Tottenham Chair Daniel Levy said that the club "would be willing to share" its training base with an NFL team in the future, according to Dan Kilpatrick of ESPN.com. Tottenham hopes to open its new £400M ($521.4M) stadium for the start of the '18-19 season, while it is building a £5M ($6.5M) player lodge next to its "state-of-the-art training facility in Enfield." The new stadium "will host at least two NFL matches per season for 10 years from 2018 in a deal announced by Spurs last year," and Levy, who previously said that he is open to hosting a permanent NFL London franchise, said the club could share its training base. He said, "The NFL, a number of times when they've come to the U.K., has used our training facility and, when a foreign organization goes to another territory, I think being in partnership with a local operator brings enormous benefits. I think the NFL has understood that one thing we've got is we're a well-run organization and we really believe in the word 'partnership.'" Tottenham's deal with the NFL "is not exclusive and both Wembley Stadium, the club's home for European games this season, and Twickenham will also host matches in the future." Asked if the club's new 61,000-seater stadium could host the eight home games per season needed for a permanent franchise, Levy said, "It can expand to however big either party wants it to be" (ESPN.com, 9/19).
