Tottenham's new stadium: First game confirmed as Spurs vs Crystal Palace on April 3

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Tom Doyle18 March 2019

Tottenham's first home game at their new stadium has been provisionally confirmed, with Spurs set to host Crystal Palace on Wednesday, April 3.

Spurs confirmed last week that they had held talks with the Premier League, Brighton and Crystal Palace with their first match in their new 62,062-seater venue dependant on how far the Seagulls progressed in the FA Cup.

With Brighton sealing a place in the FA Cp semi-finals by beating Millwall this weekend, Tottenham will now face Palace at their new ground on the first week of April - providing that the two scheduled test event matches go according to plan.

The club’s Under-18 fixture at home to Southampton has been rearranged for Sunday, March 24 and is to hold the first test event.

Spurs will hold a club legends match against Inter Milan on Saturday, March 30 for the second test event.

In order to achieve a formal safety certificate for fixtures to be held at the new stadium, Tottenham are required to hold two test event matches with increasing levels of attendances.

The Under-18s match against Southampton will have a matchday capacity of 30,000 with the legends match six days later increasing to 45,000.

The £1billion stadium was originally due to open in September and the initial test events were an U-23 fixture and a legends match against Bayern Munich, which were cancelled.

Since then, there have more delays - caused by problems with fire and safety alarms - but the end of a long wait for Tottenham fans is now in sight.

Stadiums then and now

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Meanwhile, Daniel Levy has dismissed reports Tottenham's new ground will be called the "Nike Stadium". Asked to deliver an update on naming rights, Levy said none were "in place" and dismissed links with kit manufacturer Nike as sponsoring stadiums is "not what Nike do as a business."

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