How Tottenham Stadium Moves Its Massive 9000 Tonne Pitch | Richard Hammond's Big
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Richard Hammond helps move the 9000 tonne Tottenham Stadium Pitch to make way for the NFL pitch hidden beneath.
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"never crashed anything in my life" hahaha
@elgamerico
3 жыл бұрын
Well, not at legal speed limits 😂
@dontmindme4466
3 жыл бұрын
*Rimac has joined the chat*
@Srokaldinho
3 жыл бұрын
One could hear a few croatians laughing in the distance...
@bobbyweirddick6556
3 жыл бұрын
Can you drive in a straight line Hammond: yes
@bruski2185
3 жыл бұрын
XD
This is actually surreal, engineers that design this kind of stuff are nothing short of geniuses
@zargonthemagnificent330
3 жыл бұрын
I agree it's pretty impressive..but in modern engineering terms it's not that complicated. Just the equivalent of a big radio controlled train set really.
@RandyMahnke
3 жыл бұрын
Schalke's stadium has this feature for almost 20 years
@jakebrown729
3 жыл бұрын
@@zargonthemagnificent330 its not really the same at all. Stop trying to downplay the engineers here.
@notalanjoseph
3 жыл бұрын
Sheldon: cringe
@TheBest14184
3 жыл бұрын
@@jakebrown729 he has a fair point. It’s not exactly the most complicated thing ever
Got to admit, that is one amazing stadium. State of the art. Super modern
@4rled
6 ай бұрын
The colour is horrible though
50% of comments: "hE caLLs iT sOcCeR" 50% of comments: "NeVeR CrAshEd AnYtHiNg"
@guruspubichair
3 жыл бұрын
Update: Sorry to announce guys that we have had to postpone the live episode. John McAvoy is unwell, and the right thing to do is to do at another time. Get well John.
Fun Fact: They were only able to achieve the space required for this engineering feat by not building a trophy room in the stadium
@birbbirb4830
3 жыл бұрын
24 trophies
@iTayls7
3 жыл бұрын
Oof size: Large
@iTayls7
3 жыл бұрын
@@birbbirb4830 Arsenal has 44...........................
@marioknight5937
3 жыл бұрын
@A James what does that even mean?
@lucaalexandru3462
3 жыл бұрын
Francis Gray mate you forgot about the glorious audi cup. Some say it’s better than that champions league
no wonder spurs never have a transfer budget
@Markuden
3 жыл бұрын
They say the money needs to be spend on the pitch/field, Spurs took it to literally.
@ristyeye
3 жыл бұрын
@@Markuden ye dude. i didnt even realise this stadium was so insane. Props to them for doing it. it may pay off in future.
@alexbuckenham1663
3 жыл бұрын
They'll get that NFL money to sort that out tbf
@lewiscannon8213
3 жыл бұрын
Next 20 years for Spurs will be a Penny pinch.
@HJohnston1804
3 жыл бұрын
This season spurs have been one of the highest spending teams. That’s because of Levy’s financial genius and the return from the stadium, so yeah it has been a pretty wise move for them.
Wow this stadium is impeccable, I was today's years old when I discovered such a marvel. Well done Spurs
@Alig-07
2 жыл бұрын
It’s cool but it’s spurs
@Lord-Pique
2 жыл бұрын
@@Alig-07 surprised they didn't bottle it
@leona41ife
Жыл бұрын
@@Alig-07so?
@HK1_11
Жыл бұрын
Real Madrid’s stadium which is currently being renovated will have a mechanism that allows the ground to open up and have the pitch go undergound for other ones to go up in it’s place. No dragging fields all the way out of the stadium. Also when they’re undergound there is an automated watering system that takes care of the pitches down there.
@imconfused1237
6 ай бұрын
@@HK1_11It’s the same engineering, just vertical instead of horizontal. The same company is doing it.
What an engineering marvel! 🤯 Kudos Spurs owner... 👏
@4rled
6 ай бұрын
The colour is horrible though
"I've never crashed anything in my life" - Richard Hammond
@adambros5572
3 жыл бұрын
Well he did crashed some vehicles.
@thomasedison4358
3 жыл бұрын
Sssssssssstonlen comment
@adamsketchley6582
3 жыл бұрын
He has
@dougswamprat5275
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah the guy totally missed that joke.
@deansmith4752
3 жыл бұрын
He is a car , now on life 211
Just wait until they reveal the go cart track below the NFL field
@aidanLVbeats
3 жыл бұрын
is this a joke?😂i can’t tell
@Charlie-oq6lk
3 жыл бұрын
@@aidanLVbeats no there is one they're scanning it online for the virtual go kart races in 2021
@Charlie-oq6lk
3 жыл бұрын
@@aidanLVbeats it will be a feature for spurs season ticket holders
@epicrite6gaming
3 жыл бұрын
It's true you know
@antoniobrown824
3 жыл бұрын
And the hockey rink beneath that
In Arnhem, The Netherlands, they move the whole field is moved in one piece to outside the stadium. That way it will get sun and rain while outside. The pit is not used for other sports but as a music theatre.
I've been in engineering all my life and worked on some incredible sites but this takes the my breath away
@olufemiolumilua4689
Жыл бұрын
It's absolutely awesome.
@mashinajoe
Жыл бұрын
Have a look at Real Madrid's new renovation. Amazing. Removable pitch too.
@jameswatters9592
Жыл бұрын
@@mashinajoe Just checked it out its not finished yet and if they dont get extra funding it never will be
@mashinajoe
Жыл бұрын
It will be completed in the summer of 2023
@HK1_11
Жыл бұрын
@@jameswatters9592 like funding is ever an issue for them 😂
Every other stadium: *just paints over it* Spurs:
@sdprz7893
3 жыл бұрын
I think the yanks helped pay for it that's why
@samwilkinson2534
3 жыл бұрын
@@sdprz7893 yea they did, the stadiums been designed for NFL games probably more than football. E.X. The changing rooms are at the other side of the stadium as in NFL teams walk out on opposing sides and so thats how it was designed as the yanks apparently couldnt handle walking out on one side at Wembley.
@jcarlos6184
3 жыл бұрын
You gotta take in consideration that its just not Spurs pitch only but the national Team pitch as well. So you have to take care of the most impoertant pitch in England, and probably on of the most important places for soccer
@claretandbluearmy8014
3 жыл бұрын
J Carlos the international team plays at Wembley not here
@benwheeler8456
3 жыл бұрын
Claret and blue army yeah they wouldn’t make the England team play in this shithole
this is what the colosseum must've felt like back in the early ADs
@josfur1977
3 жыл бұрын
I know right calling football "Soccer" we live in very strange times 😒
@erickeane471
3 жыл бұрын
Great analogy
@Yora21
3 жыл бұрын
Coincidentally, the Colosseum holds about as many spectators. And the sand floor was on top of removable wooden boards, because they also had all kinds fancy machines in the basements.
@josfur1977
3 жыл бұрын
@@erickeane471 yes it was a anally analogy
@davidbutler1622
3 жыл бұрын
I bet the tiger pits were the equivalent of the moving pitch
"Its a natural thing to worry about the pitch." Yep, completely natural to be worried about 9000 tonnes of motorized grass.
As an Arsenal fan it does pain me a little bit to say this. But this stadium is absolutely fantastic. (Even if it is just the Emirates 2.0 in terms of its design except for the NFL features) respect where it's due.
@topbanana4013
2 жыл бұрын
they did everything right what the emirate got wrong lol its nothing like emirate's in design lost with that comment
@anuph.3806
2 жыл бұрын
They got a stadium and u guys got a legacy (and a non empty trophy room)...and that part my friend, can't be bough with money. and this is coming from a Liverpool fan.
@Micfri300
2 жыл бұрын
The debt seems enormous but with pl money champions league etc etc in 15/20 years it will be paid off and after that its all profit.
@arberberisha8260
2 жыл бұрын
Why would that be painful? I've never heard someone saying om going to this club because they have amazing stadium
@XxDARFxX
2 жыл бұрын
You do know that trophies aren’t only official after the 1992? Tottenham have won lots of trophies in the clubs history, obviously not as much as the top dogs but it’s still a legacy
Guess what: There's a basketball court below the NFL field
@joermnyc
3 жыл бұрын
Chris Gouidas and an Olympic swimming pool under that!
@amazingworld1255
3 жыл бұрын
And a racing track below that
@monkeyatanofficedesk9253
3 жыл бұрын
@@amazingworld1255 And a boxing ring under that
@braulioacosta6816
3 жыл бұрын
Surprised no one's mentioned the replica of Wembley within the stadium
@jashuabat1785
3 жыл бұрын
@@braulioacosta6816 And a cricket pitch under that LOL
All Spurs supporters should watch this video and appreciate more the wonder that is Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
@ScrewInTheTuna_
3 жыл бұрын
just need the team to match the stadium quality now
@suzanneholdbrook9972
3 жыл бұрын
AlmightyStarfire Oh dear , a palace with no furniture .
@gamaray6406
3 жыл бұрын
As both a spurs supporter and a huge nfl fan I’m amazed
@edenhazard2751
Жыл бұрын
@@ScrewInTheTuna_ Now we got Conte, and team is quality.
The football playing surface at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is composed of Desso GrassMaster hybrid turf. However, the stadium has the capacity for two pitches, with an artificial surface stowed under the football pitch for use in NFL games, concerts, and other events Just info for anyone wanting to know what the pitch types are 👍
@ovrayn2820
9 ай бұрын
It actually uses a carpet-based hybrid grass called Playmaster by Tarkett Sports.
@dronesclubhighjinks
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the explanation because he didn’t say where the NFL pitch was stored.
I like the guy Richard was talking with when moving the pitch. He seems quite nice and knowledgeable.
It was released by “discovery Australia” so that’s why he calls it soccer
@jerome6332
3 жыл бұрын
Its ironic how they (some places) call a ball game where you run with a ball in your hand football, buy a game where you use the ball 99% with your feet is called soccer. Well, both works.
@colinallison9163
3 жыл бұрын
Football was around before Australia and the USA by the way, so it's football not soccer. More to the point their games they use their hands on the pitch, we don't so they shouold cal their 'games' soccer.
@riley3622
3 жыл бұрын
Jerome It’s called football because the ball is a foot long.
@centurioncoles6177
3 жыл бұрын
They call it football in aus
@artemislogic5252
3 жыл бұрын
no excuse, and most in aus call it football anyway
As a Arsenal fan, I will give full credit to Tottenham as the Stadium and pitch are World Class. Once a more normal World returns and Sport it will be amazing to visit the New Stadium and experience the atompshere!!
@danielnelson4423
3 жыл бұрын
As an avid fan of plants, I will give full credit to the wonderful grass within the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.
@tomwilson785
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@itsjustaaron8621
3 жыл бұрын
👀
@tomdobson9343
3 жыл бұрын
well you’re not a proper arsenal fan then
@ryanschaff123
3 жыл бұрын
Whoopie, Stadiums have been doing this for 20 years in America.
Every single Richard Hammond documentary are worth to watch
Never thought as an Arsenal fan I would've watched a spurs video but this is astonishing.
It’s catering to mostly American viewership. That’s why he’s saying soccer.
@glaringoddly7119
3 жыл бұрын
He is a part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor! Take him away!
@sebomay5339
3 жыл бұрын
@@glaringoddly7119 😂
@grantgasser136
3 жыл бұрын
but he keeps calling it a "pitch" instead of a "field", so kind of
@DaemonGuitarist
3 жыл бұрын
The channel is Discovery Australia so I'd suggest they're the audience.
@cjherbst7726
3 жыл бұрын
Future Drive Games Australians are British Texans, so I’d like to think that it’s a mix of both.
I thought they repainted the pitch My life is a lie
@habeebaga
3 жыл бұрын
They did that in Wembley stadium. But not anymore, bcoz they've got this place.
@yazzyyazyaz
3 жыл бұрын
They do that in older stadiums for sure
@noah_mantel
3 жыл бұрын
habeeb aga there are actually 2 London games. Well actually 4. 2 in the Tottenham Stadium and 2 still in Wembley.
@bengrocott1265
3 жыл бұрын
Yaz yeah every other stadium on the planet paints the pitch, Tottenham’s is the only one in the world to do this
@bengrocott1265
3 жыл бұрын
Everyone else does, this is the only one that doesn’t but it was only built the other year and it cost them a few billion so you’d expect it tbh 😂
Real Madrid’s stadium which is currently being renovated will have a mechanism that allows the ground to open up and have the pitch go undergound for other ones to go up in it’s place. No dragging fields all the way out of the stadium. Also when they’re undergound there is an automated watering system that takes care of the pitches down there.
@AlTarif
10 ай бұрын
Yeah but this is Tottenham.
@Nachovalenti899
8 ай бұрын
Yes, one of the biggest differences between these two clubs, is that Real Madrid's museum is full of trophies and Tottenha's is empty.
Wow, what a beautiful stadium.
Great tour of the stadium but where is the trophy cabinet?
@shan2dude
3 жыл бұрын
CheeseSteak17 Hahahahahahaha was expecting that.
@4k1nGyEsports
3 жыл бұрын
best comments
@paulmadryga
3 жыл бұрын
Oooo.... that one might leave a mark....
@tomdobson9343
3 жыл бұрын
its in the basketball court
@olliedixon2305
3 жыл бұрын
With the 27 major trophy’s?
I just assumed they played on the same field and just repainted it. Seems a bit extra but very cool nonetheless.
@Tinii
3 жыл бұрын
@Nufc Magpies 123 you're no where in the ball park with that guess.
@Tinii
3 жыл бұрын
@Nufc Magpies 123 The entire stadium can cost upwards of 1 billion dollars. The field is 1 million to replace
@MikeTheGreat1994
3 жыл бұрын
The reason they did it this way was so both premier league games and NFL games can be played on the same weekend.
@huddynccc
3 жыл бұрын
Pitch pitch pitch get it right
@elis6770
2 жыл бұрын
@@MikeTheGreat1994 was never designed for the same weekend. 1 nfl takes Wembley as first choice 2 it takes a bit of time to get the pitch fully ready it’s not just removing the football pitch there’s adding the goals and painting extra
Wow richard hammond has another engineering series? Im gonna love it
amazing work of art
Chance wasted. The news of Richard Hammond having crashed a field of grass would have made 2020.
@ggmu5590
3 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment 😂
jeremy clarkson shouting in the background: HAMOOOOND
This is a cool show, thanks Hammond!
Operator: "are you alright to operate it" Hammond: "I've never crashed"
In Gelsenkirchen, Germany, they slide out the whole feeld in ine piece. One stand rests on hydraulic supports that can be raised to make way for the huge concrete plate supporting the feeld. They don't move it into a car park aswell, they move it outdoors in front of the enclosed stadium. Oh, and not to forget the best. They don't have a useless football feeld under it, there's just a congrete floor. This is create for concerts, car racing and even biathlon events.
ah, it all makes sense now, spurs is actually saving space by keeping the trophy room empty so that grass can be kept alive!
@t.j3441
3 жыл бұрын
🤣
Love 💕 it Spurs fan from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 .
Felt like I was having a stoke then. Saw a picture of Richard Hammond in a thumbnail. Then saw the title was about Spurs. Then saw the channel was about Australia.
Went there for the Raiders v Bears game last year and the stadium was incredible
I can't believe Richard said "soccer" 😪
@Evan490BC
3 жыл бұрын
It as a shocker to hear Hammond call football "soccer"...
@joeyhowell1124
3 жыл бұрын
Pav 1 That’s what it’s is.
@caribstu
3 жыл бұрын
Soccer is an english word. The yanks got it from the English.
@FavreianVengeance
3 жыл бұрын
How can you not believe that? The nickname of his nation's team is Socceroos!
@johnnyxlundja
3 жыл бұрын
Different targeted audiences you simp
Handsssss down, you have one of the coolest jobs everrrr
Simply amazing
Brilliant video!
As Jeremy would say "its the best stadium.................in the world"
@VarunKumar-ro4ll
3 жыл бұрын
Nah he's a chelsea fan,he'd shit on it.
@stevencvisuals
3 жыл бұрын
Why did I read that satement in Jeremy's voice?
@tiger1chu
3 жыл бұрын
@@VarunKumar-ro4ll with the way the stadium is shaped, he would literally do it
@mdujazzar8336
3 жыл бұрын
It’s the best stadium....(pause) in the world
@Aadilf1
3 жыл бұрын
@@stevencvisuals Because it's Jeremy's line
funny u guys uploaded this right during the lockdown well done lads
WOW , THIS IS INCREDIBLE
Richard Hammond is really doing a great job :-)
The best stadium in the world! Amazing engineering genius went into the design and build.
@elis6770
2 жыл бұрын
Camp nou>
@baller302
2 жыл бұрын
@@aaroningl yet the atmosphere is better
@FuzzyDlop
Жыл бұрын
@@elis6770 Camp Nou is not even in the TOP 20 of the best sports stadiums in the world and this one is officially the first.
@captainjacksparrow1954
8 ай бұрын
@@FuzzyDlopafter Bernabéu...
@Nachovalenti899
8 ай бұрын
Camp No
Luxurious and technological stadium❤️
Thats just amazing
wish Hammond would do a ton more of these
question: why is there an NFL pitch in England ??
@TheUltimateHobo
3 жыл бұрын
There are multiple NFL games played in London every year. They were previously played in Wembley Stadium, but the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium became the new permanent host for it starting in 2019. Each game sells out, so there is a market for it.
@Rustbucketalex
3 жыл бұрын
Money
@Deckzwabber
3 жыл бұрын
There's something wrong with hearing a Brit call his national sport soccer
@roborovsky6950
3 жыл бұрын
@@Deckzwabber Probably because he spent waaay too much time driving pickups.
@caribstu
3 жыл бұрын
@@Deckzwabber but that's what it is. I grew up in Britain in the 60s and 70s and it was quite normal, common, for people to call it soccer. In fact, the term is English and the Yanks got the term from the Brits.
Fantastic pitch
that is truly amazing
It's really such a stadium of high technology than most of the stadiums in the entire Europe and world at large. WOW just great.
@bass9052
2 жыл бұрын
Have you ever been to Allianz arena ?
@hi-ls6lt
Жыл бұрын
@@bass9052 why is it when people say “most” others take the meaning to be “all”?
The worst thing about this video is him calling it soccer
@hond4h34d
3 жыл бұрын
Australians probably refer to the sport as soccer as well
@kingkota2302
3 жыл бұрын
It's football
@tonyc9793
3 жыл бұрын
The name soccer originated in England. Deal with it.
@s0531
3 жыл бұрын
@@tonyc9793 just searched. Fair point. But it still triggers me coz ive been hearing everyone call it football. And Richard is British. They are the ones who call it football
@wouldbejr
3 жыл бұрын
Umm no the worst is him call the soccer and football FIELDS a pitch
That is incredible.
This is awesome
“I’ve never crashed anything in my life” *laughs in Rimac*
'The Players Table' has the charm of an office canteen.
Incredible
Great engineering 👏🏽👏🏽🔥🔥💐💐
Do Santiago Bernabéu now
That stadium is incredible. Probably the worlds best. I’m Liverpool fan and I can’t wait to go there. Missed this seasons one as I was with my woman who gave birth to my first boy. Can’t wait
@reissknell3305
3 жыл бұрын
Herbal G it is. By a country mile
@Eric-vf5bw
6 ай бұрын
Real Madrid stadium (Bernabeu) does this process automatically, storing the pitch underground.
Because I love this guy...
Amazing stadium
Magnificent stadium tbf. Might even get to see the club's first trophies in decades this season...
@Yelisey_24
2 жыл бұрын
nah
Uma obra de arte dessa um jogador nunca pode está abaixo do seu nível 🇧🇷
@luxid413
Жыл бұрын
It translated the Brazil flag to USA’s flag.
@calamorta
7 ай бұрын
Irônico ser logo o estádio do Tottenham, time que só decepciona
This stadium is awesome 👍
Great presentator 🙌🏽
Wembley: Just repaints the grass for football, rugby and NFL. Tottenham: Nah, I don't think i will.
I hate how he calls it soccer especially when he is from Birmingham
@tommillard4193
3 жыл бұрын
Annoying
@RB-NZ2
3 жыл бұрын
Frisbe And your mums called a slag
@strider785
3 жыл бұрын
It's because it's distributed for multiple markets where it's (unfortunately) known as soccer. Notice that he calls it football in a lot of the footage shot in the stadium. The "soccer" lines are recorded in voiceovers afterwards.
@Dan-zc7ut
3 жыл бұрын
Frisbe n no it’s not mate
@DomGadd05
3 жыл бұрын
Frisbe it’s called football because you kick the BALL with your FOOT. Got it buddy?
Genius engineering !!
In Germany there is also a soccer-stadium (Veltins-Arena in Schalke) which can remove the field in one part. But they put it outside for better growing and watering. When the field is at the outside you can do concerts or other shows on the concrete floor.
@daneelolivaw602
Жыл бұрын
There is no room outside the stadium for that to happen at Spurs, that is why this system was designed, people keep saying that Stadiums in Holland and Germany have had removable pitches for many years, and we know that, but this is the first pitch that splits up and is stored inside the stadium.
It's a beautiful stadium - absolutely state of the art. Makes me wonder how amazing Old Trafford could be if the Glazers had invested in it...
Amazing
amazing engineering.. thfc
Basically the best stadium in the world for a reason 🔥.
Imagine being able to move an entire pitch and yet at the same time trying to avoid paying your staff by furloughing them.........
@gmbodily1924
3 жыл бұрын
Better than being made redundant... you have a job even if your not working
@gamaray6406
3 жыл бұрын
Bro the nfl probably had something to do with making the pitch moveable
@imconfused1237
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine sacking your mascot
@unfortunatelyaspursfan9823
3 жыл бұрын
we didn sack them lol. that was just fake news. you guys sacked 55 staffs to pay for willian's wages. have some shame
This Stadium ist amazing🇩🇪👌
this the way forward to all new football stadiums
Stop calling it a soccer stadium. It's a football stadium
@user-wg1cu1jx8b
7 ай бұрын
Who cares lol
@Tinoyevski
7 ай бұрын
@@user-wg1cu1jx8b The whoe world but EEUU, we should call the NFL rugby then
This likes like a rookie stadium in front of Madrid’s future stadium.
@daneelolivaw602
Жыл бұрын
Jealous little prat.
One beautiful big Circus
Just, wow.
Very cool, although (real) Madrid’s new system seems even cooler!
What's this 'soccer' he keeps on rambling about?
@kobirelf97
3 жыл бұрын
The word soccer is actually a British word it was used in Britain first before the Americans used it
@wolflow28
3 жыл бұрын
Chris Galvin no but look it up, soccer is a word of British origin
@Dan-zc7ut
3 жыл бұрын
Wolf yes we all know the story. The fact is that words and their definitions change and we changed it to football, the rest of the world follows. We crates the sport so we get to choose what to call it
@jozefbrodala5318
3 жыл бұрын
@@Dan-zc7ut What's that show with Jeff Stelling on Saturdays? And the show before that on Sky 1 that Tim Lovejoy and Helen Chamberlain used to present?
@Dan-zc7ut
3 жыл бұрын
Chris Galvin agreed
Bellissimo
amazing
'There's more to this room than meats the eye' I wonder how many people spotted the pun
wait for the new santiago bernabeu
Great video
Fascinating 😜
2:15 there is one impostor among us
3:22 Engineergasm
6:06 "that's your pitch" 😂
2:33 "Yea I've never crashed in my life" haha!
Not a spurs fan but this is engineering genius at its finest. Wow.