Tottenham Hotspur's new 62,000-seater stadium has been "future-proofed" for safe standing, the Premier League club said on Monday. The north London tam's announcement comes as cross-party MPs are set to debate safe standing in Parliament later on Monday to decide if English clubs should offer fans the choice to sit or stand while they watch their team play.
"As a club, we did not engage on this until the Hillsborough Inquiry was concluded, which showed that the tragedy in April 1989 had not been caused by standing," Tottenham executive director Donna-Maria Cullen said on the club's website, referring to the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster in Sheffield in which 96 Liverpool fans died. "At our new stadium, we have designed a section within the home area and within the away section that has an integrated safety bar with the normal seating."
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