/f5EQwvHYb7
— NFL UK & Ireland (@NFLUKIRE) October 7, 2019
🇬🇧🏈🇺🇸#NFLUK pic.twitter.com/HLh9YpEsq0
— NFL UK & Ireland (@NFLUKIRE) October 8, 2019
"NFL fans in attendance had no complaints about the facilities." - talkSport
https://twitter.com/oss365/status/1180960338717614080
"You walk in here and you just see it, it's state of the art, it's top notch."
https://twitter.com/SK_Football/status/1181130814941061120
"It blows you away - it's phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal."
‘Phenomenal’ – NFL players, fans and the media deliver verdict on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium https://t.co/vttO1Ly9tc pic.twitter.com/6loRgiw9lc
— sports o'clock (@SportsClock) October 7, 2019
The verdict of members of each NFL side
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