Tottenham stadium: Spurs start to lay pitch at new stadium as completion nears after months of delays
Spurs are expecting to have the surface laid in the next few days as they look to move into their new home
TOTTENHAM fans can literally watch the grass grow as the surface is laid at White Hart Lane.
Staff are starting to put down the turf and Spurs hope the works will be done in a few days.
Their £850million new home is nearing completion after months of frustrating delays.
The club tweeted: "You can watch the pitch being laid via our throughout the process.
"Please note, it will be necessary to temporarily switch off some cameras intermittently as we move equipment within the stadium.
"We shall endeavour to restore all live camera feeds as soon as it is feasible to do so."
Tottenham were due to open their new ground on September 15 but a series of delays have hit construction
Extraordinary claims that workers had early-morning booze sessions and snorted cocaine in the toilets have emerged.
claims to have heard first-hand accounts of contractors being under the influence of cocaine and alcohol, which has been denied by contractor Mace.
But the company denied the report, which also claimed organisational failures had caused massive issues.
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The delay has caused a major embarrassment to the club, who had planned to be moved in to their new surroundings by now.
It has meant Spurs have been forced to move the next four Premier League matches to Wembley Stadium, including shifting the date of their clash with Manchester City because NFL will be played there the day before.
Now the club will not put a public date on when they hope to move into the stadium, with suggestions are that it will not be ready to use until January.
The Premier League are monitoring the situation closely, keen to help Spurs as much as possible but also recognising much more of a delay could mean their rules over the integrity of the competition are pushed too far.
