EPL side Tottenham Hotspur "can press on with plans for a new stadium after a local business announced it had ended its legal fight to try and keep its land adjacent to White Hart Lane," according to Gary Jacob of the LONDON TIMES. The site occupied by Archway Sheet Metal Works is the "final piece required" by the club to be able to build its 56,000-capacity ground. Attention will switch to Tottenham "finding funding, a naming rights partner and temporary home for at least one season" in time to move into its new home in '18. Wembley and the Olympic Stadium are options. The club "must still agree a compensation settlement and relocate the metal-sheet company to a new site." Archway lost its High Court case aimed at "overturning a government decision to issue a compulsory purchase order of its land." The Tottenham Hotspur supporters' trust "welcomed the decision and hopes that
the club will now announce its plans on funding" (LONDON TIMES, 3/13). In London, James Riach reported Archway, which was "gutted by a fire in November," released a statement that said, "Whilst we were disappointed and surprised by the judgment of Sir Ian Dove in dismissing our claim to the compulsory purchase order made by Haringey council to support the stadium scheme of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, we have decided not to appeal against his decision. We have always been willing to negotiate with the club on a reasonable and proper basis" (GUARDIAN, 3/13). REUTERS' Steve Tongue reported Tottenham has relocated more than 70 local businesses from the site, "which is adjacent to the White Hart Lane home" the club has occupied since 1899. By moving for what is expected to be the '18-19 season, Tottenham will increase its capacity "from barely 36,000 to 56,250" (REUTERS, 3/13).
