New Tottenham stadium: Opening ceremony confirmed before first game

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Tottenham have confirmed an opening ceremony will be held ahead of the opening game at their new stadium on April 3.

Crystal Palace are the visitors on Wednesday evening, with kick-off scheduled for 7.45pm.

An opening ceremony will be held before kick-off, starting from 7.15pm onwards.

An official club statement read: "We would ask supporters to please, therefore, make arrangements to arrive as early as possible.

"There will be much to see and enjoy throughout the new stadium and the Opening Ceremony will commence approximately 20-30 minutes ahead of kick-off."

The club's first of two test events, required to complete successful to be signed off by the Premier League, will be held on Sunday, March 24.

Tottenham Under-18s will host Southampton's side in front of 30,000 fans before 45,000 fans will watch a Tottenham Legends team take on Inter Milan Legends six days later.

The likes of Robbie Keane, Dimitar Berbatov, Jurgen Klinsmann, Micky Hazard, Rafael van der Vaart, Allan Nielsen and Darren Anderton have been confirmed so far with more names to come.

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