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We had the same breakfast as yesterday, even though we apparently arrived half an hour before the kitchen opened. The nice owner(?) solved it anyway and we waited just about 15 minutes to get our stuff to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We ate while watching today’s F1 race, which was cut a bit short because of rain, and eventually, Max Verstappen was crowned as the season winner to everyone’s surprise because they hadn’t read the rulebook.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Grabbed what stuff we thought would get through arena security and left for the subway. Met a couple of interesting people on the overground to the stadium, one who apparently had never seen a football game, and his friend, who had been following the 49:ers since 1982. The train got fuller for each stop until we arrived at White Hart Lane when it became almost empty.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The signage was quite good, directing us toward the Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium. It looked like it was temporary, probably because most of the crowd was here for the first time, in contrary to the season ticket holders supporting Tottenham Football Club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We quickly realized that the pub we thought of visiting was probably already full since it was quite crowded around the arena almost three hours before kick-off, so we joined the queue for the NFL Shop. The line was roughly 400 meters long but took “only” 25 minutes, quicker than expected actually. However, the assortment inside the shop wasn’t as good as I’d hoped for, but maybe what I could have expected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After we cleared the shop, a few items richer but several pounds poorer, we headed to our gate, number 10. First, it was one ticket check where they scanned the QR codes. Google Wallet made me open and go back for each ticket (and I had all three). Then it was a bag check, a bit understaffed and poorly pointed out so a guard stood on top of the stairs and shouted to people coming up that they should head over to the side. The bag check didn’t check any belongings I had on me that weren’t in the bag.<\/p>\n\n\n

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After the bag check, it was a short walk to the next security checkpoint where we walked through a metal detector, while the bag went around it. Not sure why because if I had anything on me, I could just have put it in the bag before going through. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, it was a second ticket check, here however I could “tap” so it went smooth, and we started our climb to the fifth floor, section 518. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our seats was fine, we had a couple from Phoenix in front of us, they was apparently with a group of 800 people traveling together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was clearly more Packers fans in the stands, you could both see the more green than blue jerseys and hear it as well on the cheers and boos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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