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Richard Parry, JOE KRISHNAN, Jack Rosser

Tottenham stadium opening ceremony LIVE: Spurs officially unveil new 62,062 capacity venue

Tottenham will officially open their new £1billion stadium tonight as they face London rivals Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

After training there for the first time last week, Spurs' first-team stars will continue to acclimatise to their new surroundings in front of a sell-out crowd after two successful test events in front of smaller attendances that saw the club gain the necessary safety certificate from Haringey Council.

Ryan Mason's Under-18s were the first team to play a competitive fixture at the state-of-the-art 62,062-seater ground as they secured a 3-1 win over their Southampton counterparts.

On Saturday, a Legends team featuring the likes of Paul Gascoigne, Jurgen Klinsmann, David Ginola, Robbie Keane, Darren Anderton, Dimitar Berbatov and Rafael van der Vaart lost 5-4 to 'Inter Forever' in a goal-fest played out in front of 45,000 supporters.

Before they get underway against Palace at 7:45pm GMT, Tottenham will hold an opening ceremony that is being broadcast live on UK television.

Standard Sport will bring you regular build-up throughout the day ahead of live coverage of the opening ceremony and match itself...

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